Care Packages for our Troops Overseas

We sorted and laid out 1,000s of items that will be used to make care packages for our troops overseas through

Blue Star Mothers of America

Items include snacks, toiletries, books, magazines, CDs and lots more!

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., is a non-partisan, non-political organization of mothers who now have or have had children honorably serving in the military, supporting each other and our children while promoting patriotism.

Blue Star Mothers Chapter 5 is a military family support organization consisting of military family members and/or friends!

www.bluestarsouthbayla.org

The Shoe Box Packing was a big success!

We packed 47 boxes,
with toys, shoes, school supplies, toiletries and more!

The donations will be dropped of with Samaritan's Purse and distributed to needy children overseas.

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/ 

The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to needy children around the world.

Dinner & Care Packages for our Troops

We enjoyed dinner with friends and sorted through 2 large boxes of donations that will be distributed at our Shoe Box Packing party to

Operation Christmas Child

and care packages for our troops overseas through

Blue Star Mothers of America

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., is a non-partisan, non-political organization of mothers who now have or have had children honorably serving in the military, supporting each other and our children while promoting patriotism.

Stella joined us to tell us about Blue Star Mothers Chapter 5 is a military family support organization consisting of military family members and/or friends!

www.bluestarsouthbayla.org

August Dinner - Working Wardrobes

Holly talked about upcoming events to benefit Working Wardrobes and opportunities to help out, including a Financial Literacy workshop, speaker event at El Camino, Fashion Night in El Segundo and fundraiser in the Riviera Village (any one can go shopping for a good cause!).

http://www.workingwardrobes.org

Roy's Run 2012

Roy’s Ridiculous River Run

OK, so this trombone player named Roy Wiegand who likes to run gets this idea to run for 24 hours and raise money for charity.  Everybody thinks he's crazy, but he does it anyway, because he likes to run.

http://roy-wiegand.com/roysrun/2012.html

George and I took the midnight shift to support him.  George rode his bicycle along side him and kept him company while I drove the support vehicle.

KTLA even came out to interview him at 1:00 AM and he made the morning news!

Roy ran 110 mile in 24 hours and finished at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. 

We raised over $5000 for Lifewater International!

Lifewater drills wells for folks who have no access to clean water in some of the poorest places on earth. Makes us realize just how blessed we are...

Check out their good works on

www.lifewater.org/

June Dinner 2012

Counterpoint Dinner - Wednesday, June 27, 6:30 PM, Torrance, CA. 

• Roy Wiegand told us about his Run for Water coming up in July to raise money for Lifewater International www.lifewater.org.

• We sorted through items from our Swag Drive for distribution to charities. We collected 3 boxes full!  Goods will donated to homeless, families in need in the South Bay and underprivileged children around the world.

Ironing Party May 2012

Believe it or not, we had fun at our ironing party! After some good food and wine, we sorted and ironed (we really didn't work that hard) and ended up with a whole rack of professional clothing to donate to Working Wardrobes. 

March 2012

Upcoming Events

• April Dinner - Wednesday, April 18, 6:30 PM, South Bay LA

• Working Wardrobes - Working Wardrobes provides a new start to at-risk men, women and young adults to help them attain dignity & self-sufficiency.  They are going strong in Orange County and expanding their participation in Los Angeles. 
• Working Wardrobes will be launching their first season of a Career Success Coaching program focused on LA county with programs at Little House (located in Bellflower), SHAWL House (located in San Pedro), Clare Foundation (located in Santa Monica) and Exodus Recovery Outpatient clinic (located in Redondo Beach).
• Working Wardrobes is planning a program in the fall with El Camino College.  We are looking for a motivation speaker for this event in November.
• Working Wardrobes joined the El Segundo Chamber of Commerce.  We are looking for corporate sponsors that want to support self-sufficiency and community programs.
• www.workingwardrobes.org

• Run for Water - Last year Roy Wiegand endured a climb in altitude of almost 12,000 feet on a grueling 100-mile road run from the San Buenaventura Mission in Ventura to Mt. Pinos in the Los Padres National Forest to raise money for Lifewater International www.lifewater.org.  Read about his accomplishment at http://articles.burbankleader.com/2011-06-18/sports/tn-blr-sp-runner-20110618_1_clean-water-drinking-water-great-charity 
  He will be doing another run April 23, 2012.