Winter & Hygiene Kit Making for James Place
Overview:
James Place is a nonprofit organization that offers assistance to people in need from all walks of life, including individuals experiencing homelessness and immigrants. This organization provides a variety of community resources, behavioral health services, immigration assistance, and educational and job assistance. James Place has five locations throughout Waukesha and Milwaukee.
Join us on Sunday, February 22nd from 2:30 to 3:45 pm as we collect and organize items to make hygiene and winter kits for individuals served by James Place.
What to expect:
We'll start with brief intros and an overview of what James Place is and the people it serves. Then we will work together to make individual hygiene and winter kits out of the items we've collected.
Capacity & Age Recommendations:
This event is open to all ages and we have room for 5 families. Members* will be able to register for the first week, and then we will open any remaining available spots to guests one week prior to the project.
What to bring:
In order to make this project a success, we are asking all families who register to commit to bringing a few items for the winter kits. Bringing supplies to donate helps kids personally connect to the project, knowing the item(s) they brought will be helping others in our own community. Please sign up for items on the Sign Up Genius HERE.
NOTE: If you would like to participate but are unable to bring items, please let us know via email to info@sunbeamkids.org (confidential) and we will buy supplies on your behalf. We just want to make sure we have enough supplies to pack.
Winter kit items:
- Bus tickets
- Meal coupons to local restaurants ($5-25 gift cards to Subway, etc.)
- Winter socks
- Winter scarves
- Ski gloves
- Gas cards ($10 amounts)
- Snack bars (granola or energy bards)
Travel size toiletries:
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo and conditioner
- Soap
- Razors
What to wear:
Feel free to wear your SBK shirt if you have one and bring your lanyard to collect your ribbon if you're a member.
Additional information:
This project will be held in the Community Room of the Brookfield Public Library. Enter the main doors off the parking lot and the room will be immediately to your right.
Unable to attend?
If you are unable to attend in person but would still like to contribute some needed supplies, we will have a bin drop off location in Brookfield though 2/21. Please register with the ticket type “We will drop off supplies!”. The drop off address is included in the confirmation e-mail. Use the Sign Up Genius link above and include “bin drop off” in the notes.
Project Leader: Nhu Arn
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Please only sign up if you know you can attend. We understand illness and emergencies do come up so if you register and can no longer attend, please let us know ASAP so we can allow others to fill the spot.
Thanks for lending a little hand!
Amanda Barnhart
Board President
*While we rely on member donations to keep the good work going, we never want the $40/family/year to be a hurdle to volunteering with us. If you are in need of assistance, we do have a limited number of scholarships available that are 100% confidential, just email and ask!
