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Looking for a community service project for your girls?
Check out some of the most recent requests for service. Know of an organization looking for assistance from Girl Scouts, let us know:
srichards@girlscoutsfoothills.org
- The American Employee Association has a US studies program for Embassy children in Beijing. Many Department of State children who grow up outside of the United States have no real classroom exposure to American History. Receiving handwritten postcards from all 50 states, from various schools, friends, families, non-profit organizations and even politicians will be beneficial on numerous levels. If you would like to contribute by mailing postcards to the program, please do so at the following address:
The US Studies Program
US Embassy Beijing AEA
PSC 461 Box 50
FPO AP 96521
Although the postcards will be mailed to China, the postal rate is the standard post card rate of only 24 cents per card.
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Collect items to create animal care packages for:
Stevens-Swan Humane Society
5664 Horatio St
Utica, NY 13502
315.738.4357
Spring Farm CARES
3364 State Rt. 12
Clinton, NY 13323
315.737.9339
Wanderers Rest Humane Association
PO Box 535
Canastota, NY 13032
315.697.2796
Herkimer County Humane Society
PO Box 73
Mohawk, NY 13407
315.866.3255
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Collect materials to donate to the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees
309 Genesee Street
PO Box 318
Utica, NY 13503
315.738.1083
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Assist with mailings for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NCMEC/New York/Mohawk Valley
934 York Street, Utica, NY 13502
315-732-7233 (telephone)
315-732-2465 (fax)
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Local American Red Cross Chapters - Opportunities vary
American Red Cross
Utica Chapter
1415 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502
315.733.4666
American Red Cross
Madison Oneida Chapter
100 Washington Ave
Oneida, NY 13421
315.363.2900
American Red Cross
Mohawk Valley Chapter
235 N. Prospect Street
Herkimer, NY 13350
315.866.2890
American Red Cross
Rome Area Chapter
303 West Liberty Street
Rome, NY 13440-5743
315.336.0030
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Send your thanks to the military by visiting http://www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html and sign the letter of support. Send postcards to our troops through the Blue Star Mothers’ Operation Postcard. Go to http://www.bluestarmothers.com/postcard.html for details. Another good site is http://www.peprallyusa.com/how2help.html
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Other ways to make the world a better place:
Provide "staffing" for area church or school events, i.e., fall festivals, bingo, and holiday dinners.
Hang out with seniors at a community center, playing games, singing or just visiting.
Clean up a local park or flower bed.
Rake leaves or lawn clippings, or shovel snow for those who are not able to do so.
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