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Buy 10 extra items at the store

Buy 10 extra items at the store

Buy 10 extra items at the store

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Each week buy 10 extra items at the grocery.  Once you have 50 items drop off at your local food bank.  

Make 50 sandwiches

Buy 10 extra items at the store

Buy 10 extra items at the store

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You'll need bread, peanut butter, jelly and 50 sandwich baggies.  A great family project. 

Make 50 lunch bags

Buy 10 extra items at the store

Collection Drive - 50 items

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Great project for the kids!  Decorate brown paper bags and fill each with a sandwich, chips and fruit for a food bank or shelter. 

Collection Drive - 50 items

Collection Drive - 50 items

Collection Drive - 50 items

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Let folks know that you are trying to donate 50 non-perishable items to your local food bank.  

Make Casseroles

Collection Drive - 50 items

Make Casseroles

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Share those great recipes with your friends and neighbors.  Ask your friends to each make a few.  10 families could each make 5 or 25 families each make 2.  Deliver to a soup kitchen. 

Hot Sauce!!

Collection Drive - 50 items

Make Casseroles

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We asked a soup kitchen "What item do you need more than any other?"  HOT SAUCE!  They can't keep it in stock.  The visitors want FLAVOR. 

Donated Laundry Soap

CLOTHING

Shoes

Sanitary Products & New/Gently used Bras

Sanitary Products & New/Gently used Bras

Have a Shoe Drive!

Have a shoe drive.  Kids out grow shoes so fast!

Sanitary Products & New/Gently used Bras

Sanitary Products & New/Gently used Bras

Sanitary Products & New/Gently used Bras

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Women need the essentials - bras and sanitary pads.   Many shelters would be thrilled with your donations.  Or send to "I Support the Girls". 

Coast, Hats, Gloves

Sanitary Products & New/Gently used Bras

Coast, Hats, Gloves

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We handed out coats, hats and gloves to the homeless in Washington D.C.  

50 pairs of Socks

Business Suits, Ties, Dresses

Coast, Hats, Gloves

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SOCKS are the MOST needed, but LEAST donated item at Shelters.  

Business Suits, Ties, Dresses

Business Suits, Ties, Dresses

Business Suits, Ties, Dresses

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 Ask friends and neighbors to clean out their closets.  Let them know that you are collecting business clothes.  

Purses

Business Suits, Ties, Dresses

Business Suits, Ties, Dresses

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Have a Purse Drive!  Women trying to get back out in the workforce could really use one.   

50 Soccer Balls delivered around the World

Nepal and India

Nepal and India

Nepal and India

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I LOVE SOCCER!    So, I donated 50 balls to Provide Inc.  Their heroes help those in need around the world.  The balls are stuffed into suitcases and delivered  to children around the world.  A majority of them were delivered to children in three schools in Nepal and India.   

Guatemala

Nepal and India

Nepal and India

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Look at this little girl's SMILE!!  Her home in Guatemala had recently been destroyed by a Volcano.  The family lost everything, including their father who abandoned them after the disaster.  When the Provide Inc. heroes arrived to rebuild her home, they gave her a soccer ball.



New stuffed animals

New stuffed animals

New stuffed animals

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Mary & Mary Claire, 8th graders who never met, collected 300 new stuffed animals for  Mo. Co. Family Justice Center who gives stuffed animal to every child.    


Baseball Gear

New stuffed animals

New stuffed animals

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Why have it sit in our garage? 

We  donated lots of baseball gear to teams less fortunate than us.

Dog Pull Toys made from t-shirts

Dog Pull Toys made from t-shirts

Dog Pull Toys made from t-shirts

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Dog Shelter 

Grab old t-shirts and braid them.  

Dogs LOVE them. 

Pumpkins for shelter kids

Dog Pull Toys made from t-shirts

Dog Pull Toys made from t-shirts

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They covered them with stickers and drew on them with markers.   Happy Halloween!

Toys for children undergoing treatment

Dog Pull Toys made from t-shirts

Toys for children undergoing treatment

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Each child has a mailbox at

Children's Inn at NIH

We surprised them with FUN!

Diapers

50 Random Acts of Kindness

Toys for children undergoing treatment

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The Greater DC Diaper Bank

provides baby supplies for low income families.  

Volunteer there is so FUN!

50 Random Acts of Kindness

50 Random Acts of Kindness

50 Random Acts of Kindness

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"We have enough negative people in this world, it's time to swing the pendulum the right way."  


Children's books

Children's books

Children's books

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 Schools are always looking for book donations.   

Towels, Blankets

Children's books

Children's books

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 We've donated LOTS 

to ANIMAL and HUMAN Shelters 


    

Baby Books

Children's books

Youth Golf Clubs

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Did you know that children in the NICU typically show improvement when they are read to? 



Youth Golf Clubs

$50 Reward - Found Dog

Youth Golf Clubs

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First Tee of the Triangle,

because every child deserves an opportunity to play. 

Lipstick and Mascara

$50 Reward - Found Dog

$50 Reward - Found Dog

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Domestic violence shelter in D.C. 

I want to EMPOWER women. 

$50 Reward - Found Dog

$50 Reward - Found Dog

$50 Reward - Found Dog

When we found a Lost Dog, we didn't expect a $50 Reward, so we gave it to a dog shelter.  Kristi  MD

I was happy to find the dog, so I gave my reward $ to a Dog Shelter 

Collected money at BBQ

Collected money at BBQ

Collected money at BBQ

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 My sign helped me collect $ for a 

No Kill Animal Shelter

Letter Necklaces

Collected money at BBQ

Collected money at BBQ

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 The Tree House Child Advocacy Center 

These tactile necklaces help when stressed. 

Toys for Zoo Animals

Collected money at BBQ

Toothbrush and Toothpaste Kits

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Richmond Zoo 

My elementary school class donated these while they learned about animal habitats.  

Toothbrush and Toothpaste Kits

Toothbrush and Toothpaste Kits

Toothbrush and Toothpaste Kits

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My girlfriend and I made dental hygiene kits for the Gude Drive Women's Shelter. 

Birthday Cakes for Kids

Toothbrush and Toothpaste Kits

Birthday Cakes for Kids

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Birthday Cakes 4 Free BC4F.org delivers your homemade birthday cakes to less fortunate children   

Crossword books, colored pencils & chapstick

Crossword books, colored pencils & chapstick

Crossword books, colored pencils & chapstick

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 local assisted living facility

Hurricane Relief Supplies

Crossword books, colored pencils & chapstick

Crossword books, colored pencils & chapstick

Hurricane Relief

 Hurricane Dorian in Bahamas

Dog Food

Crossword books, colored pencils & chapstick

Cookies or nurses

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Dog Shelter 

Cookies or nurses

Small Stuffed Animals

Cookies or nurses

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 We wanted to say THANK YOU for taking such good care of my brother while he was receiving treatment for cancer. 

Small Stuffed Animals

Small Stuffed Animals

Small Stuffed Animals

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For low income Kindergarten students in Mo. Co.  They are each named Percy to teach the children to be Persistent.  

Pillows, pull ups, lotion, paint sets for shelter

Walkers, canes, crossword puzzles & Lotion for Assisted Living Facility

Pillows, pull ups, lotion, paint sets for shelter

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This shelter needed everything from laundry tabs, paint sets, pillows and pull- ups.    

Support a friend with Leukemia

Walkers, canes, crossword puzzles & Lotion for Assisted Living Facility

Pillows, pull ups, lotion, paint sets for shelter

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We helped a friend who was undergoing treatment for Leukemia.  The community sent cards, jokes &  prayers to share with the family.  

It really cheered them up!

Walkers, canes, crossword puzzles & Lotion for Assisted Living Facility

Walkers, canes, crossword puzzles & Lotion for Assisted Living Facility

Walkers, canes, crossword puzzles & Lotion for Assisted Living Facility

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When Cherie of Oahu, Hawaii, heard about this movement she immediately jumped on board!  

balls, jump ropes, chalk and more for Kids

balls, jump ropes, chalk and more for Kids

Walkers, canes, crossword puzzles & Lotion for Assisted Living Facility

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Kids in the Washington DC area want to have a FUN SUMMER!  KINDWORKS.org


Chemo Care Kits

balls, jump ropes, chalk and more for Kids

Tissue packets for young woman's funeral

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Head covers and socks 

for chemo care kits

for our local hospital

  

Tissue packets for young woman's funeral

balls, jump ropes, chalk and more for Kids

Tissue packets for young woman's funeral

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50 little packets that included encouraging words for a memorial luncheon in honor of a young woman who was a victim of sex trafficking and murder. 


Toys, sleeping bags, books, movie tickets

Toys, sleeping bags, books, movie tickets

Toys, sleeping bags, books, movie tickets

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Supplies for a

Foster Mom

So many kids come thru her door.

Birthday in a Bag

Toys, sleeping bags, books, movie tickets

Toys, sleeping bags, books, movie tickets

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Happy Birthday!

Food Banks

all the things needed to celebrate

Mammograms

Toys, sleeping bags, books, movie tickets

K - 12 Books

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Clicking on TheBreastCancerSite.com  provided free mammograms to women in need

K - 12 Books

Donations in lieu of gifts

K - 12 Books

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 #BrotherswithBooks 

Donations in lieu of gifts

Donations in lieu of gifts

Donations in lieu of gifts

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12 year old's birthday gifts - 

items local Shelter 

Horse Farm donations and money

Birth Control in 3rd world countries

Birth Control in 3rd world countries

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Synchrony Farm offers lessons for children with special needs.  I was able to raise over $800!!  

Birth Control in 3rd world countries

Birth Control in 3rd world countries

Birth Control in 3rd world countries

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For $15.00 YOU can HELP woman in 3rd world countries for an ENTIRE YEAR!

Blankets for Derek's Hugs

Birth Control in 3rd world countries

knitted hearts - Peyton Heart Project

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While young Derek was in the hospital, he wished for a warm, comfy blanket 

knitted hearts - Peyton Heart Project

knitted hearts - Peyton Heart Project

knitted hearts - Peyton Heart Project

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These little hearts with notes are scattered around communities to help end suicide and bullying. 


School Supplies

knitted hearts - Peyton Heart Project

T-shirts for Ocean City Shelter

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 Donate gently used school supplies to the Mo Co. Public Schools  

T-shirts for Ocean City Shelter

knitted hearts - Peyton Heart Project

T-shirts for Ocean City Shelter

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 I have a large t-shirt collection and I love Ocean City.  So, I decided to combine my two loves. 

Gave Toys to kids in hospital

Place mats

Dolls for Multicultural Youth Center

Dolls for Multicultural Youth Center

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Our 5th grade students 

made inspirational place mats for Meals on Wheels recipients in the Wheaton area.  


Dolls for Multicultural Youth Center

Dolls for Multicultural Youth Center

Dolls for Multicultural Youth Center

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I donated 50 VERY SPECIAL dolls

My dad's Embassy Row customers 

brought from their native countries 

Organ donation registration

Dolls for Multicultural Youth Center

Organ donation registration

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I encouraged people to sign up to be organ donors or donate their entire body to science   

 

College tuition

Cleaning Products for new shelter apartments

Organ donation registration

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My son's friend unexpectedly lost her parent.  It was too late for financial aid.  We raised $1,660 for her Freshman year of college.


Lemonade Stand - Safe Kids Worldwide

Cleaning Products for new shelter apartments

Cleaning Products for new shelter apartments

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We had a lemonade stand.

We raised over $62.00 for 

Safe Kids Montgomery County.  

Cleaning Products for new shelter apartments

Cleaning Products for new shelter apartments

Cleaning Products for new shelter apartments

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When transitioning into county owned home, everyone wants things to stay clean. 

Apartment Set-Up for families starting over

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I gave 50 plus minutes of time to help KindWorks set up an apartment for a family of 5.  It was not only heartwarming, but it was creative and FUN!  I felt like I was on a decorating game show.   All of the household items including couches, beds, art, toiletries and food were all donated.     


Laundry Tabs

Letters to our military and Veterans

Letters to our military and Veterans

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So many places need laundry soap  Shelter Residents and

Ronald McDonald House Residents

Letters to our military and Veterans

Letters to our military and Veterans

Letters to our military and Veterans

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 Operation Gratitude  - families wrote letters of THANKS

Pottery

Letters to our military and Veterans

Pottery

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I make beautiful pottery, but wanted to donate some to Shelter Residents who are moving into their 1st HOME

school uniforms and supplies

Replaced stolen electronic devices

Replaced stolen electronic devices

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An estimated 5,000 students across Charlotte Meckenburg schools are considered homeless.  A Child's Place helps these children receive  supplies and uniforms 

Replaced stolen electronic devices

Replaced stolen electronic devices

Replaced stolen electronic devices

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 This family had EVERYTHING stolen while on vacation.  Her children need these devices to help with their disabilities. This helped them renew their faith in humanity.  


Volunteer for The United Way

Replaced stolen electronic devices

Glue for Shelter Kids to make SLIME

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I  Volunteer Career Coach helping people with their resumes, job search & interview skills.  

Glue for Shelter Kids to make SLIME

Snacks for Parents at Ronald McDonald House

Glue for Shelter Kids to make SLIME

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Just like any kid, these kids really wanted to make SLIME, so we donated tubs of glue. 

Snacks for Parents at Ronald McDonald House

Snacks for Parents at Ronald McDonald House

Snacks for Parents at Ronald McDonald House

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Exhausted parents need snacks when they are running back and forth to the hospital. 

swim team makes dog toys


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