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!

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"

Coupon Classes Starting Soon at Our New Space!!

Great day at the new space--Many care packages were assembled! After getting them shipped, the next project is to make the new space welcoming to all who come for a visit! Plus-- we have Coupon Classes starting soon! We'll be teaching how to coupon for a cause! More information will be posted soon.
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