children in need

Submitted by jthm25 on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 22:30

the problem:

Many of the people who are sent to jail or prison leave their children at home for the police to carry off. They are then put in foster homes without any of their belongings. That means, none of their favorite foods, clothes or toys. CLAC gives them a chance to have things that feel familiar to them, when they need them the most.

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CLAC buys items for the children when they need them. CLAC finds what the children wants and trys to accomidate them as much as possible.

the plan of action:

1. Get money donations.
2. Go to Walmart and buy items for certain age groups.
3. Put items into a bag and carry them to different jails.
4. Give them to kids whose parents are put in jail or prison.

how you can get involved:

Buy donating or branching of and starting this program in your own community.

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Submitted by williamtyler95 on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 20:29

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I am starting a book drive with friends of mine in the 7th grade at the Park School to supply books, magazines, comic books and DVD's for children at the Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts. The Boston Medical Center sees almost 75,000 kids every year, most from the inner city, and many without any books at home. They speak over 70 languages. Many of them don’t have any books at home. Whenever a kid visits Boston Medical, they try to give the child a book if one is available. I go to the Park School in Brookline, this is where I am going to have my drive.

Our goal is to collect 5,000 items annually.

Park School Website: http://parkschool.org/

Boston Medical Center: http://www.bmc.org/

*We are also looking for Gamecube Games

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Submitted by earthmotherfreeborn on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 11:29

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My friend Olivia and I started a teen volunteer group called VIPs (Volunteers in Putnam (County)

When we heard that there are over 400 homeless kids in our county we wanted to do something. We decided to do a 24 Hour Famine, going hungry for 24 hours and getting sponsors. We recruited other kids through Myspace and the YMCA let us use their facility.

We ended up with 10 kids, all of them made if for the whole 24 hours. We raised $800 and the newspaper did a big story, so others now know about these kids living in terrible conditions.

The money was used for gift cards for the neediest kids, so they could by what they needed most. Kids were referred through United Way by local agencies.

Everyone wants to do it next year, only bigger.

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Submitted by chasinghopes on Fri, 11/02/2007 - 12:14

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My name is Isai Coca and I am the director of chasing hopes Ministries we are working on a project for Peru called “navidad por Pisco”.
Pisco is a city located four hours south of Lima. On August 15th this city were hit by an 8.0 earthquake destroying about 90% of the building and houses. Leaving more than 500 deaths and thousands victims.
The greatest purpose of Chasing Hopes Ministries is reaching the lost. As an nonprofit organization, we
Are focused in bringing material relief and spiritual Guidance to the most needed. Specially those kids that were affected for this earthquake.
Chasing Hopes Ministries was born as a response to the called of God to our lives. Our priority is to go to places where children are in extreme poverty and without hopes, supplying them physical and spiritual relief. Chasing Hopes Ministries goal is to reach children in Latin America, helping them in the spiritual, physical and social Development.
Chasing hopes has been working in the city of Pisco in Peru for the past months. With the help of different organizations and with donations of many people we have been feeding around 150 children and we have been helping around of 500 families with clothes, food, water, and the rebuilding
We are looking for someone who can help us with our project “Navidad por Pisco”. We would like to raise funds to make a Christmas celebration for these kids. The idea we have is to bring toys for 3000 children that are living in this city and were affected for the past earthquake, so we would like to have your support to make this happen.
We are planning the trip for December 15th and we need the funds to make this happen, or if you can support us with toys for children between 3 and 12 ages.
Finally as a Director of this Organization, I would like to invite you and any others persons or institutions to visit our web page www.chasinghopes.org
Thank You for your support and God Bless you for your help to those kids.

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Submitted by weeks4kids on Tue, 03/27/2007 - 05:01

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I am writing with a specific appeal for 3-year-old Sah Johnson. Sah lives in Sierra Leone and was born with a major growth on his spinal cord. I first met Sah about a year ago in his home in a refugee camp outside of Freetown the capital of Sierra Leone. Since then, his situation has rapidly deteriorated. Due to immobility, both his legs are infested with large sores. My friend Hazel Chandler has created a short 1 min film to give you a visual on Sah's condition. You can access online at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3071329875850875037Unfortunately, the operation Sah needs cannot be done in Sierra Leone. If you are a doctor/surgeon or if you know anybody who might be able to help us bring Sah to the US for this operation, I would greatly appreciate if you'd let me know. Please feel free to distribute this email to as wide an audience as you can. I know that somewhere out there are people who could pull together to save Sah's life. I hope you'll take a moment to help us help this child. WHAT WE NEED:

A doctor, surgeon or hospital willing to perform the surgery
People who are willing to provide air miles or cash donations to cover airfare
A family to host Sah Johnson and his parents when they come to the US

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