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A Warmer Winter

        By
    Andrea Reed
      MDI Site
      HUS 352
• Many times parents need to face a hard
  decision: whether to pay their rent or other
  bills, or purchase their children warm winter
  apparel.
• There are 16,400,000 children in this country
  that go without the basic necessities.
• Winter in Maine can be very harsh and many
  children do not have access to warm winter
  apparell.
Advocacy Statement
I will collect warmer winter wear for
disadvantaged families and donate them to The
Emmaus Homeless Shelter in Ellsworth, Maine.
To do this, I will need to contact Nicole
Gulowsen, the life manager at The Emmaus
Homeless Shelter.
 I will put up ads that reflect the need for such a
project
 and ask for community involvement. When I
receive donated items, they will be washed
before they are presented.
Collecting
I began my project with talking to Nicole
Gulowsen at the Emmaus Homeless Shelter.
She was more than happy to accept anything
that I could produce from our community.
The Emmaus Homeless Shelter has a clothing
room, in which the public can come in and
select items of needed clothing for free.
• The Emmaus Shelter opened its doors to its first
  guests on February 25, 1992.

• The average number of shelter guests each year
  for the past 20 years has been an astonishing
  350.
• Emmaus offers referrals, assistance with fuel and
  electric payments, holiday baskets, Christmas
  gifts, fresh produce, clothing, school supplies and
  boxes of food 20,500 times per month
I chose to donate to the Emmaus Homeless
Shelter because in the Spring of 2011, I
completed my practicum with them. They
were very generous and my heart grew very
fond of the people (staff and residents) there.
I was able to see life in a different perspective
and knew that I would always want to be
there to help if I was able to.
The Emmaus Homeless Shelter
                 Ellsworth, Maine




The Emmaus Homeless Shelter is a 22 bed facility which can accommodate four families, six
single women, and five single men, ages 18 and up. The Shelter operates (24) twenty four
hours a day, 365 days a year.
The Clothing Room




One way to help the homeless and those struggling in our society
is to donate used or new clothing to the shelter.
Facebook
I then published an event on Facebook called
A Warmer Winter, in which I invited people to
donate gently used or new jackets, snow
pants, hats, mittens/gloves, and boots.
Facebook
I placed ads in barter, swap, and sell pages on
Facebook asking the public to donate and
informing that the items were to be donated
to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter.
Flyer
NEEDED:
Gently used or new winter jackets, snow pants, boots, hats,
and mittens/gloves to be donated to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter
 in Ellsworth for disadvantaged families.
If you have anything that has been outgrown or is collecting dust
 and you would like to see them go to someone who needs it,
please call Andrea at 207-610-XXXX
Calls/Messages
I received several calls from people wanting to
 donate .
 I also received messages through Facebook
 from people wanting to donate.
Unfortunately, there were quite a few
donations that were cancelled for unknown
reasons.
Donations
Donations
Donations
After receiving the donations, I washed them
and packed them up.
I dropped off the donated items. They
were very grateful for the donation and
said that the items would be gone in no
time.
What I learned
I learned that it feels very good to bring
something together to help others. I also
learned that through these difficult
times, there are many who are willing to give
to others, but just can’t due to financial strain.
I did not receive an abundance of
donations, but I feel good about what I was
able to produce, because in these times, every
little bit helps.
Resources
• The Emmaus Shelter
• www.operationwarm.org

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A warmer winter

  • 1. A Warmer Winter By Andrea Reed MDI Site HUS 352
  • 2. • Many times parents need to face a hard decision: whether to pay their rent or other bills, or purchase their children warm winter apparel. • There are 16,400,000 children in this country that go without the basic necessities. • Winter in Maine can be very harsh and many children do not have access to warm winter apparell.
  • 3. Advocacy Statement I will collect warmer winter wear for disadvantaged families and donate them to The Emmaus Homeless Shelter in Ellsworth, Maine. To do this, I will need to contact Nicole Gulowsen, the life manager at The Emmaus Homeless Shelter. I will put up ads that reflect the need for such a project and ask for community involvement. When I receive donated items, they will be washed before they are presented.
  • 4. Collecting I began my project with talking to Nicole Gulowsen at the Emmaus Homeless Shelter. She was more than happy to accept anything that I could produce from our community. The Emmaus Homeless Shelter has a clothing room, in which the public can come in and select items of needed clothing for free.
  • 5. • The Emmaus Shelter opened its doors to its first guests on February 25, 1992. • The average number of shelter guests each year for the past 20 years has been an astonishing 350. • Emmaus offers referrals, assistance with fuel and electric payments, holiday baskets, Christmas gifts, fresh produce, clothing, school supplies and boxes of food 20,500 times per month
  • 6. I chose to donate to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter because in the Spring of 2011, I completed my practicum with them. They were very generous and my heart grew very fond of the people (staff and residents) there. I was able to see life in a different perspective and knew that I would always want to be there to help if I was able to.
  • 7. The Emmaus Homeless Shelter Ellsworth, Maine The Emmaus Homeless Shelter is a 22 bed facility which can accommodate four families, six single women, and five single men, ages 18 and up. The Shelter operates (24) twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year.
  • 8. The Clothing Room One way to help the homeless and those struggling in our society is to donate used or new clothing to the shelter.
  • 9. Facebook I then published an event on Facebook called A Warmer Winter, in which I invited people to donate gently used or new jackets, snow pants, hats, mittens/gloves, and boots.
  • 10. Facebook I placed ads in barter, swap, and sell pages on Facebook asking the public to donate and informing that the items were to be donated to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter.
  • 11. Flyer NEEDED: Gently used or new winter jackets, snow pants, boots, hats, and mittens/gloves to be donated to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter in Ellsworth for disadvantaged families. If you have anything that has been outgrown or is collecting dust and you would like to see them go to someone who needs it, please call Andrea at 207-610-XXXX
  • 12. Calls/Messages I received several calls from people wanting to donate . I also received messages through Facebook from people wanting to donate.
  • 13. Unfortunately, there were quite a few donations that were cancelled for unknown reasons.
  • 16. Donations After receiving the donations, I washed them and packed them up.
  • 17. I dropped off the donated items. They were very grateful for the donation and said that the items would be gone in no time.
  • 18. What I learned I learned that it feels very good to bring something together to help others. I also learned that through these difficult times, there are many who are willing to give to others, but just can’t due to financial strain. I did not receive an abundance of donations, but I feel good about what I was able to produce, because in these times, every little bit helps.
  • 19. Resources • The Emmaus Shelter • www.operationwarm.org