Pajama Program Donation!
Mar. 13th, 2010 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
windinthemaplesThis afternoon, after an assembly-line effort of sorting and bundling, we drove a carload of pajamas and storybooks for donation to the local chapter of the Pajama Program. Those pajamas will be distributed to area children living in foster care, emergency shelters, and group homes (orphanages). The final tally is pretty spectacular!
We delivered 237 pajamas and 35 storybooks.
Two hundred and thirty seven children will be warm at bedtime because of our efforts. Five giant 30 gallon bags were stuffed full of fleece and cotton jammies. It amounted to 93 pounds of pajamas! Tinkerbell and robots, dinosaurs and hearts, rainbows and elephants, Elmo and unicorns. Everything cute and beloved by children was represented in those bags. Or, put another way:
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A heart for every child, every warm and wonderful pair of pajamas.
I wanted to extend my gratitude to all of you who helped keep me inspired and motivated. Your warm wishes and encouragement helped me get here. My especial thanks to those who donated directly to my efforts. I am humbled by your outrageous generosity and unflinching support.
As I packaged the pajamas up to leave my home, I infused each with a message of "You Are Loved." I can only hope that loving magic offers some of the joy, comfort, and belief in humanity's goodness that the collecting of them instilled in me.
I love you all! Thank you for helping make one of my dreams a reality.
We delivered 237 pajamas and 35 storybooks.
Two hundred and thirty seven children will be warm at bedtime because of our efforts. Five giant 30 gallon bags were stuffed full of fleece and cotton jammies. It amounted to 93 pounds of pajamas! Tinkerbell and robots, dinosaurs and hearts, rainbows and elephants, Elmo and unicorns. Everything cute and beloved by children was represented in those bags. Or, put another way:
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
A heart for every child, every warm and wonderful pair of pajamas.
I wanted to extend my gratitude to all of you who helped keep me inspired and motivated. Your warm wishes and encouragement helped me get here. My especial thanks to those who donated directly to my efforts. I am humbled by your outrageous generosity and unflinching support.
As I packaged the pajamas up to leave my home, I infused each with a message of "You Are Loved." I can only hope that loving magic offers some of the joy, comfort, and belief in humanity's goodness that the collecting of them instilled in me.
I love you all! Thank you for helping make one of my dreams a reality.
