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Can we get a drum roll? We are so pleased to announce that 1757 pairs of socks & 1038 pairs of underwear were collected during the Socks & Undies drive. This number will only go up in coming days too as stragglers come in. VERY well done!! Here is a 30-second thank-you clip from the Liaison for Homeless Services.

No matter what role you played in this drive, we sincerely thank you for all you did. This is a grassroots volunteer effort, so it’s all about getting the word out there and being intentional about supporting homeless students in such practical ways. A huge thank you also to our drop-off locations. We could not have done this without you. You were truly the backbone of this drive.

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Thank you everyone who came out tonight to the finale drop-off. It was great to mingle and meet. We’ll have big specific news to announce in coming days as some donations continue to come in. For now, just know WE MET THE GOAL of at least 1000 pairs of socks and 1000 undies. Thank YOU!!!

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We heard that Folsom Asset Management is doing one final push for the Socks & Undies Drive on April 27, so we wanted to get the word out. If you’ve been thinking about being involved, this could be the perfect opportunity to make a quick donation. Thank you for your support. And way to go Folsom Asset Management!!

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We’ve added a finale event next Tuesday on April 30th from 5-7pm at the Starbucks on Zinfandel in Rancho Cordova. This will be perfect for anyone to come by for a few minutes, drop off any donations or simply hang out for a bit. We’d love to see you there. Can you drop in?

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This 9-year old girl used some of her birthday money to support the Socks & Undies drive. Her family has a goal to collect 100 items, so she’s doing her part to meet that goal. Truly inspiring. Thank you.

Remember, we have until the last day of April to collect 1000 pairs of socks and 1000 pairs of underwear for homeless students in the Folsom Cordova School District. Throughout this month, may we all have a childlike love like this sweet 9-year old girl. May we simply pay attention to needs around us and find ways to respond.

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Everyone, we are excited to announce the Socks & Undies Drive that’s going to kick off in the month of April. Our goal is to collect 1000 pairs of new undies and 1000 pairs of new socks (see below for sizes). Do you think we can do it?

Together we can make a difference in the lives of homeless students in our community. Not only will new underwear and socks meet a very relevant and practical need, but it will also speak volumes to students about how the community is looking out for them. Please consider getting involved. Thank you so much for your support. DOWNLOAD a flyer here (pdf).

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We’ll be posting more detail soon!!

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These are some thank you letters from students who received new shoes from the Project 680 Foot Drive recently. These students are documented as homeless by the FCUSD. Thank you everyone for your support and for making this happen. A very special thank you to Rancho Cordova Rotary for providing $4,000 toward the shoe drive. This year we provided more shoes for students than ever before.

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The Rancho Cordova Rotary Club donated $4,000 toward the Project 680 Shoe Drive this year. Additionally, the Inner Wheel Club in Rancho Cordova stepped up with a $400 donation too (Inner Wheel is comprised of allstar women of Rotary). We are so appreciative to have had such such support from Rotary and Inner Wheel. Along with the donations from so many others during the Foot Drive, we broke the record for the number of students invited to the Shoe Event. Thank you to Rotary President Rick Blakeman and so many Rotarians who donated money as well as volunteered hours of service to pull off a successful shoe event recently.

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A special message to Foot Drive supporters from Trish Antonetti and Charlene Hunt of the FCUSD. Please watch and hear how thankful and excited Trish & Charlene are to have your support. You made a big difference!!!

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Life has been a whirlwind as we’ve been prepping for the Shoe Drive this month (because of everyone’s generosity in previous months), but we wanted to finally sit down to take a moment to say THANK YOU to so many who made the Project 680 Foot Drive a success. In all, we collected 2,841 pairs of new socks, $850 in cash/checks and $450 in Payless Shoe Cards. On top of all of this, Rancho Cordova Rotary ended up donating $4,000 toward the Shoe Drive and Inner Wheel in Rancho Cordova was responsible for $400 out of the $850 cash/checks.

What does all this mean? Essentially, we will be able to invite more documented homeless students to the shoe event this year than ever before. The record has been broken this year and that is a wonderful thing. On top of a private shoe event for homeless students in Rancho Cordova and Folsom, we’ll have resources and funds available to help students in coming months ahead.

Thank you for listening and then responding to an important local issue…. student homelessness. Your generosity will go a long way to take care of some of the basic needs that students have.

NOTE: We tried hard to get everyone on the list. If we accidentally forgot your name or misspelled your name, please lend us mercy and let us know so we can add you (please let us know). Also, there are so many anonymous donors. We really don’t know everyone who has been involved.

Drop-Off Locations:
Bueno-Williams household
Callen Pool Supply
Cordova Community Council
Creations Botique
First Covenant Church
Ford household
Gold River Floors – Carpet One
Heritage Community Credit Union
Mama Sue’s Soul Food Kitchen
Norris household
O’Connor household
Rancho CordovaCity Hall

Food Donors for Pancake Celebration
Councilmember Ken Cooley
Alan Withers
Rancho Cordova Kiwanis Club

Project 680 Supporters:
Lisa & Bryan Allen
Anonymous Donors
Jinny B.
Mary B.
Biddle Consulting Group, Inc.
Don Black
Bueno-Williams Household
George Burnash
Aileen Callen
Callen Pool Supply
Sara Carlson
Tom & Pam Carroll
Capital Christian Center
Kim Chambers
City of Rancho Cordova Employees
Councilmember Ken Cooley
Cordova Church of Christ
Cordova Community Council
Cordova Neighborhood Church
Creations Botique
Ellie E.
Facebook friends of the Project 680 page
Charles F.
Financial donors
First Baptist Church of Fair Oaks
First Covenant Church
Folsom Cordova Community Partnership
Folsom Middle School
Zak Ford & Family
Andy Gee
God’s Girls Club with Patty Bradley
Gold River Floors, Inc. – Carpet One
Fred Hammer
Carole Hanna
Heritage Community Credit Union
Diane H.
Donna H.
Jorge & Katherine H.
Inner Wheel of Rancho Cordova
Meridith Krekelberg
Ella L.
Mama Sue’s Soul Food Kitchen
Haley McDonald
McPeak-Design
Julie Norris
Patty O’Connor
Red Robins Red Hat Ladies
Aaron & Amy Redelsperger
Daniel & Silvia S.
Peter J. ShieldsElementary School
Stephanie Snyder
Sturdivant Family
Karen Teague
Tiffany Tempke
Lorianne Ulm
Volunteer Center of Sacramento
Volunteers who helped with pancake dinner
Lindsey Watkins
Lisa Watkins
Ernie West
George W.
Alan Withers
Anyone we forgot to add to the list 

City Hall Facilities Department:
Thank you also to the facilities department at City Hall in Rancho Cordova for their help with our celebration finale.

Cordova Community Council:
Thank you to the Cordova Community council for your tremendous support and for being our 501c3 sponsor.

Project 680 Committee Members:
Charlene Hunt, Sheryl Longsworth, Shannan West, Ryan Lundquist, Melody Mayer, Jennifer Tartaglia & Jimin Song.

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Can we get a drumroll please?

We are extremely excited to announce that 2,706 pairs of socks were counted as of last night. Thank you everyone!!! Amazing job!!! We know this number will only rise in coming days too. We have not yet tallied the total for financial contributions, but we will have that figure later today (we’ll definitely meet our goal of at least $680 for Payless Shoe cards!!!). Stayed tuned here and on our Facebook page.

There are so many stories to tell about how this all came together. The Project 680 team really made this happen and there are truly so many people to thank. We didn’t hear much buzz this time around in recent weeks, so we were honestly thinking things were slow. Clearly they were not!!! In coming days we’ll share some specific stories about individuals, organizations and others who made this happen. In fact, we’d love to share your story if you’d like to put a few sentences or a paragraph together to share about why you were involved and what you did exactly (email it to us). Many thanks are on the way!!!

Lastly, thank you everyone for coming out to the pancake finale dinner last night. We had a really wonderful time and we had just enough food too. We are exponentially thankful for the Rancho Cordova Kiwanis Club and Rancho Cordova Councilmember Ken Cooley for donating all food and handling all cooking also. This was a tremendous gift for the community.

Very well done!!!!!!!!!

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These are two all-star Foot Drive supporters who earned money doing chores for friends and family members to buy socks for homeless students in the FCUSD. Thank you girls. You are an inspiration and we love your heart to serve other kids in need. Thank you for stepping up to the plate and working so hard to raise money for the sake of others. You girls are the best!!! Thank you to your wonderful parents too.

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We are on the home stretch of the Project 680 Foot Drive, and we are gearing up for a huge push this next week before November 9. And we need your help to get the word out to locals about supporting the Foot Drive. We are aiming to collect a ton of NEW socks for homeless students, so let’s push together and have a little contest while we’re at it.

Free Tickets Anyone? We had an individual step forward to donate 4 ice-skating tickets to the outdoor holiday ice rink in Rancho Cordova (along with a $20 Starbucks card). The outdoor ice rink will be open from November 10 to January 16 in the Capital Village shopping center, so bring your family or friends, do some Figure 8s and grab some drinks at Starbucks around the corner. What a fun and FREE family-friendly date!!

How to Enter the Contest: All you need to do to enter the contest is tell others about the Foot Drive between now and November 9. Yes, that’s all. We want to get the word out that we are aiming to collect new socks for homeless students in the FCUSD (and Payless Shoe Source gift cards so we can take kids shopping). Where can you share this information? Email, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, your blog, website, call your Grandma, etc… You can direct people toward www.project680.org/foot for more information or send them to our Facebook page.

What Should you Share? We recommend sharing THIS link with friends. Post it anywhere you’d like. Or maybe you can share THIS video or even this very post. Or come up with a post or video of your own so people can get involved.

Don’t Forget to Tell us You Shared: The only thing we need to know is that you did spread the word. The best way for us to know is for you to tell us on our Facebook page, comment below, use the RT ”@ reply” on Twitter to “@project680″ or email us. This is the honor system and we trust the P680 family. We’ll keep a detailed list of everyone who spreads the love and then we’ll pick a winner on November 9 at our pancake finale dinner.

Pure Motives: We know the Project 680 family doesn’t do what they do to get free stuff. We are all volunteers and we walk in love because it is our duty. But someone stepped forward with a free opportunity and we’re going to milk it for what it’s worth to help energize the final stretch. Thank you for being am ambassador to serve local homeless students.

Let us know if you have any questions. Thank you so much for your support!!!

“We can do no great things, only small things with great love” Mother Theresa

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