CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
We take great joy in giving money, raised in monthly raffles, to various charities.
The list below shows various chairities that our Giving Circle has donated to.
Want to give? Join in by clicking the Donate button at the bottom of each page. You are not limited to the charities below, so feel free to mention or give to ANY charity of your choice!
The list below shows various chairities that our Giving Circle has donated to.
Want to give? Join in by clicking the Donate button at the bottom of each page. You are not limited to the charities below, so feel free to mention or give to ANY charity of your choice!
Local Charities
Alzheimer's Foundation of Staten Island
Aubrey Rose Renny Benefit Foundation Autism Speaks Avon Breast Cancer Walk Brendon Marocco Building Fund (wounded military) Brian Delomo Scholarship Fund Brianna Badalamenti [local leukemia patient] Camp Sunshine Caring Bridge NY Presbyterian Hospital Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center -Pancreatic Research Community Resources Food Pantry at South Beach Have a Heart Foundation of Staten Island Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation SI Little Miracles Preschool Eden II NY Times Neediest Cases Fund On Your Mark Peer Group [South Beach Psychiatric] Port Richmond Cross Road Foundation Project Home Front Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa - John Hudson Dilgen Safe Horizon Salvation Army's Kroc Center Seton Foundation Seton Foundation for Learning, Staten Island Stapleton U.A.M.E. Food Pantry Staten Island Children's Campaign Staten Island Council for Animal Welfare Staten Island Fallen Firefighters Widows Fund Staten Island Mental Health Staten Island Project Homefront St. Vincent DePaul Society The Eden II Programs The Hungerford School PTA United SI Veterans Organization -Special Honoree Brendan Marrocco Victor Rao Recovery Fund Wounded Warrior Project YMCA Strong Kids Campaign -Somerset, New Jersey |
National & International Charities
National:
American Cancer Society Avon Breast Cancer Crusade Before You Drink, Think Dwight Cystic Fibrosis Juvenile Diabetes Kidney Research Lifestyles for the Disabled Lupus Foundation of America Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Multiple Sclerosis St. Jude Children's Research Hospital The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network The Good Dog Foundation The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society International: Cherish Our Children International Coalition of Children in Need [Haiti] Slovakian Orphanage Water for People |
PROJECTS
We are always looking for different ways to GIVE help. Below are some of our latest "brainstorms." Feel free to SHARE YOUR IDEAS with us.
Easter Initiative 2013
A group of teen girls made about 100 Easter baskets which were split between the children's homeless shelter and another very impoverished community within Staten Island.
October and November Penny Harvest
Food is one of our primary collection objectives throughout the year (see Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens below). So for October and November, we are asking you to bring in your spare pennies and Margaret will turn them into food bargains with her coupons and keen bargain shopping.
Prom Attire Collection for 2013
We have already garnered some contributions for our 2013 Prom Attire Collection. In the last couple of years, it has been strictly prom gowns, but this year, we want to accept evening bags, shoes, under garments and tuxedos and we want to keep our project on Staten Island. We hope to collaborate with W Girls NYC or Operation Fairydust, but we also want to keep a good portion of our collection right on Staten Island.
Back Packs and School Supplies
Over the summer, we collected 300+ back packs (with a generous donation of 200 from Lina Fang) and stuffed them with school supplies. These back packs were distributed to children in the Stapleton area and to Mt. Loretto-area children. We want to keep the school supplies flowing throughout the year, not just at the beginning of the school year, so we are ALWAYS looking for marble composition books, in particular, and other school supplies necessary for kids to learn and be in step with other kids.
Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens
We put a great deal of emphasis on constant collections of food and sundry items for people using Staten Island's numerous food pantries. Also, fresh produce, frozen turkeys, etc. can be used at the Stapleton soup kitchen and for food preparation at the Jewett Avenue Senior Center. My porch is ALWAYS available for INCOMING food. My CEO (Carry Everything Out) person, Mike, can handle any amount of food you choose to donate!
Medical Supplies
We are always looking for MEDICAL SUPPLIES for children, seniors and families in need. Think bandages,vitamins, aspirin, A&D ointment, ACE bandages, cough syrup, etc.
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*The Staten Island Giving Circle is now accepting donations through our website. Please be advised that we are not a 501(3)(c) organization simply because the paperwork would be voluminous trying to track $10 and $20 donations individually. You can, if you choose, earmark your donations for your charity of choice (for a raffle pull) or tell us simply to “add to general fund” for community outreach activities.