Giving May 8, 2023

Shred Event and Food Drive 2023

Shred Event and Food Drive 2023

What a successful event!  It was great to see everyone who came!

4160 pounds of paper was collected by International Paper to be Shredded.

374 pounds of food was donated plus $50 in cash.  This is a meal equivalent of 412 meals for our neighbors in need!

We do this every year towards the end of April.  If you aren’t on the invite list and want to be – let me know and I’ll be sure to add you!

Giving January 13, 2023

2022 GIVE Summary

2022 GIVE Summary

SO GRATEFUL!  Thank you to my clients, friends, giving partners and collaborators for helping continue the spirit of giving.  Helping kids in our community to be more healthy and active continues to inspire me- they are the future.

This last year we gave to: Kidsports, Friends of the Children/Lane County, Kids FIRST, and Food for Lane County

Shout out to our matching donors!!  Heather Ducker/lender with Homebridge; Matt Powell and the team at Blue-inc. Capital; Ingrid Kessler and Andy Burke; and Tanya Powell with BWell Coaching.

For 2022 we raised a total of $12,900!

Since 2018, the GIVE campaign has raiser over $50,000 for our community.

Congratulations and thank you!!  Together, we have been able to make a huge impact. Interested in learning more or taking part?  Please reach out!!

Looking forward to seeing you all in 2023!

Giving October 2, 2021

FOOD for Lane County – Q3 GIVE

Q3 2021 GIVE – FOOD for Lane County

Happy Fall!  This is my avenue to update you on my GIVE campaign.  Each quarter, I donate a portion of every commission to a local non-profit.  It has been an amazing experience getting to know various non-profits in our area.  Over the past couple years, I have been able to further support our community by donating over $20,000 to local non-profits.

The mission and philosophy behind my GIVE to non-profits is to support health awareness and physical activity for youth in our community. My passion for youth wellness comes from 20+ years of coaching and continues to grow in partnership with various non-profits who support a similar mission. This last year I started pairing my client events with my GIVE.  It has challenged me to GIVE even more and has allowed me to bring more awareness to the non-profits I’m passionate about through education.

This quarter we had a pizza night!  I provided pizza from Papa Murphy’s to my clients and business associates to enjoy a night off from cooking.  For every family who participated, I donated an additional $10 above my standard donation.  A few clients also contributed to the donation!  In total we were able to GIVE $1800 to FOOD for Lane County!

This time we specified Food for Lane County’s youth programs.  Read below about their programs!

Oregon has one of the highest child hunger rates in the nation

Child nutrition is important to every child’s emotional, physical and mental health. Children depend on nutrients to nourish their bodies, provide energy to grow and facilitate cognitive development. FOOD for Lane County manages three programs that provide Lane County children with the food they need to feel healthy and succeed in school.

Children’s Weekend Snack Pack
The Children’s Weekend Snack Pack program provides school-age children in Lane County with a large bag of easy-to-prepare, nonperishable food to eat on weekends or during school vacations.Three Springfield elementary schools participate in the program: Maple, Riverbend, and Two Rivers/Dos Rios. Umpqua Bank provides funding and volunteers.

For more information about Children’s Weekend Snack Pack, please contact Carrie Copeland at (541) 343-2822.

Cereal for YouthCereal for Youth provides nutritious cereal to children and teens throughout Lane County. Schools and youth programs are active participants in this program. They request cereal from FFLC and distribute it to students for breakfast, as a school-day snack or to take home as an afternoon or weekend snack. We distribute hundreds of thousands of healthy snacks through Cereal for Youth each year.

For more information about Cereal for Youth, please contact Carrie Copeland at (541) 343-2822.

Summer Food Program
We invite all children and youth age 18 and younger to eat lunch for free during the summer months. Employees serve meals at schools and community centers located throughout Lane County. Each summer, FFLC serves thousands of lunches and breakfasts to children through the Summer Food Program.

 

Want to get involved?  Check out their website for ways to volunteer or donate.  https://foodforlanecounty.org/

I am SO grateful to my clients and business associates that have participated in these events.  You have challenged me to GIVE in a bigger way and we’ve been able to do so together in a fun way.

Stay tuned for Q4 event and GIVE!  I hope to see you there 😊

GINA

 

Giving September 30, 2020

FOOD for Lane County – Q3 2020 GIVE

Q3 of 2020 I partnered with FOOD for Lane County. This partnership felt particularly relevant this year between the pandemic and the local fires creating even more of a need in our community.

Their mission: “Reducing hunger by engaging our community to create access to food. We accomplish this by soliciting, collecting, rescuing, growing, preparing and packaging food for distribution through a network of 157 social service agencies and programs; through public awareness, education and community advocacy; and through programs designed to improve the ability of low-income individuals to maintain an adequate supply of wholesome, nutritious food. These programs include emergency food boxes, shelters, meal sites, rehabilitation facilities, nutrition education, gleaning and community gardens. We serve a diverse population of people living on limited incomes including children, families, seniors and single adults.”

While we still aren’t meeting in large groups there are still ways to help if you want to contribute to FOOD for Lane County.  Whether you want to donate or volunteer, learn more or get help – click on the word that matches you best.

 

This quarter I did my first ever pizza night for my clients!  I provided a dinner of pizza and a 2L drink of choice to ease the stress of the new school year and all that is going on in our world and to have some fun!  Since we can’t get together, I thought this would be a fun way to help those I know.

 

 

 

 

In partnership with my clients I offered to add $10/family that participated in my pizza night to the GIVE to FOOD for Lane County.  A couple of families decided to donate in addition to that.  Wow!  We were able to GIVE $2550 toward Food for Lane County and I am humbled and honored to help in this way.  Thank you to my clients, industry partners, family and friends who are part of this success.

Learn more about Food for Lane County here: https://foodforlanecounty.org/.