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CREW Pittsburgh
Donations have been made annually to the Foundation by CREW Pittsburgh. The
annual golf outing in August/September is our primary annual fundraising event for the
New You Program, with auction items and raffle tickets sold to raise money for
the program. In 2007, we held our second annual Celebration of Caring Event,
featuring Peter Sterling, a nationally recognized harpist whose compact discs
are included in our Satchels. Peggy Finnegan of WPXI Channel 11 served as our
Honorary Event Chair.
Save the date
for this year's event.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Our partnership with the Pittsburgh Affiliate of Susan G. Komen (“Komen”)
began in 2006 when we received a $2,500 grant that allowed CREW to distribute
our Satchels to 100 women who would not otherwise have been reached and created an exciting synergy between our two organizations. CREW volunteers
joined Komen volunteers at their office in March to create and assemble
Satchels for distribution by Komen. In both April and December, Komen and
CREW hosted a “pink badge” day at Gilda’s Club, so that local Girl Scouts
could earn their pink badge by sewing buttons on Satchels, folding scarves,
turban instructions, invitations and note cards and adding ribbons to our
journals, note cards, inspirational booklets and bookmarks.
In late 2007, CREW applied for a renewal of our grant from Komen and receieved
an award of $15,600 which will enable us to create and fill 600 satchels in
2008.
Designtex
Since February 2005, CREW Pittsburgh has
partnered with our local representative for Designtex, a leading contract
fabric and wall covering company. Custom fabric binders for the New You
Program have been distributed to all of the architectural and design firms in
the area. Whenever fabrics, upholstery or wall coverings from the special Designtex New You binder are ordered for a design project, a portion of the
sale proceeds goes to the CREW Pittsburgh Foundation. Manufacturers
participating in this Program also donate a significant amount of discontinued
fabrics that we use for creating the Satchels.
Pittsburgh Foundation Wish Book
The CREW Pittsburgh Foundation has been listed for
the second year running in the Pittsburgh Foundation’s Wish Book. Each year,
the Wish Book provides
individuals, families, organizations and corporations with an avenue for their
charitable giving, while they benefit from considerable tax savings.
Proceeds from the Wish Book are earmarked for the purchase of contents for our
satchels.
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