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Novo Nordisk, an international company with an office in Rancho Cordova, dropped by 238 pairs of underwear within the past two weeks. Our new grand total for the Project 680 Underwear Drive is now 3,198 pairs of underwear!!!! We don’t expect any more donations, so this is most likely the final number. Thank you Novo Nordisk and Lisa for your leadership in getting together collections.

So many of us these days are feeling the sting of the current economy, but we have managed to find a way to meet a practical need for students deemed homeless by providing new underwear for them. It has been remarkable to see households and organizations reach into their pockets to advocate for these students – even when many of us are struggling financially ourselves. That’s truly the good stuff in life on so many levels. Thank you everyone for your heart to care for local homeless students. Thank you for embracing this practical cause. Thank you for taking a stand for kids in Rancho Cordova and Folsom. 

May we continue to learn to become people who regularly and creatively discover practical ways to empower students to rise far above their circumstances.

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Thank you again to Butch & Bonnie for opening up their home last Friday for the counting & sorting of all the donated underwear. Let me tell you, Bonnie & Butch are masters of organization and they rigged a very efficient and smooth system for us. Thank you to all who came to count and to Rick too who stopped by on his way to dinner.

Here are a few pictures.

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After our sorting / counting party last night, we are thrilled to announce that together we have collected 2,533 pairs of new underwear for local homeless students. Actually, the Soroptimist Organization dropped off another 70 or so pairs last night after the gathering, so we are North of 2600 pairs now. Furthermore, we know of additional donations that will be coming in over the next two weeks. So in essence, our final number is not yet final.

Thank you everyone for your commitment to this cause and for throwing your time, heart and money into supporting local homeless students in such a practical way. It is touching to see our community come together, especially in an economy where we are watching our money very carefully and pinching every penny. Compassion is not dead.

There will be more details to share in coming weeks and there are definitely more people and groups to thank. It’s time for us to rest for a couple of days and then the passing out will begin early next week.

Way to go!!!!

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Thank you to Cordova Neighborhood Church for being a drop-off location and also for church members who donated generously to the Project 680 Underwear Drive. We appreciate your heart for those who are struggling in our community. Keep up the great work!!! Thank you for your compassion and focus on caring for kids in the community.

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We want to acknowledge the residents of Rancho Cordova and Folsom who have supported the endeavor to collect at least 680 pairs of underwear for local homeless students within the FCUSD. Residents in both cities have been the backbone of the Underwear Drive and we have seen success thus far due to everyday people chipping in here and there. This economy is not an easy one to say the least, but that has not stopped the flow of compassion from locals.

You may be an anonymous donor who simply went to a drop-off location and gave a few pairs or multiple packs of underwear. You probably even told your family and friends too and helped get them involved. We may never know your name, but we admire your kindness and we appreciate your giving. Thank you.

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We are incredibly grateful to have so many Rancho Cordova city employees collecting underwear for the P680 Underwear Drive. The last update we received on Friday had just over 200 pairs of underwear collected so far. We are impressed that city workers and staff members have made such a strong effort to support this cause. It’s neat to see that so many employees care deeply about the community they serve from 9-5. Way to go!!!

On behalf of the community, thank you.

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We are very happy to announce that Curves in Rancho Cordova has donated 130 pairs of new underwear so far for local homeless students for the P680 Underwear Drive. We appreciate their wonderful donation very much and also their heart to support important causes. Curves has previously donated generously to soldiers in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Curves, you earn an A+ in our book. Thank you.

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Thank you to River Valley Church in Rancho Cordova for collecting nearly 170 pairs of underwear so far. Congratulations and great work!!! We appreciate your heart for the community in this very practical and important effort.

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We are excited that a global company called Novo Nordisk (which has an office in Rancho Cordova) will be supporting the Project 680 Underwear Drive. They will be placing fifteen donation bins in some of their offices within our region so that their customers and employees can support the underwear drive. Isn’t that great? Thank you to Novo Nordisk for stepping out to do something about a local issue – student homelessness. Since they are coming on board a bit later in the game (with only five days left in the undies drive), they will collect for two additional weeks so that they can have more time. We’re good with that. 

Per their website at www.novonordisk.com:

Novo Nordisk is a healthcare company and a world leader in diabetes care. In addition, Novo Nordisk has a leading position within areas such as haemostasis management, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.

Novo Nordisk manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services that make a significant difference to patients, the medical profession and society. With headquarters in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs more than 27,000 employees in 81 countries, and markets its products in 179 countries.

Novo Nordisk’s B shares are listed on the stock exchanges in Copenhagen and London. Its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘NVO’.

We are grateful for all of the local residents, organizations, churches and businesses that have jumped on board to support this cause. Advocating for local homeless students is something we can all do. A little intention can go a long way.

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Kidomedy is a local company based in Rancho Cordova and they will match any donations given today (5/4/09) up to 60 pairs. Thank you Kidomedy for your kindness!!! If you were thinking about donating, then today is a great day. You can simply drop by any drop-off location in Rancho Cordova or Folsom (click “underwear” above to view list). And by the way, Kidomedy is putting on an exciting “Family Game Show” series in the summer at a park near Capital Village off of Zinfandel.

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As of this past weekend we are very proud to announce that we have at least 1300 pairs of underwear (that we know about). Isn’t that wonderful? Our stated goal was to collect 680 pairs of underwear due to the 680 documented cases of homeless students with the FCUSD last year, but in reality it was our hope that many more would come in.

The more we collect = multiple pairs for students.

Let’s keep going. We will be collecting through this coming Friday, May 8th. Thank you everyone for your generosity.

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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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