Local Opportunity Involving Our Kids

Another facility that needs help is Clare House. Maybe you recall that name from our Stuff the Sunroom campaign in the fall of last year. According to their newsletter:

Clare House serves homeless women and children by providing a temporary home in a caring environment, life-skills programs, and aftercare support leading to self-sufficiency.

They have sent Grace Church a wish list, items which they need for their guests, certainly because they know of the generosity which was demonstrated toward them in the past. Here are their needs:


So, how can you help here? Well, there are lots of ways. Maybe you can pool your resources and go shopping (I just got the ladies’ attention!). Another solution is to ask a local market if they would allow you to solicit contributions from their customers. We did this with much success in California. With the permission of the supermarket, our groups would stand at the entrance with fliers describing the needs of the organization. People who were doing their routine grocery shopping would select a couple items from the list, buy them, and drop them off upon leaving the store. This is a great outreach to get the children in your group involved in – they love handing out the fliers and are thrilled to see the “fruit” of their labor when people fill baskets with supplies.

Do you have any other ideas about how our groups might meet these needs or ones like them? Let me know in the comments section so I can share them with other groups.