The Box Project and Blanketed with Love

My move to Detroit has allowed me to meet some really interesting people, and I'm grateful for each and everyone of them that cross my path...well, maybe not the person who smashed out my car window so much, but there has been a new addition to our GRA team, and I think she is great! I was wondering how she would adjust to our "quirky" environment in the office, but she is fitting in just fine. Throughout her two months with us she has told me about two organizations that I think are great and thought they would be worth sharing.

Blanketed with Love - Blanketed with Love is an organization started by one of Ann's daughters. Oh yeah, I should probably mention that my co-workers name is Ann :) Anyway, her daughter and a few of her friends started Blanketed with Love and their mission is to:

The mission of Blanketed With Love is to help all those in need by giving the homeless, homebound, poor, ill, and disadvantaged blankets throughout the year. Each blanket will be blessed and made with love to help the sad feel less lonely, the ill feel better, and those who have lost their homes or families feel that someone cares.

You have to check out the website! This is great! Service organization started and operated by teens who desire to help others. You go girls! If you can help them out in anyway, please be sure to check out their website http://www.blanketedwithlove.org/ Plus, ironically has the world would have it, it meshes perfectly with Sweet Dreamzzz, an organization I've been working with since September.

Ann also told me about her involvement with The Box Project. The Box Project is a national, non-profit organization that has been matching volunteer sponsors from across the United States with recipient families living in rural poverty in America since 1962. They currently serve carefully selected areas of rural poverty including: the Mississippi Delta and rural communities in Maine, Appalachia (including West Virginia and Kentucky), the Native American reservations of South Dakota and Florida.

They match people in poverty who are looking to better themselves with people who can provide assistance, not only with material items, but with a positive relationship through direct people-to-people assistance. Acquiring an education is one of The Box Project's core values. We firmly believe that education is one of the keys to increasing self-sufficiency and breaking the cycle of poverty. The goal of this steadfast commitment is to help remove some of the barriers to education and make a significant impact on the areas of rural poverty that we serve.

Be sure to check out both organizations, and Sweet Dreamzzz of course, and see if there is anyway you can contribute.