Still working on donation locations...

Clothing Drive for flood victims at Thompson Edison Elementary School in Antioch
Drop-off: Friday, May 7 after 3:30 p.m.
Pickup for families: Saturday, May 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

THIS is a great resource for information regarding helping out during this time of need.

Graceworks Ministries:
Graceworks is working with the Red Cross to collect donations for flood victims. They are in need of financial gifts, non-perishable food items (soup, crackers, pasta), bottled water, toilet paper, cleaning products, toothbrushes, shampoo, household items, furniture, baby items and gently used clothing (please separate by gender and age). Drop off donations at 104 Southeast Parkway, Franklin TN.

The Crag at Cool Springs:
Drop point for donated goods to be taken to Graceworks (see needs above).

Salvation Army:
The Salvation Army suffered losses just like the rest of us. They are in need of clean-up kit items (mops, brooms, heavy duty work gloves, masks, sponges, squeegees, scrub brushes, plastic gloves, bleach, all-purpose cleaner concentrate, trash bags, paper towels and cases of bottled water), Hygiene & personal care kit items (socks, underwear, t-shirts, shampoo conditioner, soap, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc), paper products and diapers. Drop off at 425 Neelys Bend Rd, Madison (10am-7pm), 611 Stockell St (9am-6:30pm) or 631 Dickerson Pike (8am-6pm).

Trevecca Nazarine University:
Group is taking food, water, first aid and toiletries to flooded neighbors around the university. If you’re in the area and want to help distribute, call Dan at 941-518-6740. Drop off donations at the Boone Business Building.

Golden Skin Care: Golden Skin Care is collecting donations of sunscreen for flood relief volunteers. Drop off donations at 2000 Richard Jones Rd. in Green Hills.

Christ Church: (This is where our Coupon Workshop was held!)
Christ Church (15354 Old Hickory Blvd) is collecting and distributing bottled water, new clothes and cleaning supplies.

Flavour Clothing:
Drop site for toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, box fans, cleaning supplies, diapers and nonperishable staple food items. 1522 Demonbreun Street.

On The Go:
Needs donations of bottled water (cases), goggles with no vent holes, gloves, N-95 respirators, trash bags, cleaning supplies

The Anchor Fellowship:
Drop site for socks, toiletries, underclothing, summer clothes all sizes, bedding, fungal cream, water, feminine products (Stayfree anyone?!?!?!) (7am-7am, 629 3rd Ave S.). They are distributing items to the community as fast as they get them.

Donations please

I am passing along this request from my very closest friend that I have known for 22 years: She is going on a volunteer trip to Guatemala in a few weeks and has asked me if I have any (or know of anyone who has any) donated items she can take with her.

The group she is working with is called Common Hope. The group's main goal is a focus on education and providing support to families so that their children can graduate high school. Education is the key to move from poverty. Any donations we can send will help to redirect monies to other key necessities (building materials, doctors, etc).

Here is a list of items they are always looking for: (you can get toothbrushes and bandaids free at Target right now!):

School supplies (markers, pencils, construction paper, glue, scissors)
Children's books in Spanish
Coloring books
Bandaids
Toothpaste
Tooth brushes
Soap
Shampoo
Ibuprofen
Tylenol
Vitamins (children;s multi, women's multi and prenatal)
Socks (adult for old folks home, child for kids at Common Hope)
Lotion (for old folks home)
(anything else you have that you'd like to donate will be put to good use!)

If you have any of these items and would like to donate them to this very worthy cause, please send me an email at earthymamablogger@yahoo.com. I will be in Nashville, in the Brentwood area, next Friday and can collect anything for her at that time. If that is not a good time, she lives in the West End area and can probably meet up with anyone that would like to donate items at a more convenient time.

In addition, for those of you not local to Nashville, she will be flying out of Atlanta to Guatemala in a few weeks and can likely meet up while she is down there before leaving the states. So if you're in Georgia, and would like to donate items, shoot me an email and I'll connect you with her.

And lastly... (lol) if you're interested in donating but are not local to Nashville or north/middle GA, I am in the process of getting an address to ship items to, if anyone is interested.

Thanks so very much everyone!!!

Donations?

Since becoming an extreme couponer, I occasionally find myself overrun with a certain item, like Contact Lens solution, deodorant, Blink Tears, etc that I am really not sure what to do with. I have made a few donations, but nothing large-scale. I am in the process of making a list of some organizations in the Nashville area that will take donations of the items we have, unopened health and beauty items as well as Diabetic Monitors! :)

If you're in the Nashville/Clarksville area, check over on the left side of my blog in the next couple of days. I'll be adding a box with organizations that would be grateful to accept any donations you'd like to make.

Thank you for your generosity in helping others.

Here are a few I have heard back from so far:

Nashville:
Park Center: Offering affordable and safe residential housing for people with mental illness, women with children, homeless, and supportive housing. Beverly says: "We serve many people who do not have the income for everyday supplies. We also serve people experiencing homelessness, so any items that might help them as they live on the street would also be appreciated. We use some donated items for door prizes for our members when we have special events and we always try to have a good supply of toiletry items for members who just need them. As some of our members are able to move into housing, we always need items for what we call Welcome Home Kits. We get a laundry basket and fill it with dish soap, towels, sheets and items like toothpaste, toothbrush, etc. We are always needing linens."
To donate, contact Beverly Grant @ 615-242-3576 ext.234, Beverly.Grant@parkcenternashville.org
801 12th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203

Magdalene and Thistle Farms: Magdalene is a two-year residential community founded in Nashville Tennessee in 1997 for women with a history of prostitution and drug addiction. Magdalene was founded not just to help a sub-culture of women, but to help change the culture itself. We stand in solidarity with women who are recovering from sexual abuse, violence, and life on the streets, and who have paid dearly for a culture that buys and sells women like commodities.
To donate, contact Donna Grayer @615-320-5325, grayer3070@comcast.net
721 Lena Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37208

The Next Door: Programs, employment, and housing for women in crises. The Freedom Recovery Center provides permanent housing for women and their children with on-site access to recovery support services, specifically those addressing addiction and mental health issues.
They take the following items:
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels
Individual Tissues packs
Paper Plates
Paper Cups
Napkins
One subject spiral bound notebooks
Shampoo/Conditioner
Toothpaste/ Toothbrush
bars of soap
Razors
Lotion
Deodorant
tampons
pads
Towels
wash cloths
Set of twin sheets
Twin Comforter
Pillow
Work clothing
To donate, contact Mary Rufener @ 615-251-8805, ext. 208, mary@thenextdoor.org


Clarksville:
Old Firehouse Day Shelter: A day shelter for the homeless. They feed meals, provide showers, laundry and other assistance needed for the homeless. They say: "We accept donations of all sorts and would be thrilled to have anything you could donate. Yes we do have a need for diabetic monitors, lots of our clients are diabetic and could use them."
To donate, contact Mary Jo Lehman @ 931-542-0381 ext.0383, firehouse@CMCCAA.com
1498 Golf Club Lane , Clarksville TN