Hi there do-gooders,
Life Haven is an amazing temporary shelter providing a safe environment for homeless pregnant women and women with young children right here in New Haven. Want an easy way to have fun and support Life Haven in all the integral work that they do for our community? Buy a ticket or consider sponsoring their Summer on the Sound event! This great event will feature a silent auction, food, family fun and a fabulous view of the sound at the beautiful Owenego Inn and Beach Club.
Here are the details:
August 16, 2012
6-8 pm
Owenego Inn and Beach Club
Branford, CT
$50 per ticket
Click here to buy your ticket!
For general information or for sponsorship opportunities, please call Elizabeth Hilton at 203-776-6208 ext. 23
Have a great time giving back to Life Haven at this wonderful event!
xo Jessica
Giving back really is easy. It seems that it's just too much with everything else we have going on in our lives whether it be school, family, work, or other obligations. That's why it's important to find the easy ways to give back and that's why I started this blog.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Give Back in a Flash: Columbus House shelter is in urgent need of a few items!
Hi do-gooders,
Our friends over at the wonderful Columbus House are in need of some items. Can you help them out by donating a few?
The following items are needed urgently:
Our friends over at the wonderful Columbus House are in need of some items. Can you help them out by donating a few?
The following items are needed urgently:
- Full sized Depends
- NEW socks and underwear
- Shaving Cream
- Sunscreen (50+ SPF)
- SMALL bars of soap
- Foot spray
- Floss picks
If you can donate any of these items, please contact Sheree DiMario at sdimario@columbushouse.org or 203-401-4400, ext. 138.
Keep on giving back, do-gooders!
xo Jessica
Monday, July 23, 2012
Giving back online from home? Yes, please!
Dearest do-gooders,
This new way of giving back is SO easy that you can do it from the comfort of your own home in your pajamas! Called "microvolunteering," the idea is that, people in need go online and post their needs, and if you can help them out, you sign up to help. Whether it's a charter school that needs a slogan or a startup non-profit that needs someone with grant writing experience to give them a hand, there are many opportunities to be a microvolunteer!
My absolute favorite microvolunteering site is Sparked! Take a short survey regarding your interests and then Sparked will connect you with a host of different "challenges" to choose from where your knowledge, experience and interests will be put to good use. My recommended challenges today include helping a health and medicine policy group think of a raffle idea, helping a poverty-relieving agency with their pinterest page and helping an organization in India think of ways to fundraise to keep girls from small villages in school. Sounds pretty easy, right? Take a look and see what challenges you can help with!
Other sites to check out include two out of the United Kingdom: Spots of Time and Help from Home, which have similar platforms. Check them out and become a microvolunteer!
How easy is that?
xo Jessica
This new way of giving back is SO easy that you can do it from the comfort of your own home in your pajamas! Called "microvolunteering," the idea is that, people in need go online and post their needs, and if you can help them out, you sign up to help. Whether it's a charter school that needs a slogan or a startup non-profit that needs someone with grant writing experience to give them a hand, there are many opportunities to be a microvolunteer!
My absolute favorite microvolunteering site is Sparked! Take a short survey regarding your interests and then Sparked will connect you with a host of different "challenges" to choose from where your knowledge, experience and interests will be put to good use. My recommended challenges today include helping a health and medicine policy group think of a raffle idea, helping a poverty-relieving agency with their pinterest page and helping an organization in India think of ways to fundraise to keep girls from small villages in school. Sounds pretty easy, right? Take a look and see what challenges you can help with!
Other sites to check out include two out of the United Kingdom: Spots of Time and Help from Home, which have similar platforms. Check them out and become a microvolunteer!
How easy is that?
xo Jessica
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Moving out, giving back, going forward!
Hello do-gooders!
I apologize for the lengthy delay in this new post. I have been in the midst of a transition as I have relocated from the Hartford area to the New Haven area. It was a big move for us, especially because we were moving from a bigger apartment into a smaller apartment. Moving is no fun, ever. It's just awful and time-consuming and we moved ourselves so it involved a lot of elbow grease as well.
We also were in the position of having a lot of excess furniture and other household items that wouldn't fit in our new apartment. In light of our moving and shedding excess, I cleaned out my closet to see what I hadn't worn in a while and had several bags full of clothes, shoes and accessories that I didn't need anymore.
The question, of course, became, what do we do with this stuff? Donate it of course!! The next question became, where? I'll tell you!
One of my favorite organizations in Hartford, the South Park Inn, ended up taking every single donated item we had to give for their transitional housing program and they made it easy to do. We just called, told them what we had to donate and then dropped it off! If you'd like to donate to South Park Inn, please call first to ensure that they have space for your donation. The number is 860-724-0071!.
Now that I'm down in New Haven, I will be updating with local giving more oriented to the city I live in. Here are some wonderful furniture donation centers where your old stuff can make a big difference to someone else:
The Furniture Co-Op at New Haven Home Recovery
30 Morriss Ave
West Haven, CT
T/R 10-6:00 or by appointment (Summer hours, increased hours starting in the fall)
The Furniture Co-Op partners with local organizations that pre-screen individuals so that your donation will help someone truly in need. The individuals that benefit from Co-Op furniture are those transitioning from homelessness, those with disabilities and those with other insufferable hardships who need a hand.
To inquire about furniture donation, call 203-492-4866 x 13.
Helping Hands Community Thirft Store and Furniture Bank
1593 State Street
New Haven, CT
M, T, W, F 9:30-5:30
R 9:30-7:30
SA 9:30-5:00
SU 10-4
Helping Hands' furniture bank is available to clients of partnering social service and non-profit agencies. The furniture is available to those transitioning from homelessness, those with HIV, low income senior citizens, victims of domestic violence and other needy people. Plus Helping Hands has now partnered with Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) to help refugees starting a new life here with their furniture needs.
Pick up of furniture is free in the Greater New Haven area! Pick up is available for a reasonable fee outside of the Greater New Haven area. To arrange pick up, call Allen Klein at 203-214-3038. Otherwise drop off is available at any of their four drop-off centers, click here for the addresses.
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army will pick up your clothes, furniture or household items for free! There are also a lot of convenient drop-off bins. For information on pick ups, call 1-800-SA-TRUCK (800-728-7825).
Happy donating and easy moving!
xo Jessica
UPDATE: One commenter noted that Salvation Army has lengthy delays in booking times for pick up and should be used for those who know well in advance that they will be donating. Just something to note and thank you to my commenter who pointed this out!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Give Back in a Flash!: Aces & Icicles is back!
Dearest do-gooders,
Last year, my old friend and tennis coach Billy Previdi and his family started a tennis fundraiser to benefit Connecticut Hospice. Connecticut Hospice was the first hospice in America and it is an organization that is very dear to my heart.
This year, the Second Annual Aces & Icicles Event will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Walsh Intermediate School in Branford, CT. Billy will be running two competitive sessions of "point play" tennis and there will be refreshments and prizes!
To reiterate my comments from last year, the Previdis are simply wonderful people whom I have had the pleasure of knowing since I was a little girl. To be able to play tennis with Billy for $30 and to do it for a good cause is an absolutely incredible opportunity. You can't give back easier (or more fun) than this event!
Here are the details:
Last year, my old friend and tennis coach Billy Previdi and his family started a tennis fundraiser to benefit Connecticut Hospice. Connecticut Hospice was the first hospice in America and it is an organization that is very dear to my heart.
This year, the Second Annual Aces & Icicles Event will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Walsh Intermediate School in Branford, CT. Billy will be running two competitive sessions of "point play" tennis and there will be refreshments and prizes!
To reiterate my comments from last year, the Previdis are simply wonderful people whom I have had the pleasure of knowing since I was a little girl. To be able to play tennis with Billy for $30 and to do it for a good cause is an absolutely incredible opportunity. You can't give back easier (or more fun) than this event!
Here are the details:
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012
Time: Point play at 9:00 am to 10:30 am and then again from 10:30 am to noon
Location: Walsh Intermediate School
Cost: $30 per player
Sign up by emailing Billy at previdib at gmail or by going to the facebook event page here!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Give Back in a Flash: Can you help out Hands on Hartford on Leap Day?
Hello do-gooders!
I apologize for my extended absence. In only two weeks, I swear I will be back to posting regularly and bringing you easy opportunities for giving back.
Here's a way to give back in a flash:
Hands on Hartford is currently looking for volunteers for their Take a Break from Work program where you can help serve lunch at MANNA Community Meals. They are in need of volunteers on Leap Day which is February 29th!
Check it out here!
xo Jessica
P.S. Can't volunteer? Hands on Hartford is currently in need of clean new socks, personal toiletry items, and coffee! Drop some off at 45 Church Street!
I apologize for my extended absence. In only two weeks, I swear I will be back to posting regularly and bringing you easy opportunities for giving back.
Here's a way to give back in a flash:
Hands on Hartford is currently looking for volunteers for their Take a Break from Work program where you can help serve lunch at MANNA Community Meals. They are in need of volunteers on Leap Day which is February 29th!
Check it out here!
xo Jessica
P.S. Can't volunteer? Hands on Hartford is currently in need of clean new socks, personal toiletry items, and coffee! Drop some off at 45 Church Street!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Give Back in a Flash: CT Whale and Hands on Hartford!
It's back!
On January 27th, 2012, giving back is easier than ever because the CT Whale hockey team will play the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. A portion of the cost of each ticket will benefit Hands on Hartford. Click here to find out more!
When: January 27, 2012--Doors open at 6 pm and game begins at 7 pm
Where: XL Center
How much: $14 per ticket
Purchase tickets through Hands on Hartford by January 22nd by contacting Tricia Hyacinth at 860-728-3201 or at thyacinth@handsonhartford.org
Remember to bring a food item or new pair of socks to the game to benefit Hands on Hartford's MANNA programs!
See you at the game!
xo Jessica
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