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Thank you to all who made the lemonade sale a success yesterday. We appreciate the friends, neighbors and passersby who came out to show support and also help out with logistics. Our young entrepeuners were definitely cute too and they did a great job grabbing the attention of anyone passing by. To hear all ten of them bombard cars with “LEMONADE!!!!!” was certainly smile-inducing. They performed their duties well and hopefully they also learned in a little way how important it is to advocate for other children.

Can I get a drum roll please? We are proud to announce that exactly $100.00 was raised to benefit the Project 680 Underwear Drive. A total of $68.51 was donated on-site to our money basket and then to top it off Jeff Dominguez of Exit Realty West was kind to donate $31.49 to bring our grand total to $100.00.

We are so thankful for everybody’s generosity and we are elated to be able to purchase so much new underwear in coming days for local homeless students. We sure had a great time too. It was a blast to mingle with neighbors and friends as well as meet some new folks. Way to go everyone!!!

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We want to give a big thank you to the seniors at the Cordova Senior Center for jumping aboard on this project with such vigor. After only one week a group of seniors have collected over 200 pairs of underwear so far. We are really impressed and inspired by the way they have responded. It is remarkable to watch generosity unfold and we sincerely appreciate their example of caring for young people. Way to go seniors!!!

We know this economy is not easy at all on so many of our households, but somehow even now people are finding ways to get involved in this effort. That’s really something, isn’t it? Let’s keep going and see if we can far surpass our goal of collecting 680 pairs of underwear. The more we collect, the more we will be able to give to local homeless students. Together we can really make a difference.

Keep up the love everyone and let’s continue to discover creative ways to grow in expressing compassion.

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We found out today of some VSP employees who are collecting underwear for the Project 680 Underwear Drive. “VSP” is a vision care company based out of Rancho Cordova. One of their employees found out about Project 680 from her father who lives in a local neighborhood. Thank you to a handful of VSP employees for partnering with us and collecting whatever amount of underwear you end up collecting. We appreciate you and we think it’s great that you are responding to a need that you just learned about.

When people and groups like VSP respond to the underwear drive, we get excited because it means that local homeless students are being thought of and cared for in a very relevant way. And that’s something to really smile about, isn’t it?

We welcome other local businesses and organization to get involved within the next two weeks. Let’s keep going!!!

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My boys are going to do a lemonade sale on this Saturday morning, April 25, between 9-11am in front of our house in Rancho Cordova at 10267 Croydon Way. Come on by to buy a cup of lemonade from the kids who will be selling. Or if you have any donations, feel free to drop ‘em off. I hope to have some neighborhood kids and friends over too. I’ll brew some coffee inside for the adults. If you have kids and they want to be involved, let me know by commenting on this post. Also, if you have a stellar selling table, speak on. We have something adequate, but if you have something amazing, let’s talk. Proceeds will be directed toward buying new underwear for the Project 680 Underwear Drive. If it is raining on Saturday morning, we’ll cancel. Otherwise we are good to go. Call 916-595-3735 with any questions.

Thank you for your support.

Ryan L.

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Recent Supporters:

Thank you to the local Red Robins group for their desire to assist the Project 680 Underwear Drive. Thank you to the “Monday Night Mamas” book club for their donations of underwear and money. Thank you to Curves in Rancho Cordova for their desire to get involved. Thank you also to Sulamo Appraisal Service in Folsom for a donation of underwear.

Let’s keep it coming. Together we can advocate for students in very practical ways. Sometimes it is overwhelming to think of the problem of homelessness and what we might do. Project 680 is all about providing a beginning toward the solution.

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If you would like to download an informational flyer for the Project 680 Underwear Drive to print or pass out to people you know, click HERE. Maybe you have been considering getting involved or emailing some friends. We have a little bit more than two weeks left in the underwear drive and we would like to ask for many more people to jump on board and network for the sake of local homeless students. Maybe you could tell some neighobrs, family members, friends, folks at church or the office…. 

Thank you everyone for your efforts. I think we are about half way to our goal.

Advocating for local homeless students is something we all can do. It does not take age, experience, money or talent to make a difference in the lives of local kids. Nope, just a little intention can go a long way.

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“Never in my life did I think I’d be standing in front of a large group of people, holding a microphone and talking about underwear!”

It’s hard not to smile when hearing that. This quote is from a local woman named Bonnie, who has been a key part of Project 680. She spoke yesterday at the Cordova Senior Center and she is also going to be raising awareness about local homeless students and our cause to possibly two other local organizations. Way to go Bonnie!!!  You are an inspiration to all of us.

I suppose none of us thought we’d be involved in an underwear drive either, but here we are. Thank you to everyone who is finding practical ways to get involved in this effort. Let’s keep going and thinking outside of the box about how we can raise awareness about student homelessness as well as creatively cause an avalanche of underwear.

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Thank you to the Rancho Cordova Soroptimist Organization for jumping on the need for new underwear. So far they have collected 143 pairs. Way to go!!!

Let’s continue to find creative ways to collect underwear and raise awareness about local students who are struggling with a stable place to live (homeless).

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Thank you to the Grapevine Independent for running a story on the Project 680 Underwear Drive. And welcome to any readers of the Grapevine who found your way here from the article.

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The Sunriver Neighborhood is doing a great job collecting socks. There are two drop-off locations and residents are responding to this cause. Great job everyone!!!

Also, there is now a drop-off location in Mather. To view all drop-off locations for the Underwear Drive, see www.project680.org/underwear

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We now have 12 drop-off locations. The Burnash household on Malaga Way was added. Thank you also to River Valley Church in Rancho Cordova for choosing to be involved.

Keep up the great work everyone. Let’s keeping moving forward to bless local homeless students and advocate for them in such practical ways.

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So far there are 11 drop-off locations for our community underwear drive. A “drop-off” location is simply a place where underwear can be “dropped off” before May 8th. This is great news and it’s wonderful to see how fast word spreads and how quick residents are to get involved in this effort.

There is still room for additional drop-off locations too. Organizations, churches, businesses and households are welcome to participate. Contact us for details.

Advocating for local homeless students is about simple steps forward and working together as a community to help meet some of their relevant needs. Together we can make a difference. All it takes is a bit of intention.

Please see www.project680.org/underwear for the most up-to-date list of drop-off locations.

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Ready. Set. Go!!!

Information is now up for the Project 680 Underwear Drive. You can click on “underwear” above to read all the details and send people to www.project680.org/underwear. We are ready to begin this drive and we invite residents throughout the cities of Rancho Cordova and Folsom to get involved (and anyone else too). We welcome local organizations and businesseses too, and we hope to see some creativity, teamwork and a whole lot of love go into this month-long effort. We invite all ages and backgrounds to partner together to advocate for local students in this simple way.

We will be collecting underwear until May 8, 2009 and it is our goal to collect 680 pairs of underwear for local “homeless” students. Let’s do it!!!

Thank you already to the households and organizations that have chosen to be drop-off locations. We are still looking for more locations too. Let us know if you are interested.

A special thank you to a Girl Scout troop in Folsom, Cordova Neighborhood Church, City Hall, Rancho Cordova Neighborhood Center, and all residents who have begun to get involved already.

Here we go.

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