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A Day of Hope

A Day of Hope is a program of ASI, at California State University, Stanislaus which gives hope and encouragement by delivering baskets of food and turkeys to families for Thanksgiving. Baskets are delivered to needy families in Modesto and Turlock who would not have a Thanksgiving feast.

......................................................In 2005 we fed 48 families for Thanksgiving
.......................................................In 2006 we fed 211 families for Thanksgiving
...............................................................In 2007 we fed 146 families for Thanksgiving
...................................................................In 2008 we fed 294 families for Thanksgiving
.......................................................................In 2009 we fed 382 families for Thanksgiving
...........................................................................In 2010 we fed 411 families for Thanksgiving
........................................... In 2011, we hope to feed at least 500 families again!

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A Day of Hope: Leading Volunteers to Make a Difference in Your Community

A Day of Hope: Leading Volunteers to Make a Difference in Your Community

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Help feed a family for Thanksgiving

By making a $12 donation, you can feed an entire family for Thanksgiving.

Every year we receive hundreds of pounds of food donated, but we are required to purchase turkeys for families for $11.99 per turkey.

***Please note that due to nonprofit donation policy, donations made via paypal are not tax deductable. If you would like your donation to be tax deductable, please mail a check payable to "CSU, Stanislaus Foundation - A Day of Hope" at PO Box 3853, Turlock, CA 95381

A Day of Hope is a program of the CSU, Stanislaus Foundation that delivers baskets of food and turkeys to needy families in Stanislaus County for Thanksgiving.

How YOU can feed a family

You are probably asking, "How can I help A Day of Hope feed families?"

We're so glad you asked!

The best way you can help A Day of Hope to feed families this
Thanksgiving is to make a small financial donation.

A donation of $20 will go to
helping us purchase a turkey and food to deliver to a hungry family for
Thanksgiving.

If you have any questions email Christopher Scott at
christopher@adayofhope.org.

***Please note that due to nonprofit donation policy, donations made via paypal are not tax deductable. If you would like your donation to be tax deductable, please mail a check payable to "CSU, Stanislaus Foundation - A Day of Hope" at PO Box 3853, Turlock, CA 95381

Pictures from 2007

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Today (January 7, 2008) we were signed up for www.goodsearch.com

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You're going to search anyway, so why not earn some money for charity while you do it.

How we were started.

This is the story how A Day of Hope was started.

A Day of Hope was started by college student reading a book about a young man receiving a Thanksgiving basket when his family did not have the money to purchase food for Thanksgiving.

As a result that young man's life was changed forever. He then dedicated every waking hour to helping other people to live a life of enjoyment and fullfillment.

So this college student, after reading this asked, "If I could not just deliver one basket, what would happen if I could deliver 30 baskets?"

And then it was off, he started by making phone calls to local churches and charties out of his small apartment bedroom to search out and find people who wanted to get involved.

A powerful story

A recent visitor to this lens emailed me this story

Hi Christopher,
I just went and signed and voted for one of your lenses, unfortunaely not all that i wrote appeared, so would like to share it ...when we first came to the U.S. in 1950 we had nothing and every Thanksgiving and Christmas for several years we got food baskets from a local church, I will never forget this. Now through my husbands Veterans organization we donate food to the local pantry or make baskets for those in need. I am proud to be an American, this is the most generous country in the world...Thank You for what you do...
God Bless You,

An easy way to help us fundraise money

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To show your support for A Day of Hope's project to deliver 750 baskets of food and turkey to 750 families this Thanksgiving, simply add ALL your existing lenses to our group. We would love to have you.

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A story from one of our volunteers

This is an email that Christopher received from a volunteer

Thanks very much for the inquiry. We were able to find all three addresses and delivered the baskets without incident. We really enjoyed helping out with your wonderful work to help those in need.

It is very humbling to see the struggles others face and a reminder of why we are grateful for the life our family enjoys.

Thanks so much to you for giving your heart, might, mind and spirit to such a truly generous cause. Please don't hesitate to call on us for any support in the future.

Sincerely,
Donald

What WE have done!

Only two short years since we started yet we have already done so much.

Our first Thanksgiving we fundraised about $700 and delivered 48 Thanksgiving baskets to 48 families.

Our second Thanksgiving we fundraised $5,800 and delivered 211 Thanksgiving baskets to 211 familes.

We have come so far in just two short years and grown so much.

Now we need your help to continue this massive and amazing growth.

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