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Upcoming Events

2nd Annual Project Stay Warm - 01/01-02/01/2012 - We will be collecting NEW hats, scarves, gloves, socks and sealed chapsticks for men, women and children spending the cold winter months in homeless shelters. Please check back after the holiday season for drop off locations.

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PAST EVENTS:

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 the 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

04/21/10 - Brentwood Cares bone marrow drive resulted in 101 new donors on the registry, 75% minorities!!! A special thank you to the Brentwood school district & Brentwood community for making this a very successful drive. They also raised sufficient funds to cover the testing & typing costs...Kudos!!!!

08/20/10 - Food Drive for Town of Babylon Annex - A special thank you to all the generous donors who donated to our drive and to Stop & Shop for providing us with a venue. We are pleased to announce over 60 bags of food was collected!

10/28/10 - Food Drive for Our Lady of Grace food pantry - A special thank you to all the generous donors who donated to our drive and to Stop & Shop for once again providing us with a venue. We are happy to announce that 3 carts of food was collected and $50 in gift cards!!!!

11/11/10- Food Drive for Town of Babylon Annex - A special thank you to all the generous donors who donated to our drive and to Stop & Shop for once again providing us with a venue. We are happy to announce that 3 carts filled to the rim of food was collected and $60 in gift cards!!!!

Adopt-A-Child Holiday Stocking Drive 2010 - We are proud to say that we collected just under 1800 stockings. We delivered to 27 shelters, 10 hospitals, 2 children’s homes and 2 organizations that work directly with under-privileged children. We delivered as far west as the Bronx and as far east as Riverhead. Every single stocking was utilized and this Christmas 1800 children are smiling thanks to the generosity of so many. Thank you all for helping us bring holiday joy to so many children. At some of the shelters the stockings are the only holiday gifts the children will be getting which is why we are committed in making this an annual campaign.

12/18/10 - Blood Drive in memory of Jack Perlungher - We are so pleased to have collected 20 pints of blood. Thank you all for giving the gift of life.

Holiday Campaign 2010 - Although our donations were down this year we are please to say that we were still able to assist three families in our Christmas campaign.

Project Stay Warm - We would like to thank everyone who helped make Project Stay Warm such a huge success, the generosity on Long Island is amazing! We are pleased to say that we were able to assist 6 shelters with this project thanks to all of you. Please continue to help us Pay it Forward

06/26/11- Garage Sale Fundraiser- thank you to all our donors and shoppers for our fundraiser. We are pleased to say we raised enough to meet organizational needs.

08/28/11- Food Drive for Town of Babylon Food Pantry- the pantry located within the Annex was in desperate need, their shelves were empty. We are pleased to say that thank to Waldbaums's shoppers, 3 filled carts were donated to the food pantry.

2011 Holiday Stocking Drive - We are BEYOND thrilled to announce that 2,700 children throughout Long Island and ALL 5 Boroughs have received stockings this holiday season. In addition, 140 children in GA and 260 in AZ have also received stockings making our National total 3,100!!!!! PFWJ would like to thank our amazing elves, our generous donors, our wonderful drop off locations, and all the shelters and hospitals who participated this year. We wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!!