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2007 Service Project
We are excited to announce that for our 2007 MOMS Club Service Project we’ll be helping the Northern Virginia Ronald McDonald Houses. The Ronald McDonald Houses provide a home-away-from-home for families of seriously ill children being treated at local hospitals. Each family is referred by hospital personnel, (e.g., doctors, nurses, social workers). Families may stay for one night or for many months. We are collecting a wide variety of items and hope that you can find an item or two to donate. The three types of donations we are collecting are as follows. 1. Snack Bags 2. Family Support Wish List Toothbrushes 3. House needs Laundry detergent On Wednesday, September 12th at 10:30am Liz A. will be hosting a playdate at her house to collect all the items. You are welcome to attend the playdate even if you aren’t donating, but if you have items to donate, please bring them to the playdate. If you are unable to join us on the 12th, you may drop off donations at Liz’s house (or any board member’s house) anytime prior to September 12th. With this service project, we hope to bring smiles to families experiencing difficult situations. Visits to Assisted
Living Facility The facility generously purchased a bunch of toys for our kids to play with while there. If you have any toys your child is no longer interested in and would like to contribute them to the Toy Collection for use when we're there, please bring them with you to the next visit. Or contact Liz and we'll make arrangements. Simple Ways
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From the Homefront helpingourheroesfoundation.com Navy-Marine Corps
Relief Society semperfifund.org USO yellowribbonamerica.com Donate Professional or Formal Attire Local organizations that specialize in women's professional attire:
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Glass Slipper Project Project
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Community Center The Salvation Army, Goodwill and homeless shelters also accept clothing for men, women and children. Think of those less fortunate when you clean out your closets!
Tips for Giving Charitable
Gifts Wisely
Donate Old Cell Phones There are over 150 million retired cellular phones discarded in drawers, desks, and storages in the United States. Phones 4 Charity is a national program designed to remove discarded wireless phones from the country's environment while directly benefiting charitable organizations. You could also donate your phones to CALL TO PROTECT®. The CALL TO PROTECT campaign collects wireless phones to benefit victims of domestic violence. Proceeds from the sale of phones help fund agencies that fight domestic violence and are also used to support the educational efforts of the Wireless Foundation. Other phones are refurbished and become lifelines for domestic violence victims when faced with an emergency situation. If you wish to donate your used wireless phone, please send charger, battery and phone to the following address: CALL TO PROTECT, 2555 Bishop Circle, West Dexter, MI 48130-1563. A third choice is Charitablerecycling.com. Your donated used cell phone will be refurbished and put to further use. Refurbished cell phones are sent to emerging countries and areas in the United States where there is an economic necessity for cell phones for both safety & communication.
The Chapter did a second service project. Megan collected canned food donations to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. The Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) is the largest, public, nonprofit food and nutrition education resource in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Through a network of over 700 member feeding programs, the CAFB distributed nearly 20 million pounds of food last year.
If you and your family would like to correspond with a soldier overseas, sign up on the My Soldier site. Email your information at the link, and you will be mailed the address of a soldier (or a soldier’s platoon sergeant if there are security concerns) in 5-8 weeks along with a bracelet and hat in support of the My Soldier project. Get your kids involved and let them dictate letters and draw pictures for your soldier pen pal.
Aluminum Cans for Burned Children - The West Springfield Fire House collects empty, clean aluminum cans to benefit Aluminum Cans for Burned Children. The cans are delivered to local recycling centers, where they receive approximately a half a penny a can for ACBC. Books for Kids Foundation - Donate money to help purchase books and promote literacy for kids in poverty. The Box Project – Sponsor an impoverished family by sending monthly gift boxes. Donate an instrument - Are you hiding instruments that haven’t been played in years under your bed or in your closet? Donate them to a school so that all children can have the opportunity to make music. Heifer International - Buy a goat, a sheep, a rabbit or a pig to help a family in need become self-reliant. Start by browsing the “Most Important Gift Catalog in the World” to choose one of 11 animals that you buy and then donate to families in Papua New Guinea, China, Mexico and other countries. (If you decide to donate to Heifer, read Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier to your child and learn about the difference a donated goat made in the life of a young African girl’s family.) McGruff House - Volunteer to be a “safe” house for children in your neighborhood to go if they’re lost or frightened. National Hunger Clearinghouse – Collect food for soup kitchens, childcare centers, homeless shelters and food pantries. Newborns in Need - Donate sewing notions, fabric, and patterns to be used for the benefit of sick and needy premature and newborn babies. Peter Pan Children’s fund – Help raise money for the children’s hospital of your choice. Project Linus – Create a handmade blanket for abused and chronically ill children.
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