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January Day of Action Dates:
01/28/2009 - 01/30/2009
January Day of Action: Income
Remember how great it felt to be "on your own" when you turned 18? Now think, were you truly on you own? Chances are, you had family supporting you with advice, insight and resources.
What's different from your experience and a youth aging out of the foster care system? They often no longer have these caring people to turn to!
Join us as we bring much-needed supplies, volunteer manpower, and awareness to Youth Connections, a program of Monroe Harding, Inc., the one stop resource center for former foster care youth just starting out on their own.
Donated supplies will go to the program's thrift store, which provides daily living and household items and hands-on work experience for teens and young adults (ages 16 - 21) who are currently in foster care or have aged-out of the foster care system. Youth are referred to the store by their state/agency caseworker and are able to earn vouchers for shopping in the store by attending classes.
Click here for a wish list of needed items.
THREE WAYS TO LIVE UNITED...
1 - Donate and collect needed items for the thrift store through Wednesday, January 28. Items should be delivered to the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville office, located in MetroCenter. Click here for a wish list of needed items.
2 - Volunteer to sort donated goods on Thursday, January 29 from 4:30 - 6 p.m. at United Way's office in MetroCenter.
3 - Volunteer to deliver goods AND roll-up your sleeves for some cleaning and sorting on Friday, January 30, from 1 - 4:30 p.m. Volunteers will meet at United Way's office in MetroCenter, load up all donated goods, and then head over to the program's thrift store. Once on-site, volunteers will be cleaning, washing, organizing....all part of the many steps to getting the donated goods on the shelf in the thrift store.
RSVP for one, two or all of the opportunities associated with this Day of Action!
For more information about this or other Day of Action opportunities, contact Melanie Shinbaum at events@unitedwaynashville.org. or 780-2408.
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