January 19, 2009 is MLK National Day of Service. If you are working or have other obligations and cannot participate in volunteering on Monday, here is another opportunity to support the MLK National Day of Service. The Group Platinum Grits will be taking sock and undergarment donations starting tomorrow to support the below organizations. This is a project that Platinum Grits host every year during the Christmas Holiday. This year we have extended this mission so it can be included in the MLK National Day of Service. Please go online to the Target, Walmart, Sams, Costco, Hanes or any website and place an online order and have the item delivered to the following address:
Platinum GRITSC/0 Shawna Ridley1721 Fredricksburg DriveMesquite, Texas 75181
You can also simply go to any store and purchase a bag of socks, undergarments or pajamas and drop them off at the Collin County Presidential Innaugaral Ball on Tuesday or give me a call for an item pick up in Collin County. I will make "Sock Runs" for the kids! PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY.Teresa McGowan972-390-3656 or 469-675-1117
Collection Dates: January 19-Janaury 24, 2009
Boles Foster Home
A facility that provides residential care in a homelike atmosphere for children and single-parent families. It is licensed by the State of Texas to care for boys and girls. Most children in care are between the ages of 3 to 17. Children are placed in the Home because their family has become unable to provide for their needs. This may be due to family factors such as ill health, other destabilizing occurrences, or excessive needs of the child due to emotional or behavioral problems. Single-parent mothers and their children come to the program in search of basic needs, safety, and stability while acquiring vocational training and skills in managing their family. We are collecting the following NEW items for the foster home (70 children)
Socks (unisex) for girls and boys ages 3-17
Texas Youth Commission Teen Girls Ages 14-19 GIRLS SOCK DRIVE JANUARY 19-24, 2009
Mission Statement The Texas Youth Commission, the stateʼs juvenile corrections agency, promotes public safety by operating juvenile correctional facilities and by partnering with youth, families, and communities to provide a safe and secure environment where youth in the agencyʼs care and custody receive individualized education, treatment, life skills and employment training and positive role models to facilitate successful community reintegration.
Bryanʼs House:
www.bryanshouse.org
Boy/Girls Sock and Undergarment Drive
Families coping with HIV/AIDS as well as other serious medical issues find love and warmth at Bryan's House when they have no place else to turn. Bryanʼs House mission is to respond to the needs of children and their families by providing medically-managed child care, adolescent programming, and community-based, family-centered support services.
Bryan's House is the only special-care facility in Dallas for children and teens affected by HIV/AIDS. They offer a full range of medical, educational, and psychosocial services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Their nationally acclaimed program is innovative, compassionate, and cost effective. We are collecting the following items for the children (ages 1-10 years old)
¨Socks (unisex) ¨Boys and Young Adult Underwear/Boxers (all sizes) ¨Girls and Young Adult Underwear/Boxers (all sizes) ¨Girls/Young Adult T-shirts (all sizes) ¨Boys /Young Adult T-shirts (all sizes)
1. Relax.
2. Rest.
3. Sleep.
4. Meditate.
5. Reflect.
WE DID IT!
EVERYONE,
THIS IS THE MOMENT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.....OUR CHANCE TO BE PARTY OF HISTORY. EVERYONE ENJOY YOUR MOMENT TODAY. We will tell our children and grand-children about this moment in history.
UNITED WE STAND TALL. Divided we fall short.
EVERYONE HAVE A BLESSED DAY!
EARLY VOTING TOTALS FOR COLLIN COUNTY
52% OF COLLIN COUNTY VOTERS VOTED DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
219,000 PEOPLE IN COLLIN COUNTY VOTED DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
DPCC REPORTS 50,000 NEW COLLIN COUNTY VOTERS ARE NOW REGISTERED.
TO DO LIST:
1. TAKE OFF ELECTION DAY.
2. VOLUNTEER AT DPCC OFFICE.
3. SET UP A GREETER STATION AT EACH VOTING LOCATION
4. HAVE A LAPTOP READY TO HELP VOTERS
5. PRAY.
THE MEDIA HAS BEEN REPORTING ON THE LACKLUSTER YOUTH VOTE TURN-OUT.....THEY JUST DONT KNOW.....YOU ARE THE SECREAT WEAPON. YOU ARE THE KEY THAT WILL BRING IT HOME.
THE YOUTH OF AMERICA WILL BE FOREVER CALLED GENERATION"O"
YOUR VOTE IS GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. YOU ARE THE GENERATION THAT WILL FIND CURES AND PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE. YOU ARE THE GENERATION THAT WILL END WORLD HUNGER.
YOU ARE THE HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE. I CAN FEEL IT IN MY BONES.
GET OUT THE YOUTH VOTE. PROVE THE MEDIA WRONG AGAIN! CAMPUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT. YOU ARE THE FUTURE. YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
GENERATION OBAMA.
DONT JUST VOTE. VOLUNTEER ON ELECTION DAY. CALL YOUR OBAMA OFFICE OR DEMOCRATIC PARTY OFFICE FOR YOUR STATE. WE NEED POLL GREETERS AT EVERY VOTING LOCATION ON ELECTION DAY. GET YOUR LAPTOPS AND HEAD TO THE POLLS. YOU MAY ASSIST VOTERS IN LOCATING THEIR CORRECT VOTING STATIONS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION VIA YOUR LAPTOP. THE ONLY RULE IS TO BE 100 FEET FROM THE VOTING ENTRANCE MARKER.
18-35 YOUTH VOTE. IT IS ALL UP TO YOU. YOU WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME THIS ELECTION.
VOTE PROUD. VOTE OBAMA!
THIS IS WHY WE NEED POLL WATCHERS DURING ELECTION DAY AND POLL WATCHERS AT THE MAIN COUNTING STATION! -----Original Message-----From: brasschecktv@aweber.com [mailto:brasschecktv@aweber.com] On Behalf Of Brasscheck TVSent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:27 AMTo: TeresaSubject: Brasscheck TV: How the US vote can be stolen
Teresa The US Presidential election is one week away. Here's a government hearing - never reported by the news media - that sums up the status of the securityof the US voting system.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/145.html -
Brasscheck P.S. Don't be too surprised in McCain and Palin"win" next week. No matter how unlikely the outcome, the US news mediastands ready to pump out a plausible "cover story"to explain the results. - Brasscheck
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THIS IS WHY WE NEED POLL WATCHERS DURING ELECTION DAY AND POLL WATCHERS AT COUNTING STATIONS!
-----Original Message-----From: brasschecktv@aweber.com [mailto:brasschecktv@aweber.com] On Behalf Of Brasscheck TVSent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:27 AMSubject: Brasscheck TV: How the US vote can be stolen
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/145.html
- Brasscheck P.S. Don't be too surprised in McCain and Palin"win" next week. No matter how unlikely the outcome, the US news mediastands ready to pump out a plausible "cover story"to explain the results.
- Brasscheck P.S. Please share Brasscheck TV e-mails andvideos with friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Thanks. ==============================
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OBAMA SUPPORTERS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AREA PLACES OF WORSHIP TO ADVISE THEM OF
EARLY VOTING "SOULS TO THE POLLS SUNDAY" ON OCTOBER 26, 2008 FROM 1:00-6:00PM.
THIS WILL ALLOW CHURCH FAMILES TO PROVIDE RIDES AND ASSIST THE ELDERLY WITH EARLY VOTING.
OBAMA WORKERS PLEASE VOLUNTEER AS GREETERS AND POLL WATCHERS ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 26, 2008 TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY FOR SOULS TO THE POLLS.
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEMOCRATIC GROUPS TO VOLUNTEER AS POLL WATCHERS. THERE WILL BE POLL WATCHER TRAINING CLASSES ALL WEEK SO CHECK YOUR COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WEBSITES.
1. VOTE EARLY!
2 SIGN UP TO BE AN ELECTION WORKER FOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2008.
3 SIGN UP TO BE A GREETER OR POLL WORKER DURING EARLY VOTING.
4 COMPLETE TRAININGS FOR JUDGE, CLERK, AND POLL WORKER.
5 NOTIFY CHURCH'S OF SOULS TO THE POLLS VOTING ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2008
6 POST EARLY VOTING PLACES AND TIMES AT BEAUTY AND BARBER SHOPS!
7 POST EARLY VOTING PLACES AND TIMES AT CHURCH AND IN CHURCH BULLETINS.
8 REVIEW THE HANDBOOK FOR ELECTION JUDGES AND CLERKS.
9 PURCHASE OR RENT OR BORROW A LAPTOP COMPUTER FOR ELECTION DAY.
10 PRAY. PRAY. PRAY SOME MORE!
1. GO EARLY VOTE THIS WEEK AND DON'T VOTE ALONE. TAKE A FRIEND OR TWO OR THREE!
2. KNOW YOUR VOTER RIGHTS!
3. CONTACT FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND MAKE SURE THEY VOTE EARLY.
4. ENCOURAGE YOUR GROUP ASSOCIATIONS TO VOTE EARLY.
5. ENCOURAGE YOUR CHURCH TO PARTICIPATE IN SOULS TO THE POLLS BY VOTING ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 26, 2008 FROM 1:00PM-6:00PM
THIS INFORMATION IS DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXAS DEMOCRATIC WEBSITE.
http://www.txdemocrats.org/389
Attention Straight Party Voters!
If you wish to vote for all candidates of a particular party:
EITHER
Mark the straight party box of the party of your choice
and then cast your ballot
(This will allow the machine to mark all
candidates of your chosen party.)
OR
Do not mark a straight party selection and mark each
individual candidate for whom you wish to vote
DOING BOTH WILL RESULT IN YOUR VOTE NOT
BEING CAST IN SOME RACES! DO NOT SELECT
“STRAIGHT PARTY” AND THEN SELECT INDIVIDUAL
CANDIDATES OF THE SAME PARTY!
Carefully read the review screen after marking your selection
and before casting your ballot.
Any Questions?
Ask an election judge for assistance
