UpFront Supporting the Community
Through our community engagement in projects, networking, volunteerism and more, we have a developed a love for giving back and supporting our communities. We feel that giving back is the best way to grow and help our communities thrive and develop. We will be engaging by sponsoring a different local nonprofit to help them with their needs and getting the word out about them to spur more engagement from the community. We hope to see you engage with us and support us in any way you can through what is being requested by the nonprofit. Each non profit will be featured with a little bit about them and we will collect items and donations until the date upon which we will then deliver the items and any funds raised. We hope you join us in helping out these smaller local community non profits with us.
(March is Reading Month)
Fundraising Feb - April 2025.
Kids Need to Read is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization which helps children discover the joy of reading and the power of a literate mind by providing inspiring books and literacy programs to underfunded schools, libraries, and community agencies across the United States, especially those serving disadvantaged children. Founded with a passion to improve the lives of disadvantaged children by providing inspiring book collections and engaging literacy programs to underfunded schools, libraries, and organizations across the nation, Kids Need to Read aspires to empower and embolden every last child through a culture of reading. For many of the children it serves, Kids Need to Read represents a crucial link to a strong literacy education, and its programs help build and nurture support systems for the development of literate minds.
Kids Need To Read is a small local organization that serves children across the country and in Puerto Rico.
The thing they need the MOST is money. The cost to ship these books and get the space to store the donated books has risen tremendously. So for this fundraising, we hope to set their minds at ease and donate funds so they can focus less on money and more on fulfilling their mission. More books in good condition and volunteerism is also appreciated so anything you can provide is appreciated.
https://www.mightycause.com/story/Upfrontplanning
Aster Aging and Oakwood Creative Care
NOvember 2024 - January 2025
Aster Aging is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to serving our local communities since 1979. Aster provides a full continuum of services to help older adults and their families navigate aging with independence and dignity.
Aster impacts thousands of older adults and their families in the East Valley through our core programs:
Oakwood Creative Care is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization which serves adults with cognitive or physical challenges, as well as their family care partners, through day clubs, memory cafés, and other home and community-based services. They engage art, music, poetry, story telling, gardening, woodworking, fitness, games and more providing a day center so they may remain engaged in a life full of purpose and meaning, without moving out of their family home.
The things these facilities needs the MOST are:
Toiletries
Blankets and Throws
Gardening Supplies
Art & Craft Supplies
Calendars
First Aid Kids