The Pajama Program - A Charity for Children
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Delivering Sleepwear and Nurturing Books to Children in Need
Imagine being a child, and every night the bedtime routine is to just get in bed and fall asleep. Not to put on pajamas, not to read a bedtime story, but to just lift a blanket over the clothes they are wearing and sleep. Thousand of children, here in America, do not have pajamas or a comforting nighttime book. They are in shelters or group homes waiting for someone to adopt them. They are living in temporary housing after a natural disaster. Their parents are in jail. Or, they are homeless.
Now imagine the opportunity to fix that for them. Imagine the chance to give a child a new pair of pajamas and a good book, to make the end of a long hard day a little softer. For a child with little, a soft pair of jammies can simply mean that someone cared.
Now imagine the opportunity to fix that for them. Imagine the chance to give a child a new pair of pajamas and a good book, to make the end of a long hard day a little softer. For a child with little, a soft pair of jammies can simply mean that someone cared.
About The Pajama Program
What They Do
Genevieve Piturro founded the Pajama Program with her friend Alice Quirk and their friends and relatives. Starting in NYC, but now nationwide, The Pajama Program provides donated new warm pajamas and comforting books to children who desperately need them. The Program works with various agencies to prove the PJ's to children in need and children waiting to be placed in permanent homes.The Pajama Program has also extended its aid to needy children in Armenia, Bosnia, Brazil, Columbia, Greece, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, and Ukraine.
"We intend to make a difference - giving back is what it's all about." -Genevieve Piturro
Boys PJs
Consider making an online purchase and setting the shipping address to:
Pajama Program Headquarters & NYC Reading Center
34 East 39th Street, Suite B
New York, NY 10016
The Pajama Program
The Official Website
- Welcome to Pajama Program!
- The Pajama Program, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, provides new, warm pajamas and books to children in need in the United States, and around the world, many who are waiting and hoping go be adopted. These are youngsters who may not know the comforts of a mother or father to tuck them into a cozy bed and read them a bedtime story. Too many have been abandoned, most deprived of any love at all.
Bedtime Books
800,000 !
800,000 children are in the Foster Care System Across the Country
Sprout and the Pajama Program launch The Great Sprout Tuck-In
What Can I Do?
8 Things You Can Do To Help The Pajama Program
- 1Donate online with a credit card at to help them purchase pajamas or donate by phone at 212-71MYPJS (212-716-9757).
- 2Hold a Pajama Program drive or event in your area. Go for it! Step up and organize your own event. I know you can do it!
- 3Let the next gift you give be a gift card for a donation in their name. Rather than giving Aunt Ellen something she'll hate, give her a gift that will make her happy and make a child happy, too.
- 4Contact a local chapter of Pajama Program to see how they can use your help. There may be a local project happening that just needs a little manpower or a few connections from great volunteers like you.
- 5Use your website to direct attention (and traffic) to PajamaProgram.org. Write a blog or simply tell everyone that you support The Pajama Program. Maybe you could even Digg PajamaProgram.org.
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6Make an online purchase and set shipping address to:
Pajama Program Headquarters & NYC Reading Center
34 East 39th Street, Suite B
New York, NY 10016 - 7Follow The Pajama Program on Twitter (maybe even give them a retweet every now and again) or connect with The Pajama Program on Facebook.
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8Tell your friends!
Click Here to learn how to use The Pajama Program to help teach your child about giving.
Great Nightime Books
Tweets from the Pajama Program
Girl's PJs
Pajamas represent comfort and relaxation. The warmth they provide extends to warmth of heart. The kids who benefit from the Pajama Program feel better after a day that may not have been so great, when they slip into a soft warm pair of pajamas that belong to them.
In the News
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Two young girls get their new PJs from the Pajama Program
New Pajamas on eBay
If you purchase pajamas on ebay to send to The Pajama Program, be sure they are New With Tags (NWT).
Links
- Oprah: Genevieve Piturro's Calling
- Genevieve Piturro knows she wants to work with children, and something she saw while volunteering at a shelter reveals her calling.
- 1000 PJs
- Help us collect new pajamas and books for children in need! Kansas Chapter of the Pajama Program wants to collect 1000 pajamas in just 1 month.
Pajama Program Videos
Good Night Moon
Books like Good Night Moon are traditional and comforting stories that are ideal for bedtime.
Gift Idea
Give someone a gift that gives twice. Give them a gift card for The Pajama Program.
Books
The difference a bedtime story can make is amazing!
Did you know?
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Don't Forget the Teenagers
Thousands of teenagers wait in foster care with very little attention. They have aged out of many charity programs geared for younger kids, and have a harder time finding someone to adopt them. Treat one of these older kids to something special.
What the Bloggers Have to Say
- National Non-Profit Pajama Program Teams Up With Carter's to Provide Pajamas ...
- By Pajama Program NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pajama Program, a national non-profit that provides at-risk children with books and pajamas, today announced that it received a donation of more than $500000 in products and ...
- Pajama drive to be held in Hackettstown
- By Warren Reporter A Pajama Program Contribution Drive will be held in Hackettstown, for the 3rd year, to benefit the New Jersey Chapter of the Pajama Program, a nonprofit that provides new pajamas & new books to children in need.
- Leaving Home
- It's time to find a new home for our Pajama Program Reading Center in NYC and it's breaking my heart. Now, six years after we opened our NYC doors, we are bursting at the seams. More children than we can accommodate are on our long wait list for ...
- Pump it Up to Host Fundraiser for the Pajama Program
- By Jennifer Bradshaw Pump it Up, an indoor inflatable playground in Piscataway, will host a fundraiser for the Pajama Program from 6 to 7:30 pm Jan. 27 at its 145 Ethel Road East location in Piscataway. According to organizers, the Pajama Program is a ...
Accredited Charity
The Pajama Program meets the Better Business Bureau's 20 charity standards - the highest ranking for non-profits!
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GramaBarb
Nov 22, 2011 @ 5:11 pm | delete
- Getting new PJs is one of the pleasures of childhood I remember - it would be awful not to have PJs. Love how you have made us more aware of this need. I have add this link to my Childrens Charity. (Myrtle the Turtle)
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photosteve212
Nov 4, 2011 @ 8:49 am | delete
- Thanks for the lens--well needed and GREAT information!
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HomepageHeroes
May 21, 2011 @ 1:23 pm | delete
- Very nice lens. Pajamas are something you kind of take for granted. I watch my kids run around and play a great deal in their pajamas. It's a sad thought some kids go without. I'm going to lensroll this with a couple of my lenses. Thank you
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careermom
Apr 6, 2011 @ 10:59 am | delete
- This is a great idea!
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Mar 27, 2011 @ 8:32 pm | delete
- Wonderful! Thanks for creating awareness.
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Jack2205
Feb 5, 2011 @ 7:35 pm | delete
- This is a wonderful charity for children. Blessed by the Charities Angel.
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WorldVisionary
Dec 25, 2010 @ 10:12 am | delete
- I love this idea - thanks for this great lens!
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poppy11
Nov 30, 2010 @ 12:39 am | delete
- I had no idea that children in care were not even given pjs. As a mother, I find this pretty upsetting.
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ICanCook
Nov 9, 2010 @ 10:35 am | delete
- This is one of my favorite causes. Thanks for bring people's attention to it.
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