August 2008

Thanks to your generosity during July, we collected 150 nonperishable food items for the Mid-Michigan Food Bank, sponsored by the Red Cross. Your willingness to step up to help the least fortunate in our community, especially at a time when stocks were low, is very much appreciated!

August’s drive is the suggestion of D.O./Ph.D. student Kelly Janis. The Farm of the Child is an orphanage in Honduras, which is the poorest and least developed country in Central America. The children who arrive there are malnourished, and often have health problems, little or no schooling, and a lack of attention and affection.  With school starting, the following items are among those of highest priority:

* 1.5- and 2-inch binders
* Printer paper
* Masking and invisible tape
* Folders
* Toys and music for toddlers and preschoolers

You can, as always, leave your donations in the baskets on the first floor of East and West Fee Halls, or near E105 in the classroom section.  You’re also welcome to drop them off in our office, A306 East Fee.  Thank you, thank you, thank you for your ongoing generosity!

Your PR team,
Pat Grauer, Ann Cook, Craig Reed, Meghan Tappy, Tiffany Ziolkowski

YOUR GENEROSITY HAS PROVIDED:
July 2008: 149 nonperishable food items for the Mid-Michigan Food Bank, run by the American Red Cross, at a time when food supplies were particularly low in our community.

June 2008: Personal care items and snacks to support the work of Open Door Ministries, a downtown Lansing organization which provides support to the homeless, including food, showers, laundry, and a gathering place.

April-May 2008: To support the Liberian Beach Patrol, hundreds of plastic bags and 327 items – including kites, beach toys, Frisbees, and balls – to be used as prizes for children working together to create a safe and clean area in which to play in an impoverished section of war-torn Monrovia.

February-March 2008: Donations of 327 books to Reading is Fundamental’s book sale. RIF will use the proceeds to provide new children’s books to students in the Lansing area.

January 2008: To support American troops, 141 items – including video games, CDs, phone cards, toiletries and snack – to Soldiers’ Angels.

December 2007: A “second harvest” of 56 food items for the Greater Lansing Food Bank, which provides both meals and groceries to tens of thousands of persons in the capital city area.

November-December 2007: In conjunction with the Classes of 2010 and 2011 and other MSUCOM student organizations, new unwrapped toys to support the Marines’ local Toys for Tots program.

October-November 2007: 308 bath towels, wash clothes and personal care items for St. Vincent Catholic Charities, who support more than 10,000 needy persons each year in the Lansing area.

September 2007: 101 items, including canned goods, biscuit mix and disposable tableware, for the Southside Community Kitchen, which prepares hundreds of free hot meals at Christ United Methodist Church for needy Lansing residents each week 

August 2007: 284 Backpacks, packs of pens and pencils, notepaper, notebooks, protractors, compasses and other school supplies for children in Atani-Arochukwu Village, Nigeria, through Dr. Margaret Aguwa’s program

June and July 2007:  Twelve bags of paper towels, tissues, toilet paper and ingredients for baking cookies for McRee House, Ingham Regional Medical Center’s home away from home for families of severely ill patients.

May 2007: For Joe and Shirley’s Place, which offers a home for those recovering from alcohol and drug addiction in Lansing, 126 items of household linens, including beautiful sheet sets, comforters and duvets.

April 2007: For those victims of domestic violence housed at MSU Safe Place, 150 household articles and clothing.

March 2007: Pencils, pens, crayons, colored pencils, compasses, coloring books or puzzles supporting the efforts of our students' International Health Project to help Angel Notion, which provides education, medical aid, and opportunities for people of lesser means and special needs in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

February 2007: Supported the efforts of MSUCOM students to help those who are patients at the Friendship Clinic for the homeless.  Items included socks, hats, gloves, scarves and toiletries.
December 2006 and January 2007: Nearly 300 hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, blankets and quilts – many of them handmade – to support alumna Kathleen Kleinert’s clinic for the poor in Detroit

November 2006: Prison in Harrison, Arkansas - Hundreds of packets of hot chocolate and men’s socks for prisoners

September-October 2006: Hospitals in Sierra Leone and Liberia -  Medical texts and supplies

August 2006: Ronald McDonald House, Lansing - 120 grab-'n'-go snacks for families of hospitalized children

July 2006: Christmas in July sponsored by SOMA to support the Greater Lansing Food Bank - More than 160 foodstuffs

June 2006: Soaring Unlimited, Cap Haitian, Haiti - 590 pencils for schoolchildren and more than 1,000 bars of soap for impoverished families.

May 2006: Tutwiler Clinic and Outreach, Tutwiler, Mississippi - 662 items, including medications, office supplies and clothing for alumna Sister Ann Brooks’ clinic and “bargain barn.”

April 2006: Baby Pantry of Owosso - 199 blankets, quilts, diapers, formula, toys, clothing and other baby supplies

March 2006 - Hurricane victim relief: 75 personal care and food items; and MSU Student Food Bank: 205 food and personal care items.

February 2006 - Cristo Rey Community Center, Lansing, Michigan: Nearly 100 personal care items, including shampoo, deodorant and detergent.

January 2006– Baby House #57, Moscow, Russia, sheltering orphans aged 0 to 5 years: 1,076 items including: 381 stuffed animals, 115 other toys, 259 articles of clothing, 182 personal care items, 51 blankets (several hand-made), 20 coats, 5 pairs of shoes, 4 backpacks and 59 diapers!

December 2005 - Support for 17 MSUCOM students traveling to offer assistance to Hurricane Katrina victims; numerous items of food, new clothing, toys, household goods and medical supplies

November 2005 - Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, the poorest county in the United States. 342 items, including 128 pairs of gloves and mittens, 132 hats and 82 warm scarves