by Sara Swabb
What do you do to prepare for the Holiday
season? Purchase gifts for loved ones
and finalize your travel plans? Find the
best ingredients for that pumpkin pie you cook each year?
While many folks in the District are able to
think along the same lines as you, there are thousands of families in the
Greater D.C. community that will go without necessities, much less the exchange
of gifts, this winter.
I know this is news to none of you. But there is a way you can help!
How Can I
Help?
My Sister’s Place is soliciting volunteers to
adopt a child or parent for the holiday season fulfill Holiday Wish Lists for
these children. Volunteers will be
provided shopping list to provide a winter coat, hat, gloves, one outfit,
shoes, socks, underwear/diapers, pajamas, a toy from the child’s wish list and
a book.
What Is My
Sister’s Place?
My Sister’s Place is the largest and oldest
non-profit agency exclusively serving battered women and their children in the
D.C. area and the Junior League of Washington (JLW) has supported their work
since the 1970’s. Every year, thousands
of victims of domestic violence find sanctuary from abuse in its residential programs
and supportive services.
Who Gets the
Gifts I Buy?
The JLW volunteers host a Holiday Party for
the domestic violence survivors and their children, who will receive the
gifts. The gifts that the JLW brings
each year truly brighten the holiday season for these women and children.
How Much
Will This Cost Me?
Volunteers who shop smart can fulfill the
wish list for $100-$125. My Sister’s Place is also collecting $50 Visa and
retail store gift cards to provide to the women in My Sister’s Place’s emergency
domestic violence shelter.
Whom Do I
Contact to Help?
If you are
interested in lending a hand and adopting a child, please email the My Sister’s
Place chair, Jackie Paranzino, mysistersplacechairjlw@gmail.com, by Friday,
November 29, 2013.
Late responses will be accepted if possible.
When and
Where Do I Take My Gifts?
All donations must be received at JLW
Headquarters by Friday, December 6th,
2013.
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