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9th Annual Toys & More Drive! // Michelle Lankwarden's Page

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Every year we say, "We can't believe we still get to do this." And here we are, YEAR 9! As most of you know by now, we started our little project nine years ago with some emails and a Facebook post. We raised about $2000 in a few days and brought three carloads of toys to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center for the kids who were stuck in the hospital over the holidays. We chose St. Joe's because they've taken such good care of the Hissrich family over the years. We quickly learned that people really want to help; they just want to know their donations are being used wisely. So we got ourselves organized and partnered with Providence Saint Joseph Foundation. They provided us with a fee-free and tax-deductible fundraising platform and connected us with five organizations in the Los Angeles area that do amazing work to help those who are struggling in our community:

Covenant House California, Family Promise of the Verdugos, Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, The San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission, and The Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley. Please check out the links at the bottom for each organization.

If you can believe it, we've raised more than $171,000 over the past eight years, thanks to the generosity of our families, friends, co-workers, and complete strangers! Our partnership with Providence Saint Joseph Foundation means all donations are FEE-FREE and TAX-DEDUCTIBLE and 100% of all donations gets spent by our team of volunteers on our shopping day, AKA The Best Day Of the Year! We spend a few hours madly shopping for toys, clothes, coats, hats, socks, underwear, diapers, toiletries, and gift cards and we send it all in a big truck off to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center where it gets sorted based on our organizations' needs.

We've spent time at each organization and we see how hard their folks work year-round to try and help as many people and families as they can. It continually inspires us and we've seen how our small efforts CAN and DO make a difference.

So please consider donating this year - no donation is too small! We know there are so many people in need and perhaps you've already given to other organizations and you're tapped out. If so, please consider sharing our link with your families and friends. If you're looking for a great cause, please consider us! And don't forget, all donations are tax-deductible and every penny we raise gets spent at Target on our shopping day!

Finally, we can't say a big enough THANK YOU to everyone who has donated in the past. We literally would not be able to help so many people without your generosity.

With Love & Gratitude,

Michelle.

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For the full backstory on how we got started and for more information on our mission, please visit our website: http://thehopeendeavor.org

Follow us on Twitter @TheHopeEndeavor

For more information on the organizations we give to, please visit their websites:

https://covenanthousecalifornia.org

http://familypromiseverdugos.org

https://www.hopeofthevalley.org

https://sfvrescuemission.org

https://bgcburbank.org

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9th Annual Toys & More Drive!
Personal Progress:
of Goal
$19,975 Raised
$20,000.00
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Michelle & Eric Tignini
$1,000
The Garcia Family
$500
Melissa & Dave Barrett
$500
Judy Nak
$500
Gregg Bilson Jr
$500
Anonymous
$500
Jay & Robin Faerber
$500
The Eddy Family
$500
Vidal Cohen
Anonymous
$350
Cindy King
$300
John Vohlers
$300
Jeff F King
$250
Mr. Howard Berger
$250
Joshn Drew
$250
The Springsteen Family
$250
Pamela Jaeckle
Diane Newman
$250
The Arkin Family
$200
Liz & Frank Tignini
John Cazin
$200
Vera and Alice York
$200
Barb & Rach
$200
Massin Family
$200
In celebration of Michelle and Eric, from Tim & Nan Marx
$200
Ron and Suzanne Kotfila
$200
Kathleen & Greg Brennan
$200
Kevin Hannigan
$200
Anonymous
$200
Mary Ko
$200
Eliza Coleman
$200
Surefire Special FX
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Garry Schmidt
$200
Heather Salko Selingo
$150
Dashell & McKinley
$150
Richard Bloom
$100
Nicole Gareffa
$100
Cheryl Strang
$100
Mr. Stephen Irvine
$100
Steve Woroniecki
$100
valerie green
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Anonymous
$100
SUZUKI INGERSLEV
$100
Jennifer Jimenez
$100
Sam
$100
Olivia Miles
$100
Sally & Jeff Brunski
$100
Dean Hendler
$100
Colleen Hayes
$100
Bonnie Weis
$100
Jim
$100
Anonymous
Anonymous
$100
The Scott Family
Miss Debra James
$100
Donna Vega
$100
Reading Family
$100
Peter Lalayanis
$100
Mr. sam hamer
$100
Angela Comstock
$100
Marc Bienstock
$100
Maxwell + Tina Thorpe
$100
Matt Sprague
$100
Merrin Dungey and Maisie and Esmè Drake
$100
Mike Wells
$100
Nicole Wilder
$100
Sean M Higgins
$100
Laurie DeSantis
$100
Geoff Hansen
$100
Anonymous
Jason and Liz Stone
$100
Scott Family
$100
Leanne
Adam Ben Frank
$100
Shannon McIntosh
$100
Lauren & Mike Karasick
$100
Julie DeJoie
$100
Anonymous
Rebecca Alling
$100
Anonymous
Woody & Sandy Horton
$100
Anonymous
$100
Heather Hoislbauer
$50
Jen Willis
The Hansell Family
$50
Neil Forcadela
$50
Daniella Eisman
$50
Kevin Lawn
$50
Hobie lundt
$50
Ballard William
$50
Heather Michele Harris
Mr. Nicolas Stern
The McIrwins
$50
Talia Green
$50
Samantha Schwartz
$50
Jenny & Bill Vigorito
$50
Lisa Altemus
Clive & Kelly Lankwarden
Bill and Diana Meusch
$50

 

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