Thanks to Jill Smyros of Gilbert, AZ and all that contributed goods and their time beat their goal of 200 and collected and filled 400 tote bags this year!! What a phenomenal group of people who give so freely. We are truly grateful for everyone that helped make this possible.
Tempe, AZ state, Southshore YSA ward gathered November 30th to assemble 85 tote bags for us. What a great group of young adults and leaders to organize and put in their efforts. We are so grateful for those that love to serve and give back!
We are excited to announce that Larry H. Miller Charities has given us a grant to help support our new Utah Chapter! We are so thrilled by their generosity! This will enable us to order more tote bags and fill more orders of the 12 shelters we are currently serving. Thank you Larry Miller Charities!!
We have been most fortunate to have two young men fulfill their Eagle Scout Projects for us.
Mason Dayton of Mesa, AZ who filled over 100+ totes and delivered them to M.I.K.I.D in Phoenix and Jaxon Harris of South Jordan, UT who filled over 100+ totes and delivered to Catholic Community Services in Salt Lake City. Both terrific young men and helped us out tremendously.
Here are some of our new additions to the Project Sleep Tight family.
Utah
Family Promise SLC, The Road Home-SLC, Rescue Mission-SLC, Safe Harbor-Kaysville, Center for Women and Children in Crisis-Orem
Utah Association of Family Support Centers-SLC, Community Action-Provo, Catholic Community Services-SLC
Alaska
Abused Womens Aid in Crisis(AWAIC)- Anchorage
Arizona
Primavera Shelter – Tucson
We are thrilled to be able to serve the children in these shelters.
Saturday, October 24 is the annual Make a Difference Day! We always are thrilled to have community individuals, groups, etc. lend us there efforts to provide PST with the necessary inventory it needs to keep area shelters stocked with tote bags.
If you would like to gather a group together, collect, sort, organize and fill PST tote bags, please let us know. Totes are free of charge to those living in the Phoenix or Salt Lake city area. All others pay shipping only.
We would like to thank all those that donated items to get us “up and going” so we can provide PST tote bags for the children in UT shelters. We got a wonderful startup supply of books and stuffed animals but a very small amount of blankets, not enough to fill any of the pending orders. So, if there is anyone in the SLC area that wants to help us collect more fleece blankets, we would be so grateful! We are solely reliant on community efforts so it’s with that effort that we can make a difference in these children’s lives.
Project Sleep Tight We would love to have your help! Simply organize your collection drive: who will help, how will you collect, from whom, etc. We can give suggestions. Go to our website www.projectsleeptight.org and read the Adopt A project section or download the Adopt A Project Guidelines from the resources page.
These are some of the members of my Project Sleep Tight 2014 team. Great kids, hearts of gold and I love them all.