3rd Annual GSCC BackPack Giveaway

3rd Annual GSCC Backpack Giveaway

Back to School Time is Approaching!!
Time to Start Planning our
3rd Annual BackPack and School Supply Giveaway
August 29, 2010

We are calling on the "Friends of GSCC" again to assist with this very important event. We plan on distributing approximately 150 fully stocked backpacks this year and we hope that our supporters can find it in their heart to donate either cash or items from the list below. Any amount or quantity will help us. Our budget is very limited, but the need is growing. We want to help the children get a good start in their school year.

Many stores like WalMart have begun their school supply sales and items can be purchased for really low prices. These sales change week to week, but supplies will diminish quickly.

More information on the 3rd Annual BackPack and School Supply Giveaway will be forthcoming in the near future, but please try to help us out if you can.

To donate goods, choose from the list below and call Mark at 313-452-0684 or Phyllis at 586-915-8946 to arrange for pick-up or drop-off at the Garden.

To donate through Paypal please go to our blog: georgiastreetgarden.blogspot.com

Or mail your donation to:
GSCC
BackPack Giveaway
9352 Georgia Street
Detroit, Michigan 48213

NOTE: If you would like a receipt for income tax purposes,
be sure to include your full name and address and one will be mailed to you.

SUPPLIES NEEDED ARE:
Backpacks, Youth and Teen Sizes, Boys and Girls
Lined Notebook Paper
Spiral Notebooks
Pencils
Erasers
Pens
Crayons
Color Pencils
Rulers
School Glue
Markers
Highlighters
Pen/Pencil Bags
2-Pocket Folders
1" Ring Binders

Check our website for updates:

www.georgiastreetcc.com

Thanks for reading...and whatever help you can offer!

Just about a month to go...Lots of supplies still needed. The day of the Giveaway we will be provided an End of Summer barbeque along with free haircuts for the kids. This event is open to all kids in need for as long as supplies last.

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Happy Sunday everyone! Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to gather/donate items for the BackPack Giveaway. Please check our website www.georgiastreetcc.com for more information on the event. We expect to have a need for approximately 250 backpacks

For those who are donating items, please send an e-mail to georgiast313@yahoo.com and let us know what you will be donating. We need to know what we will have on hand so that we can purchase the remaining items before the 28th of August when we fill the backpacks.

Your continued generosity is much appreciated!

Anyone wishing to help stuff backpacks is welcome to join us at the Community Center on Saturday, August 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. "Many hands make lighter the load."

We are still short on some supplies...color pencils, markers and highlighters especially. We understand times are hard for everyone and donations are a little lighter this year. If you can find it in your heart...and you wallet...to donate just a few items, it would be greatly appreciated.

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This is the final reminder of the BackPack Giveaway. We have enough supplies to put together approximately 120 backpacks so far. If you have donated already...please accept our deepest gratitude! The generosity of the people who read this forum and our blog is nothing sort of miraculous!

Everyone is welcome to stop by the Georgia Street Main Garden and Community Center on Sunday, August 29th to see the results of our efforts and the donations of others. We will begin the Giveaway and End of Summer Vacation Cookout at 3:00 p.m. We will continue until all backpacks have been given away and the food is gone.

Each child who receives a backpack will get a free meal. All others will pay $2.00 for Chips, and drink and their choice of a hot dog, hamburger or bratwurst. While supplies last.

We look forward to seeing some of you on Sunday.

Thank you again to everyone who helped make this event possible!