Operation Santa Claus name for sponsors and donors
CONCORD — State staff are gearing up for the 62nd consecutive 12 months of organizing Operation Santa Claus, a statewide program that coordinates with the Division of Well being & Human Companies to supply items for youngsters receiving state providers.
Now in its 62nd 12 months, Operation Santa Claus serves greater than 3,000 kids throughout the state with greater than 500,000 items. Dozens of retirees and volunteers from completely different state companies work across the clock beginning within the late summer time months to make sure a profitable 12 months for OSC, based by the State Staff’ Affiliation in 1960. The success of this program is made potential with beneficiant donations and sponsorships from members of the State Staff’ Affiliation, the Nationwide Guard, neighborhood volunteers, and naturally, anybody who needs to assist.
With fewer funds and extra needy kids, donations are extra impactful than ever. Due to this fact, new sponsorships are being requested; if you’re fascinated about sponsoring a toddler, direct contributions are finest and will be made by visiting the State Staff’ Affiliation web site at https://seiu1984.org/osc/.
For extra info on the Operation Santa Claus undertaking, go to www.facebook.com/OperationSantaClausNH or www.operationsantanh.org. Assist make this Christmas season memorable for New Hampshire’s kids and households.
Households First and Goodwin Neighborhood Well being in want of present playing cards
PORTSMOUTH — Households First and Goodwin Neighborhood Well being are requesting present playing cards for our sufferers and shoppers. Our employees works instantly with shoppers to discern their wants and supply help. Your present card donation helps us to satisfy our shoppers’ private wants and take away obstacles to residing a wholesome life. The next is a listing of present playing cards wanted:
$10 gasoline playing cards, to get to medical appointments
$10 pharmacy playing cards, for medicines or prenatal nutritional vitamins
$20 Wal-Mart playing cards
$25 grocery playing cards, for meals and components
$25 Amazon playing cards, for requirements for individuals with restricted transportation
To donate any of this stuff, please contact Lisa Zhe at lzhe@familiesfirstseacoast.org.
Thanksgiving Pie Sale
BERWICK, Maine — The library’s annual Thanksgiving Pie Sale will happen starting Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 9:30 a.m. We’ll have pies, breads, and different goodies out there for buy. Bakers could join on the circulation desk to bake a goodie or two. All cash raised helps assist the library. The bake sale will proceed on Wednesday, Nov. 23 if gadgets are nonetheless out there. The library additionally has a set of pie plates out there for bakers to borrow—cease by anytime to choose one up.
Wreaths Throughout America in Fremont and East Kingston
EAST KINGSTON — Bear in mind, Honor, and Educate is the mission of the Wreaths Throughout America Program. By this program wreaths are positioned on the gravesites of veterans in the course of the vacation season. Wreaths Throughout America wish to place wreaths on the veterans’ gravesites in Fremont and East Kingston. Roughly 350 veterans are buried in Fremont and East Kingston. Together with your assist we can honor every of them with a wreath of remembrance. Wreaths price $15 every. Ten {dollars} pays for the development and supply of the wreath. The remaining $5 shall be used to assist two native Veterans Facilities that present for the wants of our homeless veterans.
Help can happen in a wide range of methods. Neighborhood members and teams are wanted to unload the truck when the wreaths are delivered, to position the wreaths on the gravesites in December and take away them within the spring, and to buy a number of wreaths. We encourage not solely grownup participation however look ahead to the participation of our youth.
Please order a wreath or volunteer your providers. Your present won’t solely bear in mind and honor these veterans who’ve handed on, however will even present meals, shelter, clothes, and coaching for our homeless veterans. Please name Gerry Tilley at 603-479-0798 additional info.
Assist our homeless veterans
EAST KINGSTON — The East Kingston Neighborhood United Methodist Church and the Peoples United Methodist Church in cooperation with the general public libraries in Fremont, East Kingston and Brentwood, N.H. are sponsoring a drive to help two Veterans’ Facilities that serve homeless veterans, Liberty Home in Manchester, N.H. and the Veterans Northeast Outreach Heart in Haverhill, Mass.
The next gadgets are wanted: cleaning soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shaving cream, hand lotion, knitted and crochet hats for males, ladies and youngsters, and quilts, afghans and sleeping luggage. All donated gadgets have to be newly bought or made.
Please ship your donations to those assortment websites: East Kingston Public Library, Fremont Public Library, Mary E. Bartlett Public Library in Brentwood, N.H., Fremont City Corridor, East Kingston City Corridor, the Peoples United Methodist Church in Fremont, N.H., and the East Kingston Neighborhood United Methodist Church. Notice: Quilts, afghans and sleeping luggage can solely be accepted on the Mary E. Bartlett Library in Brentwood, N.H.
The drive will start on Monday, Nov. 14 and proceed by Thursday, Dec. 15. For additional info, please name Gerry Tilley at 603-479-0798.
Develop into a Grateful Giving marketing campaign sponsor
SEACOAST — Develop into a Grateful Giving marketing campaign sponsor for Massive Brothers Massive Sisters of New Hampshire right this moment. Our purpose is to boost $100,000 in the course of the month of November. Who have been the mentors in your life? How did they enable you obtain your targets? Honor them by supporting BBBSNH and the youth we serve. BBBSNH modifications the lives of youth in our neighborhood by offering them with a one-to-one mentor to present them the boldness to dream huge! For extra info or to develop into a sponsor, go to https://give.bbbsnh.org/campaign/thankful-giving-campaign-2022/c425321.
Sneaker donations wished
HAMPTON — Hampton United Methodist Church, 525 Lafayette Street, Hampton, is gathering gently worn, used or new sneakers. The sneakers that we gather will assist elevate cash to assist our outreach and mission tasks in addition to serving to our surroundings by maintaining sneakers out of landfills. Sneakers will be dropped off on the church workplace Monday by Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you need extra info, please go to our web site, hamptonnhumc.org, name the church workplace at603-926-2702 or electronic mail hamptonumc@myfairpoint.net.
Portsmouth Public Library Coat Swap
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Public Library invitations you to “get within the vacation spirit by serving to these locally with a donation of your unneeded cold-weather clothes.” Drop offs (175 Parrot Ave.) between Monday, Nov. 21 and Wednesday, Nov. 23. Anybody who would profit can cease by the library between Nov. 28 and Jan. 7. Free and open to all.
Cat Tails is in search of donations
SEABROOK — Get to know Cat Tales Rescue is a neighborhood 501©3 nonprofit, devoted to the rescue and rehabilitation of homeless felines. This previous 12 months, Cat Tales has rescued greater than 900 cats, and over 1,000 have been adopted in 2021. Cat Tales skilled a really busy kitten season in 2022. Simply as they have been hoping it was winding down, a big consumption of much more kids occurred not too long ago.
At the moment, donations are wanted to get the following 24 kittens mounted. Please go to: https://www.venmo.com/u/Cat-Tales-1 or, go to the web site, www.cattalesnh.org. Your continued assist is vastly appreciated. All animals deserve a secure and caring dwelling. Cat Tales is working to attain that actuality.
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