Christmas Lights in Glenola Park
Neighborhood Food and Clothing Drive
Thanksgiving Turkey Drive for Midnight Mission
Christmas Adopt-A Family Toy Drive
Prayer Breakfast
Fiesta Day Hamburger Booth
Challenge Air
Magazines for Hospital Patients
Neighborhood Food and Clothing Drive
Saturday May 9, 2009
Where: 4545 Briggs Avenue, La Crescenta, Ca
91214
NEEDS: Canned Foods / Infant, Toddler, Men’s and Women’s
Clothing
As well as Toothpaste, Deodorant, and Shaving Cream.
The Kiwanis of La Canada Neighborhood Food and Clothing Drive
event is a great opportunity to serve individuals, families and
children in need.
THIS YEAR Donations collected will be given to the MIDNIGHT
MISSION
located in Skid Row District of Los Angeles.
The Midnight Mission is one of the oldest continuously operating
human services organizations in the Los Angeles region. Centered
in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, the Mission runs
one of the most efficient direct service operations in the
country. Midnight Mission services homeless and near-homeless
men, women and children and those suffering from drug addiction
and mental illness.
www.midnightmission.org
36 million Americans struggle with hunger, including 13 million
children. Our great desire is to partner in this food and
clothing drive, not only with individuals in the community but
local businesses throughout the area, including churches,
grocery stores, banks, and schools.
DROP OFF DAY
We make dropping off your donations easy and convenient with
drop off available on Saturday May 9th from 9am to 5pm at 4545
Briggs Avenue, La Crescenta, CA 91214
(Across from the Sheriffs station)
People making donations will be able to simply drop off their
donations and go.
OR participants can enjoy appetizers, beverages and an
opportunity to socialize and meet members of your community!
Kiwanis Members who wish to participate in the sorting or
delivery of the donations, please contact (WENDY SMITH (310)
770-6384.
Kiwanis of La Canada is looking forward to hosting this
charitable event and is excited about the opportunity to donate
directly to those with dire needs!
For more information contact:
Wendy Smith (310) 770-6384
“We need to be more grateful. There is no
true character without gratitude. To have feelings of
thanksgiving and gratitude for blessings is one of the marks of
a strong character. We need more of that spirit in our homes and
our daily associations.”
–Ezra Taft Benson
Thanksgiving Turkey Drive for
the Midnight Mission
Event: Thanksgiving Celebration for the Homeless
When: November 26, 2009 (meal service begins at 11:00A.M.)
Where: The Midnight Mission, 601 S. San Pedro St, Los Angeles,
90014
(www.midnightmission.org)
What: Kiwanis Club of La Canada is providing the Thanksgiving Turkeys…with YOUR help!
POVERTY and HUNGER: a bad combination for the more than 850
million people in the world. Every eight seconds malnutrition
ends the life of a child. Every day 11,000 children die. Hunger
In Los Angeles county affects over 200,000 low-income adults.
Skid Row’s Midnight Mission will hold its annual Thanksgiving
Celebration on Thanksgiving Day, November 27 between 10:00AM and
2:00PM, or until everyone is fed.
Every year the Midnight Mission serves thousands of men, women
and children on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. This Year,
Kiwanis Club of La Canada is providing ALL of the Thanksgiving
Turkeys…with YOUR help! ☺
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
La Canada Business Owners, Residents, Friends and Family – YOU
ARE INVITED TO DONATE $18 TO PURCHASE 1 TURKEY FOR THE MIDNIGHT
MISSION THANKSGIVING DINNER. If you can't afford $3,024 for 168
Turkeys, Your donation of only $18 will buy 1 Turkey, $36 will
buy 2 Turkeys, $54 will by 3 Turkeys, $72 will buy 4 Turkeys,
and $90 will buy 5 Turkeys. Encourage your friends, family and
co-workers to participate!
The name “Kiwanis” means “we trade” or “we share our talents.”
It was coined from an American Indian expression, Nunc Kee-wanis.
Doing what we can, and giving what we have to help others is
what we Kiwanians believe in.
Thanksgiving is a time for giving from the heart. It also offers
a wonderful opportunity to remember the things in our lives for
which we are grateful, and to practice having what some have
called "an attitude of gratitude.” Once we purchase the Turkeys,
we will have them delivered to the Midnight Mission in time for
Thanksgiving Dinner. We are grateful for this opportunity to
make a difference in the lives of others!
LA CANADA COMMUNITY MEMBERS GO AHEAD AND BUY A TURKEY TODAY!
Make checks payable to Kiwanis Club of La
Canada Foundation and send your donation of $18 or more
to:
Wendy Smith
4545 Briggs Avenue
La Crescenta, CA 91214
With just a little effort, you'll find we can fill our
Thanksgiving experience with a heaping portion of generosity and
gratitude. When you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner and
look at your plate heaped high with turkey, potatoes and gravy –
you’ll know that thousands of men, women, AND CHILDREN are also
enjoying a warm Thanksgiving meal… BECAUSE OF YOU!
Thank you for joining with us in our dedication to changing the
world, one child and one community at a time.
All turkey donations must be turned in by the end of
September 2009 so we can proceed with other charity programs.
