Friday, November 4, 2011

The Big Warm Up Wrap Up!

First off, thank you to everyone who gave coats!! The coats drive would not be possible if it weren’t for your generous donations!

1174 Coats collected and distributed. AND coats still coming in! Those coats helped these agencies.

Agencies Served:

MACAA Head Start
MACAA Hope House
PACEM
The Haven
Albemarle County Social Services
Charlottesville Social Services
Shelter for Help in Emergency
CHIP
Albemarle County Schools
Charlottesville City Schools
Family Preservation Services
Boys and Girls Club
The Salvation Army
Region Ten
People Places
CYFS
Kingswood Baptist Church
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Community Attention
Infant & Toddler Connection of The Blue Ridge
New Beginnings Church
OAR
Piedmont House
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Restoration Ministries


Thank you to all our Volunteers:

Jamie Schartz, Jess Meehan, Bryan Garey, Grace Barnes, Lydia Prokosch, Daniel Basuel, Jamie Harris, Dana Lapato, Claire McCormick, Jane Dawson, Jason Ness, Amy Eastlack, Elizabeth Carpenter, Cristina Page, Nica Basuel, Dana Sparks, Henry Matthews, Natallie Manitiuss, Elizabeth Vranas, Mariya Balakirskaya, Carolyn Pelnik, Abigail Wydra, Daniel Basuel, Casey Archer, Jim Trousdale, Joanne Larnotte, Jane Trousdale, Tudor Cisu, Bryan Garey, Cady Garey, Virginia Garey, Evelyn Garey...and of course, our fearless leader, Marnie Allen!!

Many thank to all the places that collected coats for us-, especially Ragged Mountain Running Shop- they collected 184 coats! Also thanks to:

Brown’s Auto
International School
AHS Key Club
Pampered Pets
The Haven
Fashion Square Mall
Mincer’s
University Baptist Church
Aldersgate Church
Church of the Incarnation
State Farm
Crutchfield
Senior Center
UVA – various departments and schools
Portico Church

Thanks to the media coverage from:

NBC29
WINA
Charlottesville Radio Group
92.7
Ragged Mountain Running Shop
The Daily Progress
Cville Weekly

And a special Thanks to Virginia Land Company and Woodard Properties for their generous gift of space. They allowed us to occupy their office space on Harris St and made the drive even better with a great “storage space” and easy accessibility for service providers to pick up their orders for their clients.


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