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our homeless and street kids requires not only
people, but also money and material goods. Consider
supporting us by donating a needed item or by
volunteering your time to help us obtain them.
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is a wish list for our street kids: |
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10 for the Kids: |
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Food,
juice and water |
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Dark
clothing, including underwear and socks |
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Jackets,
Ponchos, Gloves, Toboggans |
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Movie
passes |
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Sleeping
bags, tarps & blankets |
| 6. |
Small
flashlights and batteries |
| 7. |
Backpacks |
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Hygiene
products |
| 9. |
BART
Tickets, Bus Tickets |
10. |
Condoms |
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Here is a wish list of services and
items that our program needs to sustain and
open more programs in the Bay Area:
STANDUP
FOR KIDS is a 501(c)(3) Corporation.
Number: 33-0414855
Services In Kind |
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Top 10 for the STANDUP FOR
KIDS Berkeley program: |
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A
Laptop Computer and Laser Printer.
We provide many training sessions for our volunteers
and document and monitor all our homeless and
street kids. We keep a database on our clothes,
furniture and food. The cost of a new system with
printer is approximately $2,000.00 |
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A
Cell Phone.
We take a cell phone to the streets with us as
we do outreach. This allows us to let the
homeless and street kids call home to let someone
know they are ok or that they want to come home. Cost of a cellular phone would
not exceed $75.00 per month. |
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A
Photocopy Machine.
We create, print and distribute booklets to the
kids that let them know of other homeless services
in their area.
In addition we print other materials such
as marketing materials that we take to schools,
fliers to recruit new volunteers, and invitations
for kids to come to social events. |
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Food
and Drinks.
Twice a week we go to the streets and deliver
bag meals to the homeless and street kids. Donations of snack bars, crackers,
water, juices or other items that are easily distributed
on the streets are needed. |
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Hygiene
Products.
The homeless and street kids depend on us to bring
them products that allow them to clean up and
blend more into society. We need items such as individual sized deodorants, shampoos,
soaps, toothbrushes and toothpaste. |
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Sponsors
for Social Events.
We want to allow the kids to escape the harshness
of everyday life on the street by creating opportunities
for the kids to attend social functions such as:
picnics, pizza parties, movies, swimming, sports
games, and etc. |
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Training
Center.
Our outreach counselors go through an extensive
16-hour training course in order to perform outreach.
We periodically need rooms donated in order to
facilitate these training courses. |
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8.
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Fast
Food Coupons.
Most kids on the streets have no money for food.
During the fall and winter fast food coupons allow
the kids to periodically get a hot meal. We could
use about $50.00 worth of fast food coupons each
month. |
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Cash
Contributions.
While we have no salaries to pay, we do have expenses,
for office supplies, educational materials and
marketing.
We also still pay for most of the food
that we give to kids. |
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10.
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Volunteers.
Volunteers run our entire organization.
Our chapter could use help in the following
areas: outreach,
leadership, marketing, fundraising, and obtaining
supplies, such as food and hygiene products. |
Seems
as if we always need more food for the kids, and we'd
like to take them to special events once in a while.
We can use a variety of things, please send us an
email! Email: Berkeley@standupforkids.org
Maybe you have at some time wondered from where StandUp
For Kids Bay Area gets its funding to operate. At
this time nearly all of our money comes from individuals
who send us a check from time to time. We do fundraising
activities, and our volunteers are actively pursuing
grants from corporations and foundations, but the
response time for these is long.
If you would like to support StandUp For Kids Bay
Area in this way, please write a check to "StandUp
for Kids" and mail it to:
StandUp For Kids
915 Shore Point cir. E-307
Alameda, CA 94501
Donations are tax deductible, and we will send
you a receipt. Every wish we post will always state
our need for new volunteers. We'll probably never
have enough to get the job done. A few hours a month
could really make a difference. Join the team - we
need you!
Contact Us for more ways to help
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