On this #ThankfulThursday, we want to thank "Anonymous." Anonymous does so much for us! You wouldn't believe how much, even if we could tell you. But we can't, because it's more than we can calculate. Add to that, Anonymous never gets any credit for all the good it does! Most recently Anonymous provided us with new, unopened underwear and socks to give away to kids of all ages at our Back to School Clothes Boutique.
Thank you, Anonymous! We know you know who you are! And we appreciate all you do!
Karen Van Vyve Hand Crafted Jewelry, in association with Beach Art Center, in Indian Rocks Beach, recently taught the art of jewelry making to our summer campers at our Bayside Church, Safety Harbor campus.Again, this was made possible by Creative Pinellas. We are so lucky to have such giving folks and organizations in our community!
Thank you for making me feel so welcomed! I hope the kids had as much fun as I did đ
School Starts tomorrow (Aug. 14)! Please remember to drive carefully. Here is an excellent article from the National Safety Council on precautions we all can take to make sure our community's children get to and from school safely: www.nsc.org/home-safety/seasonal-safety/back-to-school/drivers
Our Food Pantry is in need of help!
In May, we received 12 wonderful truckloads of food donations from our local Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger food drive. That kept our shelves full for three months! Now that food is finally gone--handed out to more than 70 families on a weekly basis--and our shelves are depleted! We need help refilling the shelves to ensure that all our Food Pantry families are able to take home a full and healthy variety of foods each week.
Here's what we need most:
/ Cold cereals
/ Oatmeal
/ Grits
/ Canned beets
/ Canned spinach
/ White rice
/ Pasta sauce
/ Pasta
/ Canned soup (except creamed)
/ Side dishes (i.e., suddenly salad; potatoes; pasta salad)
/ Canned tuna
/ Canned chicken
/ Peanut butter
/ Canned fruit
/ Healthy snacks (i.e., Nutri-grain bars; granola bars)
As always, any help you can give us is greatly appreciated!
I have some supplies. Will drop off. What are your hours?
Address for donations please.
Dropped off ALOT of kids cloths yesterday. Will shop for food stuff today. Thanks for alllll u guys dođ¸
We'd love to create some sort of "Fill the Pantry" partnership to help out our community with this, Mattie Williams Neighborhood Family Center! Have your contact for this reach out and let's put together details! info@TheSipsWineBar.com
Julie I dropped off breads today, I’ll let our missions director know as well and our Sunday school class Heritage will be dropping off this week, so people can leave in shopping basket in main hallway
Rachel
Ms. Daisy and Ms. Jordan, from Great Explorations Children's Museum, were back to teach our kids how to create art using solar energy. The kids made solar-powered sun prints by placing objects on blue paper and leaving them in the sun. The resulting sun collages had negative images from reverse bleaching by the sun. The kids also used UV-reactive beads to make bracelets or zipper pulls. The beads change color in the sun. What better place to create solar art than in Florida!
On this #ThankfulThursday we want to highlight the folks behind the scenes of our annual backpack giveaway. These are the folks who sort and organize thousands of school items by type and grade level, and then carefully stuff them into hundreds of backpacks--all the while having fun! Thank you to the City of Safety Harbor Leisure Services' Helpful Seniors; the GFWC North Pinellas Woman's Club, Bayside Church, Safety Harbor, our Bright Ideas Youth Development summer campers and the many individuals who helped us get schools supplies to kids in need of them. We couldn't do it without you!
Great job everyone. Sorry I missed helping.
As part of the continuing education fun at our Bright Ideas Youth Development summer camps, Elizabeth Neily, from Florida CraftArt, gave our kids a lesson on the history of weaving and taught them how to weave their own cute little monsters! Another wonderful activity funded by Creative Pinellas!
Last week, we gave out 100 backpacks filled with school supplies to nine local schools, and then, on Saturday, we handed out 250 backpacks at our annual Back to School event, all to help ensure that every child in our community starts off the school year fully prepared. On Saturday, parents and kids got some additional treats. We had a free clothes boutique; numerous vendors offering information and/or free screenings; and a hot lunch featuring all American grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, with chips, drinks, and cookies. But the favorite attraction by far was our large magnetic scrabble game, where making a word on the board earned a child a prize!
We hope everyone has a great start to the new school year!
Thanks for all you do!
What a great turnout! Thank you all for your hard work. Eliseo Santana Jr
Thanks.
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