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Updates from the Field - Nurture 15 At-Risk Atlanta Preschoolers for a Year
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Recent Updates from the Field
You're Invited!
By Paige McKay Kubik - Vice President, Development & Communication, July 19, 2009 12:52 PM
We've got a lot happening in the upcoming weeks at Sheltering Arms, and we'd love for you to join us. Here's what's happening:
July 19-31: Discount Falcons Tickets on Sale to Benefit Sheltering Arms. September 20 is Sheltering Arms Day at the Georgia Dome, when the Atlanta Falcons will take on the Carolina Panthers. You can purchase your ticket for $35, a discount of $20 off the regular price with $10 from every ticket going to the Sheltering Arms scholarship fund. Tickets are available at Sheltering Arms centers, or you can purchase online at the link below. (There's an additional $1.32 transaction fee for each ticket purchased online.)
July 20-26: Junior League of Atlanta and Belk Book Drive for Sheltering Arms. 21 metro Atlanta Belk stores will collect children's books and accept donations at the cash register to benefit Sheltering Arms Operation StoryBook. All donors July 20-22 will receive a special Belk discount coupon.
September 5-6: Sheltering Arms will be at the Decatur Book Festival. If you'd like to volunteer to help with the children's activities at our booth, please contact Jason at jlowery@shelteringarmsforkids.com or 404-523-9865.
If you need more information on these events or anything else happening at Sheltering Arms, you can visit the links below or email me at pkubik@shelteringarmsforkids.com.
By the way, we expect to receive the check this week for the money you raised through Global Giving. We'll also be receiving a list of our Global Giving donors, and will mail each of you a personalized thank you.
Hope to see you at the events coming up for Sheltering Arms!
July 19-31: Discount Falcons Tickets on Sale to Benefit Sheltering Arms. September 20 is Sheltering Arms Day at the Georgia Dome, when the Atlanta Falcons will take on the Carolina Panthers. You can purchase your ticket for $35, a discount of $20 off the regular price with $10 from every ticket going to the Sheltering Arms scholarship fund. Tickets are available at Sheltering Arms centers, or you can purchase online at the link below. (There's an additional $1.32 transaction fee for each ticket purchased online.)
July 20-26: Junior League of Atlanta and Belk Book Drive for Sheltering Arms. 21 metro Atlanta Belk stores will collect children's books and accept donations at the cash register to benefit Sheltering Arms Operation StoryBook. All donors July 20-22 will receive a special Belk discount coupon.
September 5-6: Sheltering Arms will be at the Decatur Book Festival. If you'd like to volunteer to help with the children's activities at our booth, please contact Jason at jlowery@shelteringarmsforkids.com or 404-523-9865.
If you need more information on these events or anything else happening at Sheltering Arms, you can visit the links below or email me at pkubik@shelteringarmsforkids.com.
By the way, we expect to receive the check this week for the money you raised through Global Giving. We'll also be receiving a list of our Global Giving donors, and will mail each of you a personalized thank you.
Hope to see you at the events coming up for Sheltering Arms!
Links:
- Sheltering Arms Falcons Day Tickets - Purchase through PayPal
- Junior League & Belk Book Drive for Sheltering Arms
- For more info on Sheltering Arms
Pictures:
- Freddie Falcon Visits Sheltering Arms (JPG)
- Children Receive a Book Each Month Through Operation StoryBook (JPG)
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Thank You!
By Paige McKay Kubik - Vice President, Development & Communication, July 01, 2009 11:44 AM
We did it! $5,056 raised from 89 donors, with 7 hours to spare in the GlobalGiving competition! Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this first online fundraising event for Sheltering Arms so successful. The amount we’ve raised so far is enough to fund 6 weeks of needs-based child care scholarships for 15 children at Sheltering Arms.
So what’s next? First of all, Sheltering Arms now has a permanent place on the GlobalGiving website, linking us to caring people from around the world. So you can still spread the word to friends and family who can help us toward our next goal, an additional $44,444 to fully fund scholarships for each of those 15 children for an entire year.
Second, we’ll be sending a personal thank you to each of you soon. GlobalGiving will supply us with a complete list of our supporters who requested acknowledgement along with the check for the money you raised.
Third, stay in touch! Become a Sheltering Arms fan on Facebook…just link to our page at www.shelteringarmsforkids.com. Or meet the children you’re helping and sign up to be a guest reader at a Sheltering Arms center during our Operation StoryBook Read-A-Thon on September 10 & 11. You can email Jason at jlowery@shelteringarmsforkids.com for more info.
Again, thank you for caring so much and for the hope you’ve shared with families at Sheltering Arms. Here’s part of a letter we received from the mother of one of those families:
“It is hard for me to believe just how much my daughter has learned and grown. Her teacher Ms. Harper not only teaches the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes, and sounds, but she also teaches her how to be a respectful, patient, polite, and honest little girl, while keeping me informed so we can work as a team. When my daughter’s great-grandmother passed away, Ms. Harper was so compassionate. Even with a classroom of students, she still found time to give Janae extra hugs, smiles, time, and a listening ear. When Janae came home, she told me how Ms. Harper had made her so happy. When I lost my job, the center’s family support coordinator, Ms. Moore, was patient and understanding. She listened, and helped me find job leads and help building my resume. ‘Thank you’ and ‘I appreciate you’ don’t come often enough for people like Ms. Harper and Ms. Moore.”
So what’s next? First of all, Sheltering Arms now has a permanent place on the GlobalGiving website, linking us to caring people from around the world. So you can still spread the word to friends and family who can help us toward our next goal, an additional $44,444 to fully fund scholarships for each of those 15 children for an entire year.
Second, we’ll be sending a personal thank you to each of you soon. GlobalGiving will supply us with a complete list of our supporters who requested acknowledgement along with the check for the money you raised.
Third, stay in touch! Become a Sheltering Arms fan on Facebook…just link to our page at www.shelteringarmsforkids.com. Or meet the children you’re helping and sign up to be a guest reader at a Sheltering Arms center during our Operation StoryBook Read-A-Thon on September 10 & 11. You can email Jason at jlowery@shelteringarmsforkids.com for more info.
Again, thank you for caring so much and for the hope you’ve shared with families at Sheltering Arms. Here’s part of a letter we received from the mother of one of those families:
“It is hard for me to believe just how much my daughter has learned and grown. Her teacher Ms. Harper not only teaches the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes, and sounds, but she also teaches her how to be a respectful, patient, polite, and honest little girl, while keeping me informed so we can work as a team. When my daughter’s great-grandmother passed away, Ms. Harper was so compassionate. Even with a classroom of students, she still found time to give Janae extra hugs, smiles, time, and a listening ear. When Janae came home, she told me how Ms. Harper had made her so happy. When I lost my job, the center’s family support coordinator, Ms. Moore, was patient and understanding. She listened, and helped me find job leads and help building my resume. ‘Thank you’ and ‘I appreciate you’ don’t come often enough for people like Ms. Harper and Ms. Moore.”
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Thanks from Jenny and Charlie!
By Paige McKay Kubik - Vice President, Development & Communication, June 25, 2009 01:25 PM
Thank you so much for supporting us in the GlobalGiving competition! We're feeling great about reaching our first goal...$4000 and 50 donors by June 30. We still have a little way to go, so spread the word!
We just received word last week that Sheltering Arms kids would lose almost half a million dollars in scholarship funding from United Way due to the recession. That's equivalent to about 165 full-year child care tuition scholarships, so your support is meeting a tremendous need.
One of our moms copied us on a letter she's sending to her friends, and she said we could share it with you, too. We wanted you to see what you are making possible. Here's Jenny's letter:
“Dear Friends,
My son Charlie was diagnosed with Type 1 (Juvenile Diabetes) about 1 ½ years ago. What a journey it has been. It took some time, tears and patience, but we finally feel like we are over the hump of understanding what to do, when. “How much insulin? How many finger pricks? How much exercise? How much sleep? How much money? How many other kids at his age deal with this (not many, thankfully)? WHO CAN WE LEAVE HIM WITH THAT WILL CARE FOR HIM ADEQUATELY?” It was scary.
After about 8 months into his diagnosis, I began to lose hope that I could stay employed and still give my son the daily care that he needs to stay healthy.
ENTER…Sheltering Arms.
This place has been a life-saver for us...and anyone that has ever loved us!! Ok, that is laying it on pretty thick, but this place is amazing. Sheltering Arms stepped up! After hearing all that would be involved with his daily care, they did not hesitate to say “We’ll do it!” And, praise God, they do it SO WELL! \They give him all the of the insulin and blood sugar checks that a worried mom could ask for!
They don’t have to do it. Most schools
won’t. In fact, his endocrinologist was
floored when we told her about all that
they do.
To show my appreciation for all that Sheltering Arms does to make our life in Atlanta possible, I am running a half marathon this Fall, and I am asking everyone I know (and their friends) to donate $1 per mile to Sheltering Arms. This is a non-profit organization that can really use the extra money to keep their awesome program (and practice of helping families in need) prospering.
Thanks so much for helping.
Jenny, Charlie’s Mom””
We're grateful for great parents like Jenny, great kids like Charlie, and great friends like you. Thanks so much!
We just received word last week that Sheltering Arms kids would lose almost half a million dollars in scholarship funding from United Way due to the recession. That's equivalent to about 165 full-year child care tuition scholarships, so your support is meeting a tremendous need.
One of our moms copied us on a letter she's sending to her friends, and she said we could share it with you, too. We wanted you to see what you are making possible. Here's Jenny's letter:
“Dear Friends,
My son Charlie was diagnosed with Type 1 (Juvenile Diabetes) about 1 ½ years ago. What a journey it has been. It took some time, tears and patience, but we finally feel like we are over the hump of understanding what to do, when. “How much insulin? How many finger pricks? How much exercise? How much sleep? How much money? How many other kids at his age deal with this (not many, thankfully)? WHO CAN WE LEAVE HIM WITH THAT WILL CARE FOR HIM ADEQUATELY?” It was scary.
After about 8 months into his diagnosis, I began to lose hope that I could stay employed and still give my son the daily care that he needs to stay healthy.
ENTER…Sheltering Arms.
This place has been a life-saver for us...and anyone that has ever loved us!! Ok, that is laying it on pretty thick, but this place is amazing. Sheltering Arms stepped up! After hearing all that would be involved with his daily care, they did not hesitate to say “We’ll do it!” And, praise God, they do it SO WELL! \They give him all the of the insulin and blood sugar checks that a worried mom could ask for!
They don’t have to do it. Most schools
won’t. In fact, his endocrinologist was
floored when we told her about all that
they do.
To show my appreciation for all that Sheltering Arms does to make our life in Atlanta possible, I am running a half marathon this Fall, and I am asking everyone I know (and their friends) to donate $1 per mile to Sheltering Arms. This is a non-profit organization that can really use the extra money to keep their awesome program (and practice of helping families in need) prospering.
Thanks so much for helping.
Jenny, Charlie’s Mom””
We're grateful for great parents like Jenny, great kids like Charlie, and great friends like you. Thanks so much!
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