10/11/09 - Garage Sale Fundraiser - Thank you all to all our generous donors and shoppers who helped make our first event a success.
10/25/09- Bone Marrow Drive for Brian - Thank you to the Town of Babylon town employees, Town Councilwoman Ellen McVeetey and Steve Gravano for helping us meet our candy requirement to have this drive at Adventureland during their pumkin park. We registered 94 potential donors
11/02/09 - Dining to Donate - a warm thank you to everyone who turned in their flyers for us making this a successful event. A special thank you to Applebee's for hosting the fundraiser for us and for their generosity & support of our mission.
11/06/09 - Swabs for Julianna kick off meeting - We had a great turn out of volunteers. A special thank you to Chippewa Elementary school for hosting the meeting. We all look forward to a successful drive which would not be possible without - The Farmingville Fire Department, The Sayville School District, Chippewa Elementary School, The Suffolk County PBA, Staples of Patchogue, DKMS Americas and of course our amazing volunteers. We would also like to thank WBZO, WBAB, WBLI, WALK, KJOY, and their affiliates for helping us publicize Swabs for Julianna. We hope to see you all on the 29th.
11/07/09- Food Drive at West Babylon Soccer field - Thank you to all the very generous donors who helped us collect tons of food for Our Lady of Grace's food pantry. We are also thrilled to say that the West Babylon soccer club will be continuing the drive for the next 2 weekends. A special thank you to the West Babylon Soccer club for all their support.
11/19/09 - Thanksgiving food drive. Pay it Forward with Jackie joined forced with the WB Soccer club and we are thrilled to report over 40 baskets of food were created for recipients of the Our Lady of Grace food pantry. The baskets were over-loaded with everything to make a Thanksgiving Day feast for a family of 6. A warm thank you to the West Babylon Soccer club and the generosity of all its members in making our first Thanksgiving initiative a HUGE success.
11/29/09 - Swabs for Julianna -
We are proud to say that we registered 2,679
people at our bone marrow drive for Julianna (a.k.a. Swabs for Julianna) and
collected 490 POUNDS of food for LI Cares.
Thank you to all the generous Long Islanders who came down to register,
the Farmingville Fire Department who went above and beyond, Radio station 103.1
FM, Newsday, News12, Suffolk County PBA, the many people who helped us spread the word and last but certainly not least all
our amazing volunteers. If you missed
Julianna’s drive you can still register online (please mention drive code
JPF007) by clicking HERE
12/06/09 - Change for a Cause- We raised $1591.41 for DKMS Americas which will be utilized to cover the costs associated with our last Pay it Forward with Jackie drive, Swabs for Julianna (JPF007). Thank you for all the generous people who came out in the cold to support our cause.
12/07/09- Change for a Cause - a special thank you to the West Babylon Soccer Club for allowing us at their holiday boutique.
Christmas Campaign 2009 - We are proud to say that we were able to help FOUR families in our very first Christmas initiative, a warm thank you to all who helped make this possible. We would like to give special thanks to the John Theissen Foundation for helping us fulfill a special wish to a young cancer patient this holiday season. For more information on the John Theissen Foundation please go to http://www.jtcf.org/
Family devastated by fire- we would like all those who made contributions toward the family who lost everything in a fire. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
01/29/10- Brentwood Cares (Jackie Pays it Forward) bone marrow drive Kick off Meeting. - A very special thank you to the Brentwood school district for hosting the meeting and all the enthusiastic volunteers who showed up. We also want to thank News12 for their amazing coverage. We are looking forward to saving many lives on February 12th. Please come and register to be a life saver!
01/31/10- Polar Bear Plunge - Thank you to the Lindenhurst Polar Bear Club and thank you so much for all the wonderful, generous people who jumped in the freezing water with us. Thank you to Outback steakhouse for providing hot soup & hot chocolate to warm up our swimmers. It was so amazing to see so many people there supporting us. Thank you all!!
Hygiene for Haiti Kits - We would like to thank Daniel Street Elementary School, Albany Avenue Elementary School and the many individuals who donated hygiene kits for Haiti earthquake victims. We are proud to say that we collected over 300 kits for S.C.C.R. Those wishing to help load containers of all donated items on Feb. 20th at the S.C.C.R. please call 631-853-4235 and ask for Ed Perez
