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)
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