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Donations of food, money, clothing, furniture, and miscellaneous thrift store items, travel-sized soaps, shampoos, deoderant, tooth paste, toothbrushes, combs, used candles, and 5-6 ounce cans (such as tuna orcat food cans) and lighters are always needed.
Annual Holiday Dinners, Christmas Party, and Christmas Store - November - December
Each year the Center, several schools, and other community organizations through great effort give a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner, Christmas Dinner and family party for clients with gifts for all ages, and a Christmas Store with new or gently used toys and gifts appropriate for teens that a parent or grandparent can select for free to give their child.
Perhaps you have a group that can donate turkeys, hams, pies, or other types of food for the dinners. We need many new and gently used toys, books appropriate for children and teens. Children need warm coats, mittens, hoodies and other clothing. Homeless adults need gloves, hats, scarves, socks, and underwear sized medium, lighters, . Also needed are bottled water, snacks, candy, toothbrushes and tooth paste, soap, deoderant.
Feel free to call Marsha at CACH at 913-233-2511 for a need that your group can focus on for the holiday celebrations. You can help change this time of the year from the saddest time for those who have great need to time of joy.
Annual Jeans Drive - August 15- September 30
We have a very great need for clean, gently used jeans, shorts, children's pants, and women's and girl's slacks for our neighbors in Fall and Winter.
Please clean out your closets and bring your gently used jeans and slacks to the Center during the hours of 9 AM and 2 PM Monday through Friday. If possible, please mark the size on masking tape inside the waist band if the tag is gone. These jeans are for a communitydistribution and sale in October.
Annual Paper Products Drive - June 1-July 30
The annual amount spent on foam plates, cups, bowls, paper napkins, paper towells, and toilet tissue for use in the Center takes a large chunk of out budget. This year's First Annual Paper Products Drive produced enough items for approximately 6 months needs. We would welcome groups or individuals to help us take these needed products completely out of our budget.
Central Ave Center of Hope accepts the 2012 Feinstein $1 Million Challenge to Feed the Hungry Mar 1 – April 30
Each year the Feinstein Foundation divides $1 million among various organizations that accept Allen Shawn Feinstein’s challenge to feed the hungry in America. He divides $1 million among the charities that actively raise food and money for the hungry. Central Avenue Center of Hope seeks to alleviate hunger all year long, and is joining in this effort. Each can or pound of food counts $1 toward total donations to determine our percentage of Mr. Feinstein's donation. From March 1 - April 30, please answer the challenge and bring your donations of non-perishable foods or cash donation to Central Avenue Center of Hope), 11 North 15th Street, Kansas City, KS from 9AM-2 PM Monday-Friday. Phone 913-233-2511.
Cash donations are especially helpful for periods when food stock is low. You can mail a donation to Pamela Mathena, Treasurer, CACH; Midlands Mission Center; 7615 N. Platte Purchase DR; Kansas City, MO 64118.
Or visit our website at http://centralavecenterofhope.org and use your Pay Pal account or a credit card donation .
If you would like to pledge a monthly donation, I encourage you to visit our website to see the details for Faithful Fifty. Contributions are tax deductible.
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