The Official Newsletter of The Good Eggs Foundation October 2022, Issue 2 |
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WELCOME FALL! Hi Everyone! Beautiful autumn has arrived. It's my favorite time of year. Crisp air, apple cider and cinnamon sugar donuts, oh my! And - it's the perfect time of year to read about this month's interviewee making a difference. But first, here's what's new: |
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A HUMONGOUS thank you goes out to Franco and Elena Petrucci and family and everyone at Livonia Italian Bakery & Cafe for hosting the Cannoli Festa! And thank you to those who supported and purchased cannoli - they were flying out the door! And no wonder - they are so delicious (I got my mocha one!) Our gratefulness to the |
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family runs deep for their incredible generosity! They are AMAZING! |
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LAST MONTH'S "EGGING" In September, we Egged Mission:City, a Detroit community organization in the Brightmoor area. They provide programming for education, health, |
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employment and financial literacy. We teamed up with Bryan Golemba and the customers of Scheers ACE Hardware in Oak Park, who were so generous as to "round up" for a charity, which will help to fund some of their programs. We have provided Good Eggs books for their literacy program this fall. Mission:City is doing wonderful things for the community, and we were proud to be partnered with Bryan and Scheers! |
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I am excited to be participating on an online panel called Third Act Quest Storytelling Experience. Diana Dunbar Place from New Hampshire has founded this amazing organization for women entering their "third act" in life. The panel will be made up of women sharing inspiration, discovery and action as we continue on our journeys. Registration is now open. The virtual panel will run two days, Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22. |
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I have two free registration access codes - email me if you're interested! |
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WHAT ARE THE EGGS UP TO THIS MONTH? (Book 1, Chapter 2) October - Forgiveness Megg and Seggourney ask Ms. Poach if they could have a class Halloween party. Greggory and Reggie are eager to help, but Benedict jumps to an incorrect conclusion, causing him to nearly ruin the party. After a confrontation from Benedict, the Eggs explain the facts. He realizes his mistake and apologizes. The Eggs did not |
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excuse his behavior, but, of course, offered forgiveness. |
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THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND: Advertising is available - $25/month. You can fill out a contact form and we will be in touch. Please patronize our sponsors below! And don't forget about our swag! Joey loves it! Our apparel is provided by the amazing company CLOZtalk, which helps nonprofits get the word out. |
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Now let's meet our October Interviewee! |
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Mittens for Detroit is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that collects, purchases, and distributes new, warm, durable mittens and gloves to children, teens, and adults in need in Detroit and nearby underserved areas. Pairs are distributed currently in Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck, Dearborn, and Pontiac. The people who receive the community’s gift of warmth range from babies to senior citizens. Our Distribution Partners include schools, veterans’ groups, senior citizens, warming centers, homeless shelters, food pantries, medical facilities, and more. Since our inception in 2010, more than one-quarter million pairs have been collected and distributed. |
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| | Mittens for Detroit was started in November 2010 by an actress, Erin Cummings, who was working on the TV show Detroit 1-8-7. She was in Detroit for most of the year, and she fell in love with how Metro Detroiters were taking care of each other during the recession. After seeing her cousin give a pair of gloves to a Trick-or-Treater who had lost hers along her way, Erin decided that this would be the charity to start – to ask people to give a pair of new mittens or gloves to others to help them during the winter. She came up with our slogan: Warming Hearts, Two Hands at a Time. I joined Mittens for Detroit in April 2013, as their first staff - the Executive Director. |
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| | Sandy! That’s a hard question;every year there is a new mitten story!! Here's one: In 2014, I received an email from a 1st grade teacher in Hamtramck who had seen one of our collection boxes, and he asked if he might be able to get new mittens and gloves for his students, who often don’t have adequate winter clothes. He told me that often kids don’t come to school when families need to share the winter clothing because it “isn’t the child’s week to wear the clothes.” Within one day, the teacher, his principal and I worked it out so that all of the Hamtramck School District could get new pairs. That’s about 3,300 kids every year. Talk about the power of one! |
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| | Good question! Without hesitation, I will say that the greatest challenge in running Mittens for Detroit is that we have been so successful, and we need to grow our staff. It’s a great problem to have – to have to increase our capacity to be able to continue working efficiently and effectively as we have grown to do…. If we can raise enough money to invest in the infrastructure by adding a part-time Operations Manager, this will be a spectacular year! It’s hard to find “operations” funding for small nonprofits. However, that is our goal for this year, and we are hoping that we find businesses and individuals in the community who are willing to invest in the gift of warmth. |
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| | Honestly, what will happen in the future for Mittens for Detroit will be if we can find the support to build our capacity. With more than 350,000 pairs being donated and purchased since we started, and with so many partners and with hundreds of volunteers, we know that Mittens for Detroit will continue to exist because of the community's drive. Our goal is to help the community help us to build the capacity to be a stronger nonprofit, starting this season. |
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| | Last winter we expanded beyond Detroit to include as many children as we could in Pontiac. The issue of capacity is what slows us down from our thoughts of growing. If we can meet the needs of the cities we have already, and maybe add the kids in Macomb County in an efficient and effective way, we can start thinking about expanding more. We are the only charity doing large distributions of mittens and gloves in Michigan. |
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| | As we like to say, it's so easy to help! - Donate new, warm, durable mittens and gloves. - Be a MittenMaker! - Host a MittenRaiser at work or with your social connections. - Follow us on social media. - Donate financially. - Join our Handwarming Heroes Circle with a monthly donation. - Watch for our 2nd Annual Get Your Mitts on This! Online Silent in November! |
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Thank you for reading about Wendy's story and Mittens for Detroit! You can find more information, especially about how to help, on their website: www.mittensfordetroit.org Next month's interview will feature a woman honoring her daughter's legacy in a special way! |
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See you in November and thanks for being a Good Egg! Kindly, Sandy (Ciaramitaro) Mals Founder and President The Good Eggs Foundation |
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"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." - Nelson Mandela |
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Please patronize our sponsors - thank you! |
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