Friday, April 10, 2009
Coincidence? I think not.
I watched a program called
Children of the Mountain on ABC’s 20/20 at the beginning of March. I was so overwhelmed by how little these people live with everyday that I felt compelled to do something. So, I sent an email out to the office saying that if you are doing a little spring cleaning in your closets consider donating them to a clothing drive
RMI is sponsoring for our client Christian Appalachian Project. I figured we could get a box or two of clothes to send to their offices.
Well… the
response has been tremendous. The
RMI staff, and a few friends Martin notified of our drive, collected over 20 giant boxes of adult and children’s clothing. That is over 2 pallets worth of goods to be transported.
While we considered our options for shipping such a sizable donation to CAP, Tally came across a story on
MSNBC about a mom in Old Greenwich, Amy
Guerrieri, who was inspired by the same program and created a partnership with CAP to distribute supplies.
What are the chances? Amy and her husband Rob’s company,
Rockin Water happened to be planning a May delivery and was gracious enough to take our donation in their next shipment.
A big thanks goes out to the
RMI Staff, and Martin’s friends: Pam
Lucchesi, Karen Mullen, Lori
Ylagan and Kristen
Briody for their contributions to our clothing drive.
Check out Amy and Rob’s
company website to find out more about their amazing product, and what they’re doing to help people in Appalachia.
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