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One House at a Time
Ending Child Bedlessness in Greater Philadelphia
May Newsletter
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Dine & Donate Glenside
Thursday, May 13, 2021 | 11:00 AM -9:00 PM
Enjoy lunch or dinner from Humpty’s Dumplings in Keswick Village, Glenside, and a portion of all meals on Thursday, May 13th will go to Beds for Kids!
277 North Keswick Avenue
Glenside, PA 19038
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Summer Solstice Yoga for BFK
Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Old City, Philadelphia
Join us for a fun, outdoor yoga class to celebrate the summer solstice with Alyssa Martin Yoga! Location and RSVP details to come. Registration is a suggested $10 donation to OHAAT. Rain date July 1. |
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Board Spotlight: Karen Kooman
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Karen Kooman has been volunteering for the Beds for Kids program since 2019, joining the OHAAT Board of Directors in 2020. A Vice President at PNC Bank, Karen is also very involved in her community. A founding member of the OHAAT Volunteer Committee, she spearheaded this year’s shoe drive fundraiser that was a great success in not only raising funds, but awareness of Beds for Kids. Karen and her husband, Kevin, have three active daughters who are learning first-hand the value of hard work and giving back to their community.
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Welcome Fiona Kyck
Family Referral Coordinator
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Please join us in welcoming to the team, our new Family Referral Coordinator, Fiona Kyck. Fiona brings a wealth of compassion and experience to her role, having spent her career helping vulnerable individuals in Ireland and across the U.S.
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“I am delighted to be here at the Beds for Kids Program working with this wonderful team of people. I have worked for many years as an advocate for healthy families. One of my passions is working collaboratively to address needs that are challenging our communities. My role with OHAAT is to help get beds to families in need. Consider this an open invitation to contact me with any questions you may have. I am excited to meet you, build our connections, and grow our program.”
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Summer Volunteering |
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School is almost out! We will be providing volunteer shifts during select week days this summer for families or small groups of up to four people to help at our warehouse in Huntingdon Valley. Please share your interest in volunteering with us at volunteer@ohaat.org! |
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Brighter Futures Award Winner
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We are so grateful and honored to be awarded a Brighter Futures Award in Supportive Housing by Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services! Thank you to our partner Edie at KenCrest Services for your nomination and for recognizing the work of OHAAT and the Beds for Kids Program.
We truly could not do what we do each week without our hard working referral partners and volunteers! Thank you for a beautiful and safe virtual event, and congratulations to all of the award winners on being recognized for your work and support of our local disABILITY community.
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Shoe Drive Success |
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We are SO grateful for the generosity of our community for helping us to collect 157 bags of shoes, about 4,000 pairs, through our Jan/Feb Shoe Drive. The Beds for Kids Program will receive a donation from Funds2Orgs for each pound of shoes collected and send them to underdeveloped countries to help entrepreneurs learn business skills and make shoes more accessible in their towns. We could not have completed this project without the help of our Volunteer Committee Members and organizations in our community like Willow Grove Baptist Church, Jarrettown United Methodist Church, Wissahickon School District, and Starbucks Horsham, as well as individual drives and efforts.
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United Way Bucks County Help Center |
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We recently partnered with the United Way of Bucks County Help Center and have received a number of donations such as masks, blankets, bed sheets, and pillows! OHAAT is grateful to be one of many partners who are able to shop the help center, and we have been able to provide the United Way with in-kind donations as well.
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What goes into a bedtime bag?
Click image to see a video made by our volunteer Maryanne!
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Tuft & Needle Donation |
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Tuft & Needle in conjunction with Serta Simmons Bedding has donated 20 new mattresses and 100 pillows to Beds for Kids! What an impact the SSB Community Giving Team has made for our program and the families we serve.
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Aviation Mechanics |
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Through their annual Social Educational Learning initiative, students at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance set out to assist Beds for Kids with our storage needs. With the help of their instructors, the students designed, built, and painted two custom shelf units!
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While the need for beds has been steady, our community has continued to provide much needed bedtime items through generous donation drives! Thank you to those who recently held collections with their friends, family, schools, churches, and communities.
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Maryanne Fields shared our Amazon and Walmart wishlists with her friends online and the gifts keep coming in!
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Amelia has been collecting new and gently used twin bedding, books, and more from her community as well as helping her mom find adorable clearance sheets at the store!
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We recently had a visit from Music Choice volunteers! They helped sort items in the warehouse as well as package books and make blankets from home. Their young volunteer, Joey, even completed a generous donation drive!
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Upper Moreland Middle School student, Maggie, held a book donation drive for teen readers through an Honors Society project. This box was overfilling with books!
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In honor of the Week of the Young Child, Play & Learn Hatboro, Lansdale, and Bryn Mawr locations chose to support Beds for Kids with in-kind donations! Thank you to area Play & Learn families and staff for your generosity
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We were one of several organizations that Supplee Presbyterian Church supported during their recent week of service. Members were able to make no-sew fleece blankets from home or visit the warehouse to help sort donations, create book packs, and prepare bedtime bags.
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St Matthew Lutheran Church, Springfield, collected new and used twin bedding, pillows, toothbrushes and more!
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Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 7690 for these beautiful no-sew fleece blankets! They look so warm and cozy for our families.
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Charlotte, a student at Germantown Academy, held a wonderful donation drive with her peers in the Junior Whitemarsh Women's Club.
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SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions employees collected brand new items to fill several bedtime bags recently!
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County Line Quilters, Chalfont, donated a number of soft, handmade quilts to several area charities.
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Long-time partner, Quilts for Kids, donated 100 beautifully crafted quilts last week!
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OHAAT took part in the first Montco Care Fair at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Several organizations planned the outdoor event including OHAAT, Habitat for Humanity Montgomery and Delaware Counties, Your Way Home, and ARTolerance. Each organization is truly making a difference in the lives of Montgomery County residents and the surrounding area.
Thanks to St. Paul's Lutheran Church Nursery School for your very generous collection for Beds for Kids as well as to those in the community who brought twin bed sheets, blankets, pillows and more.
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OHAAT is currently accepting donations of new twin bedding, new pillows and new tooth brushes, and books. We have a few public donation drop off sites with flexible weekend and evening schedules as well as bringing items to our warehouse location.
Is your business interested in becoming a donation drop-off location? Contact sara@ohaat.org for information.
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One House at a Time
411 Susquehanna Road
Ambler, PA 19002
Beds for Kids Warehouse
421 Pike Rd., Suite 5
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
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