Come visit us Today through Friday at the Phillipsburg Mall for Operation: Send Some Cheer Care Package Event 9am-1pm and 4-8 pm. We'll be collecting donations of items to send to soldiers, and have awesome crafty and gifty items along with new kids books for sale to raise funds for shipping the care packages. I'll also have out Be Significant and Musicians Against Troubled Teens and Suicide Awareness Support Bands, which make great holiday gifts!! So come out and support some good causes!!
Phillipsburg Mall Event 12/11 - 12/ 14
Join us at the Phillipsburg Mall
December 11-14
9am-1pm and 4-8pm
located near the coffee shop and Old Navy entrance.
9am-1pm and 4-8pm
located near the coffee shop and Old Navy entrance.
We'll be collecting travel size toiletries, socks,
and individually packaged snack
We'll also have cards provided for
writing letters of support to deployed soldiers!
Operation: Send Some Cheer
Support Bands/Bracelets
will be available for $20. Each band purchased
funds shipping for one box of care packages!
Plus we'll have some crafty and gifty items
available for purchase to raise funds
for shipping the care packages.
Support Bands/Bracelets
will be available for $20. Each band purchased
funds shipping for one box of care packages!
Plus we'll have some crafty and gifty items
available for purchase to raise funds
for shipping the care packages.
Visit Us in Hope and Check out Our New Items
We will be set up at
Hope's Christmas Craft Fair
on December 1st and 2nd,
at the Inn at Millrace Pond
(313 Johnsonburg Road, Hope, NJ),
from 10-5 Sat. 10-4 Sun.
We'll have cards and stationary to write letters of support to deployed soldiers
as well as collecting donations of items to ship in care packages
and funds for shipping. Hope to see you there!
Also be sure to check out our new store to support our
Operation: Send Some Cheer efforts!
Assembling Care Packages This Week
We're going to be assembling care packages for the troops at our All For Helping space on Route 57 in Stewartsville, this week, along with candy sleighs and snowman soup to include in them. Anyone wanting to help out, or donate stuff to be sent through Operation: Send Some Cheer message me!! We'll be there afternoons and nights, and are trying to fulfill our goal of 1,515 care packages this season, so please share with friends and family to help reach the goal. Thank you.
Wildtree Fundraiser
Start working on your holiday shopping and help us send care packages to the troops!
Visit Wildtree's fundraiser for Operation: Send Some Cheer. Yum!!
Scentsy Party Fundraiser
All For Helping is hosting an online Scentsy Party as a fundraiser for Operation: Send Some Cheer.
Follow the party link and conquer some of your holiday shopping while helping us ship care packages!! Feel free to pass think along to all your friends, family, and co-workers too! Who couldn't use a little smell good Scentsy on their life!!
Help Us Reach Our Goal
Join us in meeting our goal of sending 1,515 boxes of care packages
by the end of this year to deployed soldiers!! Each box costs approximately $6 to ship totaling $9090 for all.
We get an average of about 75-100 requests a week directly from soldiers and everything done here is on a volunteer basis.
If you'd like to get involved or donate items, give us a shout!! allforhelping@ymail.com
If you'd like to get involved or donate items, give us a shout!! allforhelping@ymail.com
Care packages are the least we can do to show support
and give the thanks deserved for defending our nation.
We will ship to addresses of deployed soldiers provided by friends and family.
Soldiers can also send us their address, so we'll send them goodies!
Check Out All For Helping on Facebook
Hi Friends,
I know it's been a while since we've posted, but we promise to get back into giving you info soon!! However we have been active on Facebook since we have a Facebook junkie as a volunteer! So to all our friends that have a Facebook account, be sure to check us out and give us a "Like" and a "Share"!!
I know it's been a while since we've posted, but we promise to get back into giving you info soon!! However we have been active on Facebook since we have a Facebook junkie as a volunteer! So to all our friends that have a Facebook account, be sure to check us out and give us a "Like" and a "Share"!!
Helping The Homeless In Nashville
We assembled some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and lunch meat
sandwiches, along with fresh carrots to go into our homeless care bags.
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| My daughter's friend and my daughter making sandwiches. |
Here's some bags being assembled.
They also have handwipes, water, granlola bars, snacks, and toiletries.
The care packages were assembled in the shopping bags we've been collecting each time we go the store. My goal is to eventually hand out the care bags housed in lightweight drawstring backpacks, so they can be used repeatedly by the recipient. They have been found from a wholesaler for only $0.89 each plus shipping, with a minimum of 1000, so hopefully it will be able to happen soon!
After we packed up the care bags we went to downtown Nashville and handed them out.
Now we are on the road again to a different city....
Kids Supporting Vets
I learned of this toady and felt the need to share because I just love stuff like this. Two girls started this program to help veterans. Check it out and get involved if you can!!
This cause was set up after Caitlyn decided to start collecting donations for her 8th Birthday to go to Walter Reed Medical Center to drop off, however, for reasons outside of their control they were not able to drop of the collection there and began to find another cause. That's where Philadelphia...
We're Looking For Some PR / Graphics Help
Attention Friends:
We are looking for some help in the PR department with our brochures, logos, graphics, etc., so any of you out there that know anyone in PR or if it's what you do, and would be willing to volunteer some time here or there, let me know!! Please share this to help us find some help. There's got to be a PR person in someone's friend list!
Thanks so much- Katie
Attention Businesses, I Need Your Help!!
To all my friends across the US, I'm on a cross country road trip and need your help! I am looking for opportunities to set up at various places (businesses, restaurants, stores, hotels, etc.), for people to write letters of support to deployed soldiers. If you know of a business that would like to host us, please message me! I'm also asking for you to like and share my FB page "All For Helping" to help gain support. Thanks so much!!!
I'm slowly making my way across the country to feed the homeless and show support of the military! I invite you to visit my website to learn more at...www.allforhelping.com
Assembly of Care Packages Continues!
Just finished assembling homeless care bags that are going to take up more space than anticipated in my car. Guess I need to hand them out quicker to free up space! Thanks Maureen and Donna for your help tonight. I'm glad to have also boxed up more care packages for the troops too! The shelves are looking barer.
Getting Ready for the Summer
In preparation for our summer departure, I've been cleaning up All For Helping's "workshop" by creating care packages out of everything that still sits on the shelves. My goal is to pack up the goods and send them off! We are finally able to resume shipping after holding our Memorial Day Fundraiser, thanks again to everyone who came and supported us- it was a great time!
After the summer trip, upon return at the end of the summer, we'll begin collecting and shipping, all over again!
Scout groups the calender is being planned for the fall, so if you'd like to secure your meeting date, send me an email at allforhelping@ymail.com, and I'll get it on the schedule.
For those of you that would like to follow our summer adventure you can at :
(this is the vacation part, troop efforts, and feeding the homeless, all rolled into one blog)
and of course on twitter at : https://twitter.com/#!/allforhelping
Throughout the summer I'll be tweeting clues to our whereabouts. We'll be holding letter writing to the troops in various places, and of course at each, collecting travel size toiletries, bottled water, fresh fruit, and snack items to put in our homeless care packages.
Want to stay more in touch with our whereabouts? Sign up for our Postcard Club, and receive a postcard from each location we visit. The membership dues directly support our feed the homeless initiative!
Had a Great Time At Lopat Community Day
Had a great time at Lopatcong Township Community Day.
Thanks to everyone who stopped in and wrote letters of support to deployed service members.
It was the perfect weather for an outside event, sunny with a breeze, and their was great music too!
We're gearing up to depart on our summer journey. Countdown is on!
We plan to tour some military bases, collect addresses to send to, and feed the homeless along the way.
Follow us on twitter at #allforhelping. We plan to disclose clues as to where we'll be.
So folllow us, find us, and get prizes when you meet us!!
Visit Us at Lopatcong Community Day
This Saturday from 1-8 pm visit us at
Lopatcong Township's Community Day.
We will be set up with stationary and cards to write letters of support to deployed soldiers.
As well as selling smelly jellies, note card sets, and dead sea salts to
fund care packages to the troops and our homeless care bags.
As always wherever we are, we accept donations of:
Travel Size Snacks and Toiletries (to fill care packages)
Ribbons, Cello Bags, and Ziploc Bags (to house care packages)
Unused Cards - All Occasions, Holidays, and Blank
Hope to see you there!
Stinger Sprint
We set up at Greenwich School's Stinger Sprint with our supplies for writing letters of support to deployed soldiers. It turned out to be a beautifully sunny day with a light breeze, perfect weather for a 5K!
Smelly Jellies are an aromatic flame-less air freshener.
Our Bath Salts are made up of imported dead sea salts and european sea salts.
(These are all natural sea salts, not to be confused with the ones featured in the media)
Pretty Note Card Sets of Four
Letter Writing and Vendor Event a Success
We ended the day with much success on Sunday, even after all the rain.
Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to come out and join us.
We had 21 vendors, music, and prizes, and many letters of support to deployed soldiers were written.
There was a picture featured in the Express Times on Monday of some of our letter writers!
We donated the leftover food to Safe Haven in Easton, PA,
with plans to try and help them out throughout the year.
Thanks to the Phillipsburg Masonic Lodge for proving the space and help,
to all of our vendors and crafters, and to all of the local businesses that donated prizes.
We will be posting links to all of our vendors and crafters on our sponsor page shortly as well as updated totals of care packages shipped, now that we have funds to send some more.
Sweet Cake Designs Have Donated to Our Bake Sale!!!
I'm excited to say that Sweet Cake Designs have donated to our bake sale-
cupcakes and cookies- for the May 27th Picnic/ Vendor Event to support the troops!!
I'm excited!!!
We've got a DJ and Bagpipes for the 27th!!
Thanks to Island Jamz Entertainment,
we have music to increase the fun for our
Letter Writing to the Troops Picnic and Vendor Event!!
As well as another surprise - bagpiper Sean VanAssen
will be playing for us all through out the day!
It's going to be an amazing time.
I hope many will come out and join us on
Sunday May 27th at 400 Hillcrest Avenue, Phillpsburg, from 10-4.
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
A list of vendors and prizes will be posted in the next day, so check back often!
A list of vendors and prizes will be posted in the next day, so check back often!
A New Change Is Taking Place.....
Thanks to everyone's support of the Women on Their Way contest by Wyndham Hotels, I was able to win! I entered not for personal gain, but for the sheer fact that winning would help increase awareness of what we do at All For Helping and gain more support. I feel silly saying "I won" because I think of everyone involved and supporting All For Helping as a "we" and therefore I will say "WE WON!!!"
Holy smokes, I feel completely honored to represent Wyndham while helping so many others through All For Helping. It was such a nice surprise (actually, way more than nice), to learn that not only would 14 nights of hotel lodging be provided to supplement our time share stays, but that I'd be able to put the gift cards towards creating more homeless care packages, and off setting the cost of gas somewhat. Plus use the video camera to provide more entertaining blog entries!
The style of this blog is going to change slightly making it more inviting to everyone who visits. We're working on weekly contests- I'm very excited about this, (because some of it is humorous), video entries, and we plan to share our whole summer vacation with you!!! So I'll apologize in advance, if your intentions were to visit here only to see our homeless efforts or troop efforts, but I decided writing 3 blogs would be too much work. I plan to treat everyone as extended family. You'll get to meet my children, my husband, my parents, and a ton of other family members and friends along the way. Who knows if you cross our paths, you might even see yourself!!
I've already moved all the important information from this blog to the main website. From there you'll learn of event dates, how to get involved, etc. etc. and from here, we'll engage you for participation! Like I said, contests, videos, questions, invites, and so much more - oh yeah, and reviews. We'll be sharing our opinion on a host of fun stuff, from restaurants to car entertainment.
I'm hoping this journey will serve as an inspiration to others to want to go out into their communities, step outside of their comfort zone, and get involved too- whether it's meeting us along the way to lend a hand, or right in their own backyard. Each activity that takes place, will slowly manifest the world into a kinder place, relative to the butterfly effect!
I hope the change that takes place here will be well received. I plan to implement it over the next few days, to slowly transition it into a new fun happening place to be online! So invite your friends and family and be sure to share on Facebook, let's collectively bring a little more joy into society!!
Katie
Winning turned to be a more than fortunate event. I was under the assumption that only the first place winner was privy to all the gifts that came along with the #1 spot, but to my surprise, all top ten winners received the whole sha-bang.
WE won an HD Flip video camera,
$800 in Visa gift cards, and 200,000 travel points.
The style of this blog is going to change slightly making it more inviting to everyone who visits. We're working on weekly contests- I'm very excited about this, (because some of it is humorous), video entries, and we plan to share our whole summer vacation with you!!! So I'll apologize in advance, if your intentions were to visit here only to see our homeless efforts or troop efforts, but I decided writing 3 blogs would be too much work. I plan to treat everyone as extended family. You'll get to meet my children, my husband, my parents, and a ton of other family members and friends along the way. Who knows if you cross our paths, you might even see yourself!!
I've already moved all the important information from this blog to the main website. From there you'll learn of event dates, how to get involved, etc. etc. and from here, we'll engage you for participation! Like I said, contests, videos, questions, invites, and so much more - oh yeah, and reviews. We'll be sharing our opinion on a host of fun stuff, from restaurants to car entertainment.
I'm hoping this journey will serve as an inspiration to others to want to go out into their communities, step outside of their comfort zone, and get involved too- whether it's meeting us along the way to lend a hand, or right in their own backyard. Each activity that takes place, will slowly manifest the world into a kinder place, relative to the butterfly effect!
I hope the change that takes place here will be well received. I plan to implement it over the next few days, to slowly transition it into a new fun happening place to be online! So invite your friends and family and be sure to share on Facebook, let's collectively bring a little more joy into society!!
Katie
Thank You Franklin First Graders
We would like to extend a huge Thank You to Franklin Township School's First Grade classes. Mrs. Brown's and Mrs. Onembo's class were extremely helpful in creating care packages to be sent to Marines stationed in Afghanistan. They did an amazing job making a craft, writing a letter, and assembling personal care packages. I'm sure that each package will bring a smile to a soldier's face! Thanks so much for a job well done!!
Any schools that are in the Warren or Hunterdon County NJ area as well as Northampton, PA area, that are interested in scheduling class assemblies use the CONTACT US FORM.
Letter Writing to the Troops and Memorial Day Picnic
Card and Letter
Writing to the Troops
Memorial Day Picnic
May 27 10am-4pm
Phillipsburg Masonic Lodge - 400 Hillcrest Boulevard
Talented Vendors & Crafters
Bake Sale, Bagged Lunches, Music
Door Prizes, 50/50 raffle,
and of course Writing Letters
of support to Deployed Soldiers!
We will be collecting travel size toiletries and snack items for filling care packages.
For every bagged lunch purchased, a snack sack for the homeless will be given.
Click Here to Pre-Order Your Bagged Lunch
Click Here to Pre-Order Your Bagged Lunch
We're Collecting Soda Tabs & Wine Corks ( for fundraising)
For vendor information contact Cathy 908-763-6104
or darlingcathy@hotmail.com
To sponsor this event call Katie 732-558-0607
or allforhelping@ymail.com
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Stinger Sprint
June 3 2012
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Stinger Sprint
June 3 2012
We will collect items to be sent to deployed soldiers and used in homeless care bags.
Donations can be dropped off during the event and we will also have items for sale to help cover shipping costs of care packages. Card and Letter writing will be available too.
We hope you'll join us!
Greenwich Elementary School
101 Wyndham Farm Boulevard
Stewartsville, NJ 08886
101 Wyndham Farm Boulevard
Stewartsville, NJ 08886
We Won The Contest!!
Thanks to everyone voting.....
We Won theWomenOn Their Way contest!!
Winning Helps Us To:
- Further our Feed The Homeless initiative.
- Gain national spotlight on Wyndham's Women's Travel website.
- Raise awareness of what we do- enabling us to help more people!
Stay tuned for progress on our travels to help others.
We will be posting more shortly!
We will be posting more shortly!
This Weeks Super Coupon Page
This weeks super coupon page will be returning shortly.
So check back often for great deals and donation
ideas to grace our space once again!
Contest Link
We need your votes to win a contest!
Winning will:
- Help further our Feed The Homeless initiative.
- Gain us national spotlight on Wyndham's Women's Travel website.
- Raise awareness of what we do- enabling us to help more people!
You can vote once a day until 3/31 from each computer, phone, tablet, etc..
It's super easy, just click the "Like" button under the "Vote for this Entry" heading by the picture.
No sign ups, no gimmicks, takes 2 seconds. Super easy!!
Thanks in advance for your support!!
Please share this with family and friends to increase our chances!
We are doing awesome and are only behind 10th place by about 350 votes.
(which is our goal, since they're picking 10 winners)
So please share this with everyone you know to help us reach our goal!!
Website Updates
Hi Friends, I wanted to share that more work as been
done on our website, allforhelping.com
Check it out and let us know your thoughts.
What can we do or add that would make it more beneficial to you?
Hope everyone has a great day! I know I plan to - it's a beautifully sunny day that awaits my enjoyment!
M & M Mars Supports Wounded Warrior Project
M & M Mars created specially packaged
M & M's to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. So if you see them in stores - I say "buy them". If I see them in stores- I will. If they sell them in single serve packages I might have to buy them to send to the troops via Operation: Send Some Cheer in care packages!
I think this is way cool!
We Need Your Votes!!
Friends we need your votes to win.
We entered a contest through Wyndham with the prize being travel points and our blog featured on their website! Winning would would be a spectacular way to share what we do with others. It would also further enable us to continue working on our Feed The Homeless effort. So please click the "like" button on the contest page and be sure to share this with friends and family!! You can vote once a day until 3/31.
Nescafe Coupon Deal at Shoprite
Alright everyone, I'm sharing this coupon special with you all in hopes you will utilize it. I already printed my coupons and therefore can't print any more so I can't take advantage of this special. These instant coffee packs are awesome for including in Troop Care Packages. So if you are not an instant coffee drinker, print the coupons, do the deal, then donate them to us be sent to the troops in our care packages. You can print 2 of each coupon. If you don't want to shop the deal, please print the coupons and mail them to us!! We'll gladly take advantage of this offer to make a soldier happy. So here it is---follow this link
---COUPON LINK--- or click on the links below.
Here's the deal:
Buy 4 Nescafe Sticks Pack (6-7ct) $1.39 each
-(4)$0.65/1 Nescafe Coupon
Pay: $0.36
Get a $3 Catalina
Free + 2.64 Money Maker after coupons & catalina
---COUPON LINK--- or click on the links below.
Here's the deal:
Buy 4 Nescafe Sticks Pack (6-7ct) $1.39 each
-(4)$0.65/1 Nescafe Coupon
Pay: $0.36
Get a $3 Catalina
Free + 2.64 Money Maker after coupons & catalina
New Website
All right --All For Helping Friends-- the new website is here!!
You can view it www.sendingcarepackages.com
or
www.allforhelping.com.
Our next immediate goal is to become a true certified Non- Profit. We need to raise $329 for attorney filing fees and then the cost of the papers to be filed. So we are asking for help in any way you can, we were thinking if each of our friends could donate $1
(which is the equivalent of almost 2 postage stamps, a notebook,
a McDonald's coffee, a donut shop donut, you get the point)
We would be able to file our papers ASAP. Enabling us to do so much more good.
Think of how much less we would bug you for donations. It would be so much easier to send a ton more troop care packages, and homeless bags, with large companies willing to donate items and funds to help do so.We'd be able to apply for grants, accept donations from corporations,
Think of how much less we would bug you for donations. It would be so much easier to send a ton more troop care packages, and homeless bags, with large companies willing to donate items and funds to help do so.We'd be able to apply for grants, accept donations from corporations,
as well as provide tax deductible donations for everyone.
I really don't enjoy asking for money, it's really not the fun part, but before stepping out of my comfort zone to do so, I am reminded of all the many more people that can be helped, so I did it-- I asked for help!
I'd also like to personally thank each and every person who helps us raise the funds for our filing status change. Words can not describe how thankful I am.
New Site Coming Soon!
Hi Friends,
Don't worry - our page has not been hacked and cleaned up! We have been working on a new website and decided to keep this site as the attached blog- so get ready for a new look. I've been working hard while learning how to build a website. It has become a challenge, I for my own sanity, have to overcome. Hopefully it will be met with much liking, that sure would make it easier on my over critical eye!! Just kidding!! But I am excited to share with you all the new site. As always, suggestions, comments, and questions are always welcomed with open arms, and on the new site- there is a super easy "contact us" form to fill out, and with a click of a button it'll get sent! So keep checking back to see the new site.
Thanks for your patience. If you are bored, you can always visit our Facebook page. Silly postings go up daily.
Don't worry - our page has not been hacked and cleaned up! We have been working on a new website and decided to keep this site as the attached blog- so get ready for a new look. I've been working hard while learning how to build a website. It has become a challenge, I for my own sanity, have to overcome. Hopefully it will be met with much liking, that sure would make it easier on my over critical eye!! Just kidding!! But I am excited to share with you all the new site. As always, suggestions, comments, and questions are always welcomed with open arms, and on the new site- there is a super easy "contact us" form to fill out, and with a click of a button it'll get sent! So keep checking back to see the new site.
Thanks for your patience. If you are bored, you can always visit our Facebook page. Silly postings go up daily.
See You on Tuesday
We will not be open this Thursday, February 9th. Sorry--
But we will be there on Tuesday- February 14th. We look forward to seeing you then!
Now Scheduling Groups For March Dates
We wanted to share that we are now scheduling group's (church, scouts, clubs) for March "Operation: Send Some Cheer" participation dates!!
Host your next meeting at our location and help assemble care packages for the troops! We'll work with you and try to plan it for your regular meeting day and time. If we can make it happen - we will! You can hold a collection prior to your scheduled date to help increase the number of packages to be sent (that's optional)!
If you are interested send a message to allforhelping@ymail, and we'll get you on the calender!
We'll be creating either St. Patrick's Day care packages or Easter care packages. (Not Christmas that's shown above!)
Help Marine John Norton Meet His Goal
YAY!! JOHN NORTON'S GOAL HAS BEEN MET!! LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BOOK!!
While I was browsing the internet I came across a really cool project being created by John Norton, a marine. He's creating a book called, Deployment Faces. It's a photo diary of ten Marines and how they change both emotionally and physically while on deployment. The first photo will be taken the morning they board their plane to Afghanistan, the last photo being taken upon returning home to the United States.He's only got 6 days left to complete the funding goal for his project or he doesn't get any of the funds already pledged if his goal isn't met. Check it out online HERE. Plus he's got really cool t-shirts for pledges!!
Even if you can't pledge yourself, help him gain awareness of his project by sharing it with friends and family as well as liking his Facebook Page.
I hope to see this project come to print because it would make an awesome Christmas or Birthday gift for my husband or son!!
Picture of Our New Location
Here's what our new space looks like. If you look close you'll see our signs in the window!
We're working on trying to get a banner to show the world where we are,
but for now look for the four wheeler (the one I'm really tempted to take for a ride)!!
And... don't listen to the "chalkboard easel" it say's to "Come to the back", or the "Open" sign,
that's RRP's way of letting their customers know where they are now---since they so kindly
let us use their store space-- and that they did not go out of business!
We're so thankful they shared their space with us!
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!!
So if you're coming to see us- walk past the chalkboard,
and look for lights to be on. Our hours are
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-12:30.
Amazing Day Today!
Today turned out to be AMAZING!! People found their way in to visit at our new location!
We would like to extend a heartfelt "Thank You" to St. Rose of Lima Church in Oxford
for your very generous box of goods to send to the troops.
We put them to good use starting assembly on 78 care packages!
With another 39 waiting for table space. Your donation helped create 117
care packages so far and we still have stuff to use. Thank you so much for everything.
We're asking everyone to check your pantry and see if you can help us finish these packages we started.
We are in need of individual packages of nuts, jerky or beef sticks, and drink mixes.
Then we can get these Valentine's bagged and boxed up --then out they'll go!!
So our 200 bag challenge is almost met! We can do it!! Thanks everyone for all your help.
Let's Make Care Packages!
We just received a donation of about 200 fabric drawstring bags, from friends in Florida,
for Operation Send Some Cheer. Now we need to fill them!
We're working on Valentines's care packages for the troops and we have been sending what we can with what we have, but now.....being given so many bags is like an unwritten challenge to see how fast we can fill them and ship them out! So if anyone has some packaged snacks or individually wrapped anything, they'd like to bring by- we sure wouldn't mind! Help us fill these bags!
Stop in to write out Valentine's to go along with the care packages.
We're at our new location on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 -12:30.
Thanks so much for your help!
Coupons and Coffee a Success and New News!
"Coupons and Coffee" started the day off successfully- thank you to all that made it! While talking coupons, we also created 20 care packages to be sent out today as well! For those who couldn't join us today, we hope you'll grace us with your presence next week!
On another note- we here at All For Helping have many activities planned for the next few months and are putting into action many more, so keep checking our "Current Events" for updates.
It's never too early to start planning, so we just posted details on our summer "Cross Country to Feed the Homeless Tour". Share this page with friends and family to help make it a success!
On another note- we here at All For Helping have many activities planned for the next few months and are putting into action many more, so keep checking our "Current Events" for updates.
It's never too early to start planning, so we just posted details on our summer "Cross Country to Feed the Homeless Tour". Share this page with friends and family to help make it a success!
Soldier Survey on Snack Care Packages
We have been sending numerous care packages to show our support and give our thanks- but we are wondering what snack items are most welcomed and what snack items are not such a hit. If you're a soldier and have 2 seconds, please contribute your feedback to help us send what you really would like to get in a snack care package. Also if you're a solider currently deployed and you haven't received a care package from us- send us your address and will get something in the mail ASAP!! Many Thanks for all you do.
Savvy Shopping Results
We had such a wonderful turnout at our Operation: Send Some Cheer Event in the Phillipsburg Mall, we have made it a year round effort, extending it past it's intended holiday only season.
While there, we were able to ship out almost 900 care packages to deployed soldiers, almost doubling our original goal of 500! During our final few days, we had a very generous donation of gift cards from the Greenwich Shoprite, which we only spent part of immediately to complete the care packages that needed to be finished, leaving us with a balance. Then on the last day, after packing our things to move, a volunteer , Kelli D., showed up with an amazing donation -- boxes of toothpaste and toothbrushes she secured from a contact at Colgate-Palmolive.
How could we pack up and go home only to wait until next year? We still had some donations left, and gift cards for Shoprite, now toothpaste and toothbrushes!! Finding a new location to continue assembly became imperative. After calling numerous places, only to be rejected- one was finally interested in helping our cause....
Coupons and Coffee Starting January 17th
Mark your calenders for the arrival of:
Coupons and Coffee
Starting Tuesday--January 17th
10:30- 12:30
A new program we developed to help like minded individuals get together to swap coupons, learn new tricks, enjoy delicious coffee, and try for a chance to win the weekly "door prize"!! A weekly printout will be provided highlighting coupons that will score free products and at which store!!
You can partake in the fun for a small donation to All For Helping (either monetary or product). All donations will be used to help others via a food bank, homeless shelter, injured veterans, or though Operation: Send Some Cheer. We hope you'll join us.
Check out this weeks "Super Coupon Page"
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