"Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them." - Russell H. Conwell
So, we had our big annual HOAM last night and set goals for the next year.
I am so excited about our new projects and the passion brought to the meeting by the wonderful women that attended and those that couldn't through emails and calls.
Anyway, this is the plan:
August 2011 Travel size toiletries and towels. We are asking for donations from our community of 519 homes and we are placing a collection box at Yoga On York, a nearby yoga studio. When folks go on vaca this summer if they would just bring home the hotel shampoo, etc. - easy. And our community pool is donating every two weeks from the lost and found - towels. Man, they are stinky when I get them but after a good wash - fresh as new. These towels will be given to homeless people through the Department of Social Services.
Fall 2011 Underwear - from diapers through depends - all ages and sizes for men, women and children
Winter 2012 DVD's, gently used puzzles and perhaps card games for children and adolescents at residential mental health facilities. Funds are not available for new ones and the kids watch the same ones, play the same games over and over and over.
Spring 2012 Shoe drive at our local 5K run
June 2012 Children's books drive to go to needy kids
Fall 2012 Women's Business Attire
Toletries, towels, underwear, DVD's, puzzels, card games, shoes, children's books, women's business attire --- these are diamonds to those that don't have them. Dig em up, dust em off and help us provide them to the people that need them
Signing out - and sending you a giant cyber hug and big thanks for reading this blog- Donna Rae
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