We Need Donations!

As some of you may know, some ThirdPlacers will be coming to inner-city Philadelphia this weekend (November 19-21) to participate in 2 service projects. This is the first of hopefully many more service opportunities in Philly as ThirdPlace looks to build relationships with organizations there that could use more regular help.


This weekend we will be serving at a ShopRite in South Philadelphia packing boxes of Thanksgiving dinners to black families in the area. Due to a high degree of racial tension in South Philadelphia between Korean families and Black families, a number of Korean grocers have refused to sell Thanksgiving dinners to black families in the neighborhood. To try to combat that injustice, the Urban Affairs Coalition and the Brown family who owns the ShopRite are trying to give out at least 1000 meals over the holiday season.


Our second service project will be at a shelter for Women and Children who are trying to escape domestic violence. We will be cleaning up and organizing their community room/library and also making Thanksgiving baskets with and for the 29 families in the home. We need the following donations:
- 30 paper bags (gift bag size)
- Makers, crayons, or colored pencils
- Feathers
- Glue
- Scissors or hole punches (or other fun craft-like things)
- Candy
- Fun Dollar Store Items (Notebooks, toys, school supplies, etc)
- Small bottles or hand sanitizer or lotion
- Anything else you think a mom or kid would feel blessed by around Thanksgiving


If you have any of these items or would like to make a donation, please either drop them off at Harvest Fields in Lois Abdelmalek's office or contact Noel Habashy at noel.habashy@gmail.com before November 19th (Friday).


If you would like to join us, because we have space for more people to serve, please contact Katy Stubanas at katy.stubanas@gmail.com.