Looking for a Charity?

A friend of mine is the Hispanic Outreach Coordinator for Parent to Parent of Whatcom County. This non-profit organization offers support to families that have children with disabilities and chronic health problems. They are always in need of donations so I thought I would post their wish list on my blog in case anyone is looking to donate this holiday season to a great cause. Let me know if you would like to donate any of the items on their wish list and I can arrange for pick-up. Thanks!....................

Parent to Parent of Whatcom County provides emotional support and information to local families of children with disabilities and/or chronic health care needs.

Services Offered
* Emotional support for parents of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
* Information and referrals to community resources.
* Trained Helping Parents with similar experiences to provide support and resources
* Social and recreational events to support family networking and community inclusion.
* Current information on disabilities, medical conditions and community resources.
* Home visits, resource connections, and translation for Hispanic families of children with disabilities.
* Newsletters in English & Spanish.

Items local families currently need:
- Diapers, size 1-2 and up.
- Gas cards for families visiting child in hospital or hoping to attend support group meetings.
- New children's books (any age, newborn to 18 years) to be handed out by Santa at our holiday party, December 13.
- New or gently used stroller (infant and up).
- Small gift cards to cover some groceries or other basic family needs (Fred Meyer, Target, Walmart, etc)

Items our office could use:
- Small drop-leaf table for our in
-office support group meetings.
- Legos for our newly formed Lego Connections support meetings.
- Stamps to mail out welcome letters to new families as well as newsletters.
- Coat rack for the office/support meeting space.
- Wall clock.
- Ideas to plan and hands-on assistance with Parent-to-Parent event in the Ferndale area (would need location free of charge, help getting the word out, etc)