Projects Through The Years
For over 11 years, the Finney Foundation Helping Hands projects have touched the lives of so many through the help of your gifts. Read about many of these annual endeavors.
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When It's cold out we accept donations of cold weather items!
School Donations in action!
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Thank you for your donations to help our bright, young students go back to school prepared this year!
We were delighted to receive this work of art from students at University Prep in Detroit, MI.; one of the oldest Detroit-based charter school systems, encompassing three districts and ten campuses, serving K-12! Keep up the good work U Prep! |
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National Seconhand Wardrobe day
What a perfect opportunity to help someone who may be in need of that suit you haven't worn in years!
| NATIONAL SECONDHAND WARDROBE DAY BY THE NUMBERS |
| 1 in 5 – the number of Americans who will shop at a thrift store at least once during the year. |
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$17.5 billion – the revenue of the resale industry in the United States every year. |
| ⅓ – the segment of the resale industry revenues that are generated by Goodwill. |
| 10.5 million tons – the amount of clothing sent to landfills every year. |
| 700 gallons – the amount of water used to make a single cotton T-shirt. |
| 95% – the percentage of clothing that is dumped in landfills that can be recycled. |
| 100% and most important....help someone who may be in need of clothes for day to day necessity, or to land that job and start their life over! You can help! Donate to your local Goodwill, or homeless shelter clothing closet! |
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HUNGER IS REAL
Especially families with children!
We appreciate and are thankful to be a conduit between those that want to give, and those that are in need.
Thank you for your consideration of these circumstances faced by so many. We continue to partner with churches, shelters and food pantries to provide as many donations as possible! God bless you!
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Deserving Mom's Gifted on Mother's Day
Thank you for your support that helped make The Mother's Day Project a success again this year! The Finney Foundation is so proud to be apart of this annul event and see it grow each year!
Also, thank you to the President and Founder of A Woman's Journey. Her tireless efforts make this program possible! Watch her talk about the creation of this program on Nashville's Local 2!
"There's someone going through something harder than me...and I want to be a help!", Carol Cole Harris, Founder and Creator of A Woman's Journey
Driven by the desire to share The Gospel, The NRM opened its doors in 1954 providing food, clothing, and shelter to men experiencing homelessness and expanded services to include women and children in 1968. Today, the Mission serves over 800 men, women, and children on a daily basis.
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Stamp Out Hunger!
The National Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day is the 2nd Saturday each May and is the largest food drive in the U.S., in more than 10,000 towns and cities!
Don't waste food!
Find your local food bank and give!
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You Make the Difference! 
Students and staff at schools in Virginia and Michigan are thankful for your support! School supplies and toiletries were donated to students and their families through your gifts, making it easier for students and teachers to return to class!
Students received notebooks, folders, filler paper, crayons, glue sticks, pencils, Clorox Wipes, Kleenex, hand sanitizer, and more! These items were passed out to students and also made available to retrieve from a supply closet, maintained by school counselors, specifically for families in need!
School Counselors created a supply closet within the school for students and their families!
Ypsilanti, MI students were overjoyed to receive your kind gifts and are forever grateful! They created this work of art and signed their names to express their joy and gratitude. Thank you!
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Spring Time Fresh!
Spring cleaning time! Through your donations, these children's character toiletry boxes were given to students at Woodville ES, Ginter Park ES, and Ypsilanti Community Middle schools in Virginia and Michigan.
Adult toiletry kits were also given to residents at the Eleanor Kennedy Homeless Shelter on Fort Belvoir grounds, provided by New Hope Housing in Virginia.
Feeling clean is a part of the better human experience that many don't have the resources to enjoy. Thank you for making this possible for so many!
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Thank you Ypsilanti Community Middle School!
Student thank you notes for the gifted school supplies!
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Winter Wear
The call went out for winter weather items, and you answered! The Finney Foundation was beyond thankful to those who showed so much love when donating to provide coats and winter weather items for those in need this winter! The first round of coats, hats and gloves was donated to students at Thurgood Marshall ES! A huge thank you to CCC-Small Group #7 for the beautiful coats they gifted that will be donated to those in need in the Washington, DC area! Socks, gloves, hats and hand warmers were also given to the Detroit Rescue Mission!
This gear was provided right in time as warmer temps faded and the northeast portion of the U.S. was hit with snow! Countless souls will be kept warm! God bless you all!
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Operation Christmas Child
Finney Foundation is thankful for your support to provide for Operation Christmas Child again this year! Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization with the mission to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. The Finney Foundation participates annually and will continue with the help of supporters who care. Thank you!
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Richmond Schools Say Thank You!
With your help, students, parents and staff were happy to receive school supplies and PPE recently at an open house at Ginter Park Elementary School in Richmond, VA! Your contributions allowed teachers and staff to distribute these items to families during the event, ensuring students are not impeded this school year, with Covid and other challenges! Ginter Park Staff shared with us that your generosity and support make the school community a better place! Thank you!
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Your Help Makes the Difference!
Thank you! Your donations to the Finney Foundation and purchases from Binsky's Sweets & Eats in August of this year made it possible to spread school supplies and PPE to students in need at schools from Richmond, all the way to Detroit and in between! Thank you to the counselors, teachers and staff who are battling with Covid in the classrooms this school year, in addition to the poverty, hunger and need that are always present and make it more difficult for our students to learn and grow.
The students thank you!
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Thank you for helping others!
It was great to see our friend Jeff, in charger of facilities, at the Eleanor U. Kennedy Shelter for the Homeless in Fort Belvoir, VA. We stopped by to drop off some food boxes and say hello!
Thank you to all that donate and help those most in need.
The Eleanor U. Kennedy Shelter is a 50 bed shelter for 38 men and 12 women, located in a historic building on Fort Belvoir grounds outside the Tulley Gate. It is named in honor of Eleanor U. Kennedy, a community leader who spearheaded the founding of New Hope Housing and served on its Board of Directors for many years. The shelter opened in 1986 and was originally known as the South County Community Shelter.
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Weekend Donation Drop!
The Finney Foundation was overjoyed to have donations to support Alive!, the oldest and largest private safety net in the City of Alexandria, VA, dedicated to fighting poverty and hunger. ALIVE! serves thousands of individuals every month, providing Food, Transitional Shelter, Financial Help, Eviction Prevention, Furniture & Housewares, and Early Education.
*** Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
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