Dear Lincoln Talk,
If you're seeking a meaningful way to contribute this holiday season, consider a donation to assist families in our community who are experiencing homelessness. This is my 10th year organizing a Holiday Drive for Heading Home, an organization located in Boston dedicated to ending homelessness. With an ever-increasing need due to the housing crisis, rising costs, and growing numbers of migrants, your help is more crucial than ever. Heading Home encourages donors to contribute to online gift cards and children’s books, allowing parents to select gifts that best suit the needs of their children. Giving online is easy! You have two options: - If you’d like to make a quick donation, simply go to our Somerville Moms and Beyond <https://www.justgiving.com/team/somervillemoms-beyond> page and click “Donate to a team member” to make the donation in the amount that is right for you. - However, if you’d like to fundraise with your co-workers, friends, and/or family, you can join our team and set up your own fundraising team. Explicit directions for doing that are below. Whatever you choose, please make your donation by November 30th. Please also consider purchasing children's books for Heading Home through wish lists at Amazon <https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/12SXSNL0Z5AUV?ref_=wl_share> or Porter Square Books <https://www.portersquarebooks.com/wishlist/2987> (PSB) by November 20th. At PSB, you can use the code HEADINGHOME2023 for a 10% discount. Amazon books will ship directly to me, and I will pick up books from PSB. If you choose to buy from another vendor, please ship them to me (email me for address). I will deliver all books to Heading Home. To understand the leading role Heading Home plays in helping people get back on their feet for the long-term, and for a chance to engage with the development team, please sign up for a virtual presentation and Q&A session via this Google form <https://forms.gle/bBzT9mDFxxqw71vg6>. I will determine the most popular timeslot and send out an invite. Please consider making the holidays a little brighter for individuals in our community. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me, and if you give, please send me your email address (jale...@gmail.com) so I can send an annual notification of the Drive. Sincerely, Kim Jalet (Brooks Rd.) P.S. Please like our Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/somervillemomsheadinghomeholidaydrive/>. P.P.S. A note about receipts for taxes. I will notify you when I receive children’s books if you include a gift receipt with your name or email me your confirmation. If you buy children’s books, at the end of the Drive, I will send out an in-kind receipt for your tax records. If you donate via the Heading Home website, you will get a donor receipt from them. *ABOUT HEADING HOME:* Heading Home is dedicated to eradicating homelessness in Greater Boston, offering comprehensive support that includes housing, life skills training, financial literacy, and job training. They serve low-income, homeless, and formerly homeless individuals and families across various Boston communities, offering emergency to permanent housing solutions. Amidst Massachusetts' severe housing crisis, Heading Home is a beacon of hope, especially for single-parent families, predominantly led by mothers, and children averaging eight years old. In 2023, they assisted 2,070 clients, 1,128 children, and facilitated transitions for 150 households from shelters to stable homes—with a remarkable 95% remaining in permanent housing after a year. *Setting Up Your Own Fundraising Team:* 1. Click the link to the “Somerville Moms and Beyond” page <https://www.justgiving.com/team/somervillemoms-beyond>. 2. If you already have an account with Just Giving, login with your credentials and skip to step 5. Otherwise, Click “Sign up” in the top right corner of the page. 3. Enter your name and email address, create a password, and click “sign up.” 4. You will be brought back to the “Somerville Moms and Beyond” page. 5. Choose “Join the team” in the top right corner of the page. 6. Click “Create your fundraising page.” 7. Answer the prompt and click “Next.” 8. On the “Are you taking part in an activity” page, choose “Just fundraising” and click “Next.” 9. On the “Are you fundraising for an occasion?” page, you can choose “No occasion” or choose an occasion (some donors have opted to ask family to donate to this in lieu of holiday gifts for them). Once you’ve decided, click “Next.” 10. Choose your fundraising goal and click next. 11. Personalize your page as you wish and click “Next: Page cover.” 12. Click “Next: Finalise.” 13. Click “Launch my page.” 14. Click “Check out my page.” This will take you to your own personal page, and you will show up on our main page as a team member. 15. The link to our “Somerville Moms and Beyond” team is just below your name and page title. Click it, and you should see yourself as a team member. 16. Start fundraising by clicking “Share” on your page! ReplyForward
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