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A MAKING KIDS COUNT E-NEWSLETTER

AUGUST 2011

We can’t believe it’s already the last month of summer! We’ve had such a busy last three months that June through August have just come and gone. Over the course of June through August we’ve had: a Community Garage Sale, 3 birthday parties, 3 Volunteer Days, 3 newborn basket drop-offs, and a Golf Outing Fundraiser! Among all of that, we have also had our 3,000th hit on our website, thanks to all of you!

During the summer months, the children at the Beatitude House like to venture outdoors and do activities at the monthly birthday parties. Dairy Queen in Cornersburg has been so gracious to donate dilly bars for the

children to enjoy outside instead of cake! On top of that, Chick-fil-a on Boardman-Canfield Road has supplied us with a medium tray of nuggets for each party! It’s been such a nice treat for the children and the support of local businesses like Chick-fil-a and DQ have made these parties all the more special!

At our Volunteer Day on August 2nd, we were able to make 18 baby baskets for the Pregnancy Help Center, 3 sets of cards, 25 “Back to School” bags for the children at the Beatitude House locations in Youngstown and Warren, and get things ready for our Golf Outing that was only 4 days away!

Make sure to check out the next page for an upcoming fundraising event. Thanks again for following our cause. We really appreciate all of your support. Have a great month!

Shelly and Jana

In this month’s edition:

Golf Outing 2Stamping For A ‘Cause 2Special Thanks 3Calendar 4

This picture was taken at our August 6th Golf Outing!

From Our Desk to Yours

Events of Special Interest

Stamping for a ‘CauseA few months ago we were approached by a

woman named Judy Lawton. She puts on different fundraisers for organizations and chose us for her next endeavor! She will be having a fundraiser for us at the end of August called “Stamping for a ‘Cause”. It will be on Saturday August 27th from 10am-12:30pm at The Community Center at the Links of Firestone Farms. Judy will provide all of the supplies for the 3 different cards you will get to assemble & take home with you as well as lunch! If you want to only come for the card making or only attend the luncheon that is fine too! $20 for both or $10 each! We have attached the PDF with information on the event! Please contact us or Judy ([email protected]) no later than August 18th if you plan to attend!

First Annual Golf Outing

Our Golf Outing Fundraiser on August 6th was a huge success. We had so much support from both local and national businesses! Along with 15 Hole Sponsors, we also had 21 baskets for our Chinese Auction, and a $1,000 in Airtran Airways ticket vouchers up for grabs! Catullo Prime Meats of Boardman was our luncheon sponsor supplying us with the sausage & peppers, pulled pork, and potatoes for the event! They were among 6 food donors for the event (Kravitz Deli, The Landmark, White House Fruit Farms, Outback Steakhouse, and Schwebel’s being the other 5 generous donors)! We were able to raise over $3,700 for the event! A HUGE thank you to all the volunteers, golfers, and businesses who donated to help our Making Kids Count First Annual Golf Outing a successful one! We couldn’t have done it without you!

Making Kids Count

at a Glance

July 2010 - - - Date of Incorporation

100% - - - the amount of fundraiser proceeds that go to our programs

21 - - - Monthly Birthday Parties Celebrated at the Beatitude House

5 - - - Planned fundraisers for 2011

Website: www.makingkidscount.org

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone Number: (330) 518-4371

Making Kids Count, Inc.P.O. Box 3594Youngstown, Ohio 44513

Special Thanks!

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the following people and businesses for their dedication to Making Kids Count, Inc. Please thank these great businesses!

Golf Outing Food Donations

1. Catullo’s Prime MeatsSausage & Peppers; Pulled Pork

2. The LandmarkDonuts

3. Kravitz Deli3 Dozen Bagels

4. White House Fruit Farm1/2 Bushel of Apples

5. Giant EagleGift Certificate

6. Outback SteakhouseSalad

7. Schwebel’sHoagie Buns

1.Armstrong Cable2.First National Bank3.Handel’s Ice Cream4.Cohen & Company5.Marlowe’s Coffee6.Bodine Perry & Associates7.Zid Realty8.Kentrol, Inc.

9.Four Wheel Drive Hardware10. The Sue Hammer Family11. Packer Thomas12. Thomas Fok & Associates, Inc. 13. Youngstown Service Shop14. RC & Sons Lawn and Landscaping15. Catullo’s Prime Meats

Golf Outing Raffle Donations1. Cleveland Browns - Autographed Football

2. Cleveland Indians - Tickets3. Pittsburgh Steelers - Hines Ward Autographed Photo4. Pittsburgh Pirates - Tickets5. Lowe’s Boardman - Gift Certificate6. Dick’s Sporting Goods - Gift Certificate

7. Davidson’s Restaurant - Gift Certificate8. Bellino’s Lube Plus - 2 Car Wash and 2 Oil Change Vouchers9. The Lodge and Conference Center at Geneva - 1 Night

Complimentary Stay10. Airtran Airways - $1,000 Ticket Vouchers

11. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - Tickets12. Mahoning Valley Scrappers - Tickets13. Buffalo Wild Wings Boardman - Gift Certificate14. Superior Beverage - Miscellaneous Beer Promo Products15. Melanie Stoops - 2 Autographed Footballs (Bob Stoops &

Bo Pelini)16. Keith Goralski & ESPN - ESPN Mike and Mike Autographed

Football

Golf Outing Hole Sponsors

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2Volunteer Day - 10 AM Pregnancy Help Center Newborn Basket Drop Off

6Golf Outing

17Beatitude House Parties

august/september

27“Stamping For A Cause” Event

September 6Volunteer Day - 10:30 AM at Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley Community Room

7Pregnancy Help Center Newborn Basket Drop Off

“Coin Collectors” Fundraiser!One of the programs that we hope to spread the word about is our “Coin

Collectors” fundraiser. We will be putting over 150 blue pails (see image at right) at local businesses in hopes to raise money by collecting spare change. If you and your business would like to help us by having one of our pails at your location, please e-mail us at [email protected] and we will get you a pail as soon as possible! Change really does add up and we appreciate your support in this fundraiser!

Upcoming Events August 27th - “Stamping For A Cause” Event. See next page for more

information. Hope to see you there!

Join Our Facebook Group and Follow Our BlogSee website for link - www.makingkidscount.org! Thanks for all of your

support!

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Gather Your Recipes!We will be putting together a recipe book to sell as an additional fundraiser for Making Kids Count. We want your personal recipes! Send an e-mail to us at [email protected] with "Recipe" as the subject and we will send you information on how to submit your recipes! Thank you!