Yikes!! I let November slip by without a single update - the month just went by so fast! And sooo much has happened!
First of all - we opened our first bank account and deposited that wonderful check from the Marion Grange! We also started a fundraiser with Partylite and made our next 3 deposits from those sales! We have been featured in both the Bonney Lake and Enumclaw Courier Herald papers! While they mostly focused on me, which wasn't my intention, the organization was still a huge part of it. That exposure has helped to spread the word and bring in more volunteers! We are also starting an Avon fundraiser, and we will begin selling those items this weekend, December 4th and 5th, at the Rose's IGA Food Center in Buckley. Our first Partylite fundraiser will be wrapping up that same weekend - so we will be selling both products at that time!! Cash donations will also be accepted, which brings me to our next news item........ Hotshot Heating has graciously offered to match all cash donations $0.50 on the dollar!!!! They have also donated 5 free furnace repairs - parts and labor included - to any family without heat who cannot afford this service! PLUS - they will be donating 5% of all sales!!! This is a truly great company and we are so happy to have them as a sponsor! Please check out our sponsor page as we will be adding new information about Hotshot Heating very soon! To help accomodate and attract new volunteers, we have changed the dates of our monthly meetings. We will now be holding them on the 3rd Saturday of each month, instead of thursday as we have been doing. We hope that this change makes it easier for our volunteers to attend! Also - our next meeting will be held at the Bonney Lake library, rather than Buckley, due to scheduling conflicts. It will be held December 18th at 3pm. We have made this meeting mandatory for all student volunteers so that we can get an accurate head count and avoid having anyone show up at the Brunch without knowing what they will be doing at that time. We will have craft materials available at that time for them to complete either while at the meeting or to do at home. I have added a new page to this website with a list of items needed for our Brunch. It can be accessed through the 'About Our Cause' or 'Donate' pages by clicking on the link provided. You can also link to it by clicking here. Any and all food/nonfood donations would be greatly appreciated. We hope to use our cash resources exclusively for the purchase of gifts for each child as well as extra gifts to be raffled off to the adults who attend. I think I have covered everything thus far. I will publish a new post after our fundraising this weekend to keep everyone updated on our progress. Things are definitely picking up speed as we get closer to Christmas! Thanks for reading! =)
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