Give Kids The World: Ways To Donate

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YOU can make an amazing difference in the lives of the GKTW children by making a donation. Donations come in all shapes and sizes but NONE of them are small! Below you will find many different ways to donate to Give Kids The World. Read them over. I'm sure you will find one that "fits you" perfectly!

• CURRENT DONATION CHALLENGE! SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGE: One of our long term projects is to try to provide a ready made, 10 page scrapbook for each one of the Villa's! There are 100 Villa's so we are talking 100 scrapbooks and therefore 1,000 pages! We are trying to meet this goal by 2008. To do this, we are asking for volunteers. Even one single page will help us reach our goal! The pages will be completely finished and all that the children or their parents will have to do is add their photos. If you think this is a way you may be able to donate please write Wendy at wendy.hayton @ gmail.com .
• Welcome Bags: Our Welcome Bags are hand made by our members. Some of our members donate fabric or embellishments. Some members have the talent to sew, so they "create" the bags. Some members deliver the bags to the Villiage. Sometimes, some of our members actually distribute the bags to the children.
• Items used to fill the Welcome Bags: Many things are used to fill our Welcome Bags. Some ideas are toothbrushes, toothpaste**, bookmarks, pencils, pens, notebooks (autograph book size), glowsticks, crayons, soaps**, shampoos**, shower caps (you know, those great Mickey items that Mousekeeping leaves for you each day?), unopened Happy Meal toys, stickers, or small bottles of bubbles**. As you can see, the ideas are endless. Some of the bags are "themed" for Halloween or Easter or Christmas, so items with those themes are helpful, too.
• Internet Freebies: I'm sure we've all seen them. Those links you can click to receive free samples? Some may not strike you as something that YOU would need or use, but how about something for our GKTW Welcome Bags?
• Day-to-Day Needs: GKTW always needs items to keep the Villiage running smoothly on a day-to-day basis. Items range from batteries and balloons to wheelchairs and wheelbarrows! This list, GKTW Wish List is a current listing of the GKTW daily needs. These items sometimes change, so be sure to check back for the most current list.
• Money: GKTW accepts monetary donations. If you would like to make a cash donation to the Villiage, you can print our 4x6 MFL Member Donation Card, to send with it. This card will provide GKTW with the information needed to reply to you with a letter that you can use for tax purposes.
• Help A MFL Member To Spread The Pixie Dust: Some of our members struggle to pay postage to ship their donations to GKTW. Maybe you can help! Are you driving to WDW? Perhaps you have a little extra space that could be used to take someone's GKTW donations to WDW. Maybe you're not quite sure of what to send and sending money just doesn't seem appropriate to you. Perhaps you could donate the postage for another member to ship their donation. If you are interested in doing either of these things OR if you are in NEED of these things, write to Wendy at gktw@themouseforless.com . She will try to match you up with another member.

These are just a few of the many ways that you can help bring magic to children and families that really need it. If YOU have an idea of other ways to donate to GKTW, please write to us at gktw@themouseforless.com.

PICK-UP ARRANGEMENTS FROM WDW:

If you plan on bringing your donation with you on your trip to WDW but have no way of transporting it to GKTW, don't despair! Drop an email to Barb at tinksinn @ gmail.com. Barb (Barb's Suds Service) will either meet with you or will make arrangements for a Village volunteer to pick up your donation from your hotel reception desk while you are out enjoying the parks. You can also leave your package at your resort desk (if labeled properly) for Barb to pick up at her convenience. Please contact Barb for the information needed to do this. And while you're at it, how about throwing a couple of Mickey soaps and/or shampoos from your resort in with your package?

If you would like to mail your donation the address is:

Give Kids The World
c/o Beccy Hosoda
7643 Persian Court
Orlando FL 32819

**Please note: We've had some serious contamination spills during shipping! If you are sending anything liquid or anything that might melt or get soft, please place these items in zip lock bags! Some items that should be zip locked are soap, shampoos and conditioners. We can't afford to waste even one bottle or bar so please help keep your donations safe!

ALL donations made to Give Kids The World are tax deductible.

Angels are everywhere. You can see some of ours here on our MFL Angels page.

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Updated March 16, 2008