Providing Hope Every Month
The A Lot of Good “There Is Hope” project provides selected families with monthly support over a two calendar year period. The assistance is for food, gas, clothing or other essential items for the family
Families receiving assistance from A Lot of Good Partners can be nominated by the partner organizations. The A Lot of Good Partners are broken up into three categories: Hospital Partners, Community Partners and Outreach Partners. Nominations of families are received once per year (Oct-Nov). Selected families are announced mid-late December.
A Lot of Good founder, Sandy Cappelli said the project assisted its first families in January of 2022.
“Our goal has always been to help people and families in need. This project was designed to reach out to families at a much more significant level”, said Sandy.
YEAR ONE ASSISTANCE
For the first year of the project, each selected family will be eligible to receive a monthly disbursement of gift cards and vouchers for their family equivalent to $300 per month. Included in the disbursement is:
$100 voucher for clothing and other necessities from the A Lot of Good Thrift store.
$100 gift card for gasoline.
$100 gift card for food.
The families will also receive backpacks for their school aged children in August. In December, they will be able to participate in the A Lot of Good Winter Wonderland Project that distributes toys and gifts for the holidays.
Benefits received Year One: Approximately $4,000.
YEAR TWO
For the second year of the project, the family will continue to receive assistance from A Lot of Good. $100 voucher per month for clothing and other necessities from the A Lot of Good Thrift store. The families will again be able to participate in the Backpack Drive and WinterWonderland.
Benefits received Year Two: Approximately $1,600.
COMBINED BENEFIT TOTAL: $5,600
First Year Families Supported
2022 19
2023 21
2024 12
GOAL FOR 2025: 20 Families
While A Lot of Good takes care of the cost of the clothing and other merchandise by providing vouchers to the families so they can shop for “free” in the A Lot of Good Thrift Store, there is still a shortfall to cover the food and gas portion of the benefits. That’s where the community support comes in.
By contributing $2400 to the There Is Hope Project, you are able to fund a family in their first year of the project. That’s less than $6.75 per day to provide food and gas to a family for a FULL YEAR!
Donations can be easily be made on line to be paid in full or in monthly or quarterly installments. All donations to the There Is Hope Project are tax deductible and 100% of donations go directly to benefit the families.
If you aren’t in a position to “fund a family”, you can still contribute any amount to help families in need.
Sandy Cappelli added, “Hopefully, with year-end donations and some corporate involvement, the project can be expanded up to 30-40 families per year.”
To find out more information about A Lot of Good, its Programs, Projects and Partnerships, visit alotofgood.org