Despite all their best efforts, a family can find themselves in a financially challenging situation that might seem unbearable, unfair and insurmountable. The death of a family member, escaping from domestic abuse, homelessness, a critical illness or injury are just a few of the situations that can lead a family into despair as they see no way out, no help and no hope.
There Is Hope is a project that can offer very important support to these type of families by receiving monthly benefits from A Lot of Good. Families selected for this project receive vouchers to shop for clothes and other necessities for free at the A Lot of Good Thrift Store. In addition to the vouchers, families are eligible to receive $100 per month in gas cards (to offset rising gasoline prices) and gift cards to grocery stores or Walmart.
The three-year project provides family over $6000 in benefits.
PROJECT: LoveBox
Children and parents can spend hours in a hospital or clinic waiting room with nothing to do. Knowing that for many, especially those receiving chemotherapy, this is an often repeated process with nothing to necessarily look forward to or to make the time pass more quickly.
PROJECT: LoveBox is a way that children and their parents can know that someone is thinking of them and that we care. It’s not hard, it’s not expensive, it’s not overly time consuming. It is a great way for friends, group, families and staff to work together for the benefit of another person. The result is a feeling of gratitude for the one giving and the one receiving this small offering.
This is a wonderful opportunity to get young kids involved in a project as individuals or as a Troop. For more information call the office at 909-233-7825
BACKPACK DRIVE
In 2020, A Lot of Good picked up the Backpack Drive Project started by Steven’s Hope for Children. Since then, we have been working to provide families the necessities that many families struggle to obtain financially. Aside from the basics of food, shelter and clothing, A Lot of Good tries to help families and children be normal.
Often times, preparing a child for school is overlooked or just set aside because of finances. While the problem may not seem catastrophic or critical, it is important and one that can be easily resolved. Once again, A Lot of Good is holding a backpack drive to help children be prepared for a successful school year.
“Our goal is to provide children of families that are served by A Lot of Good or its partners fully stocked backpacks for the new school year,” said Sandy Cappelli, founder of A Lot of Good. ”The backpacks will be distributed to children in need entering grades K through 12. We just need support from the community to help reach the goal.”
A list of items that are needed to fill the backpacks can downloaded from A Lot of Good by clicking the link below. This year all backpacks, supplies and donations need to be received by July 18. Deliveries should be made to:
A Lot of Good, Inc., 1980 W. Foothill Blvd, Upland, CA 91786
For more information or to support the Backpack Drive, follow the link below.
WINTER WONDERLAND
As family finances are stretched due to the cost of a family crisis or emergency, the family’s ability to celebrate the holidays is greatly reduced. Winter Wonderland, provides presents to the sick child and the siblings who otherwise may not have presents to open.
Despite how we are personally dealing with the challenges of our world, most of us are truly blessed with family, friends, resources and support. This is a fabulous opportunity to share your individual blessings with others.
Helping Others Help Themselves
HERE IS THE PROBLEM: Dealing with the extra financial of an unexpected crisis or catastrophe can leave a family looking to their friends and family for help. Thousands of people have gone to fundraising sites in hopes of receiving donations that would help bridge the financial gap. However, there are problems with trying to raise funds this way.
* While these online fundraising sites are free to set up, as much as 10% or more of every donation is held back by the site for processing fees, software costs, credit card fees and transaction fees. * The donors may not get a receipt for the tax deductible contribution. * Most families don’t know how to do fundraisers or how to use these sites. * The parents should be focusing on the child’s recovery rather than being a professional fundraiser.A Lot of Good has been working on a fundraising solution to help families deal with these very issues. Now, we have a way to help families help themselves.
It’s called: The RAISING HOPE Project
