Blankets For Moncton - Final Phase - Trucks and Volunteers needed until February 28th, 2010

If you would like to join the Trucking Team or still need a furniture pickup, please write Ian at BlanketsTrucking@gmail.com or call Ian at 874-4674

If you would like to join the Volunteer Team, please send your contact information and schedule of availability to Krista at BlanketsVolunteer@gmail.com

If you wish to sponsor Blankets For Moncton, send cash donations, or  have general questions please call Nadine at 961-0963 or email at BlanketsForMoncton@gmail.com

If you wish to donate money to help the blanket drive, please click the secure link for our paypal account. Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Debit are all accepted. Donations - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=10492779


Please drop off bagged or boxed items at any of the following locations:

Abby's Home Cooking & Donair
236 St. George St., Moncton
(506) 854-2221
(Use side entrance on Archibald St.)
Hours: 7am-6pm, Monday - Friday,
Saturday 8am-6pm
 
Blue Cross Centre  - Main lobby across from Sandstones Art Gallery
644 Main St,  Moncton,

For the third annual Blankets For Moncton Blanket Drive, we are collecting beds, mattresses, cribs, computers, laptops, computer desks, televisions, TV stands, kitchen appliances, dressers, shelves, coffee tables, end tables, kitchen tables, chairs, couches, love seats, pull-out couches and loveseats, rocking chairs, infant and toddler car seats, child sized furniture, toy boxes, plastic storage containers, pots & pans, dishes, cutlery, hangers, cleaning supplies including brooms and vaccuums, blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, towels, face cloths, dish towels and cloths, winter coats, winter boots, socks, toques, hats, scarves, gloves, warm clothes, steel toed boots and shoes (men's and ladies), work gloves, backpacks, duffle bags, suitcases, curtains, toiletries, (especially hotel sized soap and shampoo bottles, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, razors, shaving cream, etc.), sandwich bags and baggies, diapers, formula, feminine products, bus tickets, canned milk, food vouchers (sobeys gift cards), coffee coupons etc. Anything useful is greatly appreciated.

If you cannot drop off your items, please call 961-0963 to arrange for your items to be picked up.

Sorting and Distribution ends on February 28th at 5:00 p.m. Special thanks to Lighthouse Storage for providing 7000 cubic feet of warehouse space for www.BlanketsForMoncton.com

The collected items will be distributed to outreach programs including YMCA Reconnect, At Home/Chez Soi, Nazareth House, Crossroads for Women,Youth Quest, Moncton Youth Residences, MAGMA, Boutique Encore, SIDA/AIDS Moncton, Harvest House, St-Vincent de Paul, Mobile One, Karing Kitchen and Ray of Hope for our local homeless and at risk citizens as well as other local area programs that serve the homeless, people at risk of being homeless, and people living in poverty in our region.

Contact: Nadine Lipton,
http://blanketsformoncton.com
BlanketsForMoncton@gmail.com
phone: 506-961-0963

Statistics:
These statistics are quoted from the following website for The Greater Moncton Homelessness Steering Committee:  http://monctonhomelessness.org/ 

In the Statistics Canada 2001 Census, in Westmorland county, there was 14.7% of our local citizens or a total of 17,925 people living below the poverty line.

On average YMCA ReConnect Staff conduct 250 interventions with clients per month. Youth represent 20% of interventions and Adults represent 80% of interventions. The program also averages 20 new clients a month.

The Mobile One Soup Kitchen serves meals in the evenings and on weekends throughout Moncton.
Meals Served per year:
2003 ~ 63,841
2004 ~ 57,594
2005 ~ 54,618
2006 ~ 47,666
2007 ~ 34,267

Nazareth House, an emergency shelter in Moncton:
Served 765 clients in 2006
Who stayed a total of 4,082 nights
Average # of clients per night was 11
clients stayed an average of 5 night

Thanks to all of our sponsors and friends who helped to make 2008's Blankets For Moncton a success: Lighthouse Storage, DR Recycling, Leblanc Cottages, YMCA, Abby's Home Cooking and Donair, Lyles Smoke Shop & Coast Gas, Damascus Coffee, Moneys Worth Liquidators, Kandy Kafe, Riddles and Rhymes Daycare and everyone else who supported this program with their donations.

Please help in any way possible to make this blanket drive a success. Visit www.blanketsformoncton.com for more information.

Contact Information:

If you would like to join the Volunteer Team, please send your contact information and schedule of availability to:
 
Krista
Volunteer Coordinator
BlanketsVolunteer@gmail.com

If you need a Furniture Pickup or would like to join the Trucking Team, please write or call:

Ian Mombourquette
Blankets Trucking Coordinator
Phone - 874.4674
Email - BlanketsTrucking@gmail.com

If you wish to Sponsor Blankets For Moncton, send Cash Donations, have General Questions or for Media Interviews, please email or call:

Nadine Lipton
Executive Director
Blankets For Moncton
Phone - 506.961.0963
Email -  BlanketsForMoncton@gmail.com
Website -  http://blanketsformoncton.com
Twitter- http://twitter.com/Nadine_Lipton
Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5870716247&ref=share
Donations - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=10492779

If you wish to donate money to help the blanket drive, please click the secure link for our paypal account. Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Debit are all accepted. - Donations - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=10492779