Friday, December 28, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Thank you, Charlestown
Christmas
gift drive exceeds goals
SANTA'S WORKSHOP: in Tim Quillen's (L) garage sorting donations into gift bags. With Tim, CDTC members Suzanne Ferrio and Regina DeAngelo who chaired the effort for the CDTC |
This
Christmas, Charlestown Democrats teamed up with Operating Engineers Local 57 to
bring some joy to children who have been taken under the care of the RI
Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) in South County. The goal was
to fulfill the Christmas gift wish lists of 30 of these children.
These
children, aged two years old to 17, are in foster care or shelters. Their wish
lists were often heartbreakingly modest – one child asked for socks. Several asked
for pajamas. Others asked for towels and blankets. A couple of them are
approaching 18, when they will “age out” of DCYF, and their wish lists focused
on household goods they would need to set up life on their own.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Help us brighten the holidays for children in RI shelters and foster care this year.
The Charlestown Democratic Committee (CDTC) and the International
Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 57 are running a gift drive for South
County children in care of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and
Families.