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12th:
Host: Grace
Meal: Grace 13th:
Host: Community Christian Meal: Missio Dei Communities 14th:
Host: City in the Desert Meal: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
15th:
Host: University Presbyterian
Meal: University Presbyterian
16h:
Host: Desert Palm UCC
Meal: Desert Palm UCC 17th:
Host: First United Methodist Meal: The Newman Center
18th:
Host: City in the Desert Meal: TCAA Board 19th: Host: Grace Meal: Grace 20th:
Host: Community Christian
Meal: Tempe Metro Church
21st:
Host: City in the Desert Meal: PMT 4-7PM
22nd: Host: University Presbyterian Meal: St. Augustine's
23rd: Host: Church on Mill
Meal: Francis of Assisi 24th: Host: Bethany
Meal: Bethany 25th: Host: First Congregational Church Meal: Marissa Leinart (Home School Group) 26th: Host: Grace Meal: Grace 27th: Host: Community Christian Meal: Missio Dei Communities 28th: Host: City in the Desert Meal: Barb Mulvany Group View full calendar at:
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Sam Sumner
IHELP Manager (Including Calendar)
480-350-5876
Kathy Estrada,
Communications
Coordinator
(Including Newsletter)
480-350-5884
Stephen Sparks, Director of Operations 480-350-5893
Beth Fiorenza, Executive Director Tempe Community Action Agency 480-350-5883 |
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"First Crush" Charity Gala & Silent Auction
Reserve your spot now! Our First Crush Charity Gala and Silent Auction is this Friday, October 15, 2010 from 6-9PM at Hayden Ferry Lakeside. Enjoy sampling many wines from Action Wines and delicious foods from Santa Barbara Catering while you shop a huge array of silent auction items. Two Southwest Airline tickets will be included at the auction, plus a football signed by Larry Fitzgerald! Proceeds for the event will go to help support IHELP. Please contact Kathy or click the picture above for more information.
Sponsored by Jenny Norton, Bob Ramsey, PMT Ambulance and Santa Barbara Catering.
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TCAA ELIGIBLE FOR CHARITABLE TAX CREDIT
The Charitable Tax Credit is a win-win for all! Also called the Working Poor Tax Credit, the tax credit will come off your State bill, lowering the amount of tax you will pay or increasing your refund amount. Married couples filing jointly can donate $400 to TCAA and single filers can donate up to $200. You can participate in this tax credit and the school tax credit in the same year! For questions contact Beth at 480-350-5883 or click on the attached flyer. |
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IHELP Survey
 Please take a moment to fill out this brief survey . Please email back to Kathy Estrada.We are conducting this survey to see how each community shares the IHELP newsletter. We are trying to make changes to keep our communities as up to date and informed of all IHELP news, events and happenings as possible. Please give suggestions about how we can improve our newsletter. Sam Sumner is open to discuss any changes/suggestions you might have on how to make our little enews a little more informative or interesting. Thank you for your participation. |
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TCAA 6th Annual Holiday Toy Shoppe
TCAA's 6th Annual Holiday Toy Shoppe sponsored by
 is underway. The planning continues as we schedule volunteers. We are thankful to our volunteers and our volunteer coordinators, Darlene and Michael. If you would like to volunteer to help in the Toy Shoppe, please contact Darlene. If you would like to do a Toy Drive with your business or in your community, please contact Kathy.
 For the past several years TCAA has teamed up with IKEA. IKEA allows TCAA to use their space for our Toy Shoppe. We have the opportunity to partner together to supply toys making the holidays brighter for many children, and our IHELP clients. If you are interested in stocking shelves, sorting, wrapping or helping families choose gifts contact Darlene. Thank you to the Piper Foundation for providing items needed for IHELP clients in the IHELP Program! |
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Thank You For Your Input
Thank you Bethany, City in the Desert, Grace Community & Tempe Metro for coming to the IHELP meeting and giving your valuable input. The meeting was very productive. We look forward to other communities joining in and sharing their thoughts. We appreciate hearing from all our communities! Click here to read the IHELP minutes. Our next meeting will be Octber 11, 2011 at Grace Community Church at 5:30PM. We hope to see you there! |
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"TEAM TCAA" Needs You!
 Join "Team TCAA" and run or walk in "The Mayor's Run"/PF Chang Marathon/Half Marathon. If you can't run or walk in the marathon you can raise funds for IHELP participants that are walking in the half marathon. There are five IHELP Half Marathon Walkers that Need Your Help! This is a fun and healthy way to raise awareness about the IHELP program and raise funds along the way.
Other ways to sponsor a guest:
$100 Registration Fee
$250 Participant Sponsorship
$400 IHELP Sponsorship**
The proceeds of these sponsorships will go to the Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program ~ IHELP. Mayor Hallman matches each donation! Every dollar counts, no amount is too large or too small. Please contact Kathy if you are interested in being a part of this exciting team by participating in the marathon, or by sponsoring a team member! Register soon training is going on now. It's not too late to jump in on the fun! Go "Team TCAA!" Thank you for your consideration.
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Recipes & Google Groups...
Great recipes or ideas for IHELP can be posted on...
Please feel free to add as many recipes or comments as you wish. We can build the files of IHELP clients favorite dishes. We are interested in hearing from you! The 50+ Cookbook can be found on the Google Group website as well. Having trouble posting on google groups email Kathy to get started. |
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Thanks everyone for making I-HELP successful!
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IHELP (Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program)
