Oh, I thought of something I could buy school supplies for single parent families at my church at our annual Back to School Blast where we give away backpacks, school supplies, free haircuts, afterschool snacks, and more every August :)
Read more...Hi Dani,
Great idea for this project and great video.
What I could do with 2 dollars at work...As a thank you to kids who participate
in one of my research projects, we give them school supplies worth about $5.
One thing included in that collection of school supplies is an insulated lunch
bag that we buy in bulk for $2 each.
Good luck with the project!
Jen
Went to a garage sale today and bought a bag of crayons for 2.00. There was also books for .10. So for a classroom I could give every one crayons and a book (20). marisa
Read more...how are you? thanks for wanting to help charities all over! our charity can deworm a little over 100 kids for 2 dollars. to learn more about our deworming project please visit www.plantimgpeace.org. thanks again and look forward to hearing from you.
Danielle ~~~
I think you have a great idea. Well, here is what I think $2.00 can buy for homeless and street kids:
A bottle of water when there is no where to get a drink - which is most places when you're on the streets
a lip balm - when you're in the sun all day on the streets
a small tube of suntan lotion when you're in the sun all day on the streets
a hamburger at a fast food restaurant
french fries at a fast food restaurant
a ride on local transportation to go to an important meeting/school
a clean pair of pants or a shirt at a goodwill store - or two pair of socks
Rick
*photos (which you have to see because they are great!) and original blog post here
dani
has been working on an amazing project
and
when she asked if I would be interested in helping her
well
let's just say
I was honored
this is how it goes
~~
she sent me two dollars
asking me to do something with it
that would hopefully make the difference in the life of someone
and
then if at all possible
document it for her
the two dollars were burning a hole in my pocket
while I kept looking and listening and watching and waiting for a perfect opportunity
and
then yesterday
after I had exhausted myself at
~art fair on the square~
I headed down state street a bit
to do what I love to do
~people watch~
and
came across these two boys
who were just starting to unzip the cases protecting their guitars
then out came the
"saving for california"
sign
and
I was hooked
~~
I started the pot
by
throwing the two dollars dani trusted me with
into the open guitar case
{actually tucking it under the sign as the wind was blowing important things around}
and
stood back and listened
to two fabulous dueling acoustic guitars
while a latin beat danced in my head
and
watched
and
watched others
watching
and
after 15 minutes
their case was cradling ten dollars
and
I slowly walked away with a huge smile on my face
thinking to myself
how often lately I feel like I've been in the right place at the right time
and
wondering
if this just happens all on its own
or
if it's possible to create these scenarios yourself
?
~~~~~
whatever it is
I feel blessed
and
if you're wondering
yes
the oldest one of these boys reminded me so much of john mayer
and
the charismatic and amazingly talented younger one
well
I just wanted to take home due to his extreme cuteness
Danielle,
Thanks for the email, that's quite an interesting project you have going. Well, to answer your question i will tell you that right now sun Devil Family Charities is assiting a young woman named Ebony with the treatment of Polymiositis a chronic inflammatory disease of the lung making it increasingly difficult to breath, ultimately resulting in not being able to breath at all, she needs a double lung transplant. Based on the cost of her breathing treatments and the oxygen tanks she must purchase. $2.00 will provide about 3 minutes of oxygen for Ebony. Ebony also has about 1800.00 in monthly prescription medication, $2.00 wil cover 1/10 of a percent of that cost. However, $2.00 does in fact make an impact no matter how small.
Todd L. Hanley, Charter Board Member
Sun Devil Family Charities
todd.hanley@sundevilfamily.org
Later Information:
Please bear with the long email, I apologize in advance for the length but I think its important information.
As many of you know I am a founding member of a 501 c3 public charity, Sun Devil Family Charities (SDFC). I will not give you a lot of detail behind our mission, purpose or history; I will let our website (www.sundevilfamily.org) do that for me. The purpose of this email is to introduce SDFC to you.
We are currently raising money for our Patient Specific Fund in order to help two individuals.
Our first recipient, Ebony Kelly is a 1995 graduate of ASU. She was diagnosed with polymyositis six years ago. Over this time the disease has affected her lungs causing a progressive deterioration in her overall health, including shortness of breath, chronic coughing and digestive disorders. Her condition has steadily worsened over the past year and physicians have determined that this condition has caused life threatening damage to her lungs and her only remaining medical option is double lung transplantation. We sponsored an event in Ebony’s honor. In a very short time, this group rallied together and we raised $9,000 for Ebony to help her pay her bills as she continues to focus on getting well. This was a huge help for Ebony, but the bills keep coming.
Our second recipient is a three year old girl, Taylor Souza who was diagnosed with Leukemia 3 weeks ago. This young girl is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments and is in need of a bone marrow transplant operation. Any of you that have children, think about how innocent and helpless he or she was at three years old. Her mother has been forced to leave her job to be at her side daily as she goes through these treatments. She has a twin sister that is not a bone marrow match; no family members have proven to be matches. Now the family is fighting to pay their bills with one income while dealing with a life threatening illness of one of their young children.
We are a legitimate non-profit 501(c)3 public charity, all donations are tax deductible.
Thank you for taking the time to consider our effort. Please share this with anyone you think may be able to help.
Thanks for your interest in Meta House! Two dollars would help women who are in need of drug and alcohol treatment to take the bus to get to their treatment facility. It could buy one days worth of diapers for the baby of a woman who is in drug and alcohol treatment.
If you need more, feel free to contact me. Wendy
Wendy Cozzens § Director of Development
Meta House, Inc. § 2266 N. Prospect Ave., 4th Fl. § Milwaukee, WI 53202
Direct: 414-977-5807 § Main: 414-962-1200 § Fax: 414-962-2305
Email: wcozzens@metahouse.org § Visit us at: www.metahouse.org
Danielle,
I apologize for my delay in responding. Good luck in your interesting project.
When we break things into unit costs, there are a number of things that $2.00 will buy relative to OAR’s mission and programs (OAR = Organization for Autism Research). Here are a few examples:
$2.00 will pay for:
1. The production cost for:
· One Understanding Asperger Syndrome: A Professor’s Guide DVD. An instructional video intended to educate college professors teaching students with Asperger Syndrome.
· One Life Journey through Autism resource CD. A CD with copies of the five publications in OAR’s Life Journey through Autism series, four Spanish translations, and the Best of The OARacle, a compilation of the best articles in OAR’s newsletter from 2002-2007.
2. Small toys or snacks used as rewards or incentives for children participating in autism research studies.
3. Postage for four “thank you” letters to people making donations in support of autism research.
I hope these examples are useful for your purposes. Thanks again and good luck.
Mike
Michael V. Maloney
Executive Director
Organization for Autism Research
2000 N. 14th Street, Suite 710
Arlington, VA 22201
mmaloney@researchautism.org
www.researchautism.org
Dear Dani,
Thank you for sending this email...I love your $2.00 project, your little video and your blog...beautiful! What can $2.00 do? Bus fare for child to go to their violin lesson or for a desperate mother and child to get to a local shelter? Lunch for a hungry child on their first day at a new school? We furnish a lot of prevention, child safety and positive parenting literature for parents. $2.00 could purchase a whole packet of brochures and flyers that could teach parents how to do so many things that would keep their child safe. For instance: $2.00 would buy one Safe Touch/ Unsafe Touch coloring book to teach children about appropriate and inappropriate touches OR $2.00 would cover the printing costs to have 13 little brochures called "Love with Words" printed in four languages. I'm a gardener so I love the idea that $2.00 could buy a packet of vegetable seeds that would help feed a family. I hope some of these ideas help.
Best wishes to you,
Ann
Hi Danielle,
Your project is interesting, it really made me "dig deep" and think, What would our organization do with two dollars? In this day and time two dollars does not have a lot of monteray value, however, sharing it with someone who is needy has a large emotional value attachment.
Two dollars could provide smiles to two small children's face by buying them McDonald's fries, or give a single working mother a chance to grab a sandwich from Wendy's dollar menu as she is "broke" waiting for her next paycheck to have a little extra funds; or even purchasing a few can goods from Aldi's for a meal.
I believe sharing with someone who is in need has a great value, whether it is $2 or $100, it is definitely the thought and caring behind the tangible which makes the difference.
CJ
Dear Dani,
We looked at your site and it looks fantastic so we thought we would like to add our two bits to the project. Here goes:
What can $2.00 buy for DebRA – Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association
For $2.00 DebRA can send out 3 educational DVD’s to families of children who are attending school for the first time or switching schools. It is so important that the teachers and students who will be welcoming an EB child to their class know what to expect. This DVD explains Epidermolysis Bullosa in the simplest terms. It compares EB to a lawn where there is the grass on top, roots of the grass burrowing into the dirt and the dirt. If the lawn didn’t have the roots to fasten grass and the dirt together ,there would be no connection so the grass would blow away and eventually so would the dirt. When someone has the genetic disorder EB, the top layer of the skin, the epidermis, is not “connected” to the bottom layer, the dermis, so the slightest touch causes severe blistering, inside and outside the body.
Kids are afraid of what they don’t know, if they see this video and talk to the EB parent and the teacher and get all of their questions answered before the EB child starts school it makes the transition for everyone involved to go smoothly. Kids can be very accepting; they just need to know what to expect and what the limitations are for the EB child and how to interact with them. If everyone has been prepared in advance the EB child becomes just another classmate. So, for $2.00, three DVD’s to three separate schools can educate each school’s teachers, and students – who will go home and tell their parents about their new classmate with EB and it goes on and on. As of today there is no cure or treatment for EB only wound care, bandaging and pain management. DebRA is busy raising awareness of EB so we can raise the money needed to help and support EB patients and their families and to help fund research towards a cure. 89.2 cents of every dollar donated to DebRA goes directly to patient services and research.
Pennie Cannon
Executive Assistant
DebRA of America, Inc.
16 E. 41st Street , 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
212 868-1573
212 868-9296 fax
Read more...Danielle
What a wonderful project you have outlined to participate in.
In answer to your question, two dollars will buy baby shampoo, bath soap or baby wipes which is an important part of our donations out as keeping the baby clean is important in fighting germs and bacteria they may come in contact with. Two dollars will buy a receiving blanket, to offer a baby warmth, a bottle to hold formula and clippers so they won’t scratch themselves.
We can buy crochet needs for $2.00 and provide a youth service group with them so they can begin helping in their own area. Booties, baby creepers, tiny t-shirts..all for $2.00. The list grows every day. We can provide Mom with hand sanitizer for herself and others to be sure when she is out and about, she keeps her hands clean while handling her baby.
I hope this helps, and let me know how I can help you include our organization in your endeavors.
Warm Regards
Newborns in Need
One Heart One Mission
Serving All God's Children
Connie Edwards
National President
Read more...Dani,
Very interesting. In relation to your two dollar project, here is some information about the Kids In Need Foundation. For every dollar donated to the Kids In Need Foundation, we can procure $25 worth of school supplies to give to children in need. So with $2, we could procure $50 worth of supplies.
Penny
Penny Hawk, Managing Director
Kids In Need Foundation
3077 Kettering Blvd., Suite 114
Dayton, OH 45439
937-296-1230, ext. 303
Providing free school supplies to kids who need them. Read more...Hi Danielle, Great message, thanks! A $2 donation to BFA would ship four
books to an African school. Our recipient schools have a severe shortage
of books- children have to copy out of books because there are not
enough books for everyone to take one home to do their homework.
Thanks for including Books For Africa!
Sincerely,
Carole Patrikakos
Development Associate
Books For Africa
253 East 4th St., Ste. 200
St. Paul, MN 55101 USA
(Phone) 651-602-9844
(Fax) 651-602-9848
http://www.booksforafrica.org/
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