SGC Admin: Each summer Bethesda House offers camps for kids who have been or who have witnessed domestic abuse… These same kids need new school supplies when they go back in the fall… Anyone who is a parent readying their kids for a new school year knows this is an added expense and it can be stressful… This is no different for the parent of a child fleeing domestic abuse… except for them it can be the last straw or that extra “thing” that makes life all the harder…
Jaki MacKinnon Executive director of Bethesda House is asking for the public’s help… so the kids who have seen the worst of human nature can at least begin the school year the same as any other kid… In this way, we can help the child and the parent, giving them hope and a sense of belonging…
Bethesda House is asking for donations of the following:
Backpacks at least 14 are needed for boys 13 to 17 and others for younger boys and girls
Packs of Pencils
Packs of Pens
Packs of Crayons
Packs of colored markers
Lined binder paper
Blank paper
Graph paper
Erasers
White-out
Calculators
Pencil Cases (for boys age 13-17 others for younger boys and girls)
Rulers
Highlighters
Subject Notebooks
Binder Dividers
Portfolio Folders
Glue Sticks
Scissors
Any donations left over after the beginning of the school year will be put to good use by the shelter for the kids and youth who come there throughout the rest of the year.
To Donate Please Call: 905 623 6045
Source: Whitby This Week July 22 Edition: Jennifer O’Meara: jamerara@durhamregion.com
SGC Admin: From our Inbox to you from The Magical Blend Montreal….
Blessed Lughnassadh! Everyone… :)
This Sunday, July 26 is our Sunday Sabbat Sale for Lughnassadh! Make your order on Sunday, and you’ll receive 10% off your entire cart!
Lughnassadh is a great time to perform spells related to the sun, spells for health or finances, or spells for abundance! To find out more about the Sabbat, feel free to visit our entry on Lughnassadhin the online Book of Shadows!
SGC Admin: We found a flyer in our snail mailbox and thought we would share… sounds like a fabulous idea… let us know if you have tried these guys… :) click here to email us