Acts of Kindness
E-Newsletter for A New Leaf Supporters September 2010 |
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and your name will be entered into a drawing for an exciting family adventure at Brunswick Mesa Lanes
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| This Month's Financial Donations ($500 and over)to A New Leaf Foundation or A New Leaf | |
$10,000 Boeing Corporation
9,000 Ross & Anita Farnsworth
4,000 ASU Women Law
Student Association 2,100 Tempe Community Cncl.
2,100 Frank Bennett Realty, Inc.
1,000 Bechtel Group Foundation
1,000 Timothy J. Bashara, DDS
930 Christ's Greenfiled
Lutheran Church
900 Bill Scott
With Ross Farnsworth's genorosity, and his daughter, Amy Ahstrom's time and energy, our LaMesita Family Homeless Shelter children enjoyed a productive day of much needed "Back to School Shopping" and presented themselves at school like any other child, coming from a secure home.  |
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| Greetings! |
Throughout my years at A New Leaf, I've been privileged to oversee numerous service learning, internship, volunteer or study projects from different corporations, universities and colleges. I'm always awed by their helpfulness and generosity and very aware of the significant role they play in helping A New Leaf reach our mission of "Helping Families...Changing Lives".
This past month, three ASU School of Engineering students, Theresa Franco, Lawrence Johnson and Todd Lineberger put in 160 volunteer hours on a process analysis project. Without a doubt, these students ranked on the high-end of professionalism, dedication and commitment. In fact, they surpassed the analysis we were anticipating and continued on to provide impressive charts, process suggestions and recommendations that we can implement immediately. We want to express our deepest gratitude for their amazing team effort.
So many exciting things are happening at A New Leaf. We're becoming more active within the "social media" arena. It's so much fun and so easy to keep up to date with our community and other organizations.
Be sure to click the links below to check out our Facebook and Twitter pages. Become a fan and keep up with the progress we're making together in helping individuals and families turn over a new leaf.
Stay well and informed.
Sincerely,
Torrie Taj, CFRE
Executive VP of Marketing & Resource Development
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Mom Hesitant To Help Herself, But Helps Her Child
Like so many others, Sondra entered A New Leaf's Domestic Violence Shelter in fear of her child's life as well as her own, shaken and hopeless.
Her son, Jonathan was restless, agitated, not sleeping or eating well and both demonstrated symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
After two months of shelter, group therapy, empowerment, etc, Sondra wrote this inspiring poem.
"I couldn't do it for myself until I recognized
The fear that I lived everyday, lived in my child's eyes
That's when I sought A New Leaf out, grew stronger every day
And felt peace replace the pain that left when we felt safe"
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| Invest in your child's future sense of self-worth! |
Who do your children emulate? |
Nothing pushes us closer to tears at, A New Leaf's Development Office, faster than a child's visit to drop off donations for the homeless children living in our shelters.
The encouragement given by the conscientious parents of these little "philanthropists in the making," is admirable. It reflects their understanding of the wisdom in Winston Churchill's words when he said, "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." It confirms that these insightful parents recognize the value that giving has in the growth of their children's future feelings of self-worth.
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You Can Help Others to Turn Over A New Leaf | |
September Basic Annual Needs Drive: New pillows, linens and kitchenware.
Backpacks, notebooks, paper, pens, pencils, glue, etc.
Tell your friends! Hold a neighborhood drive!
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| Save the Date: September 11, 2010 |  "Share the Magic" Against Domestic Abuse Tenth Anniversary Benefit Golf Tounament Presented by: Arizona Beta Sigma Phis Agaisnt domestic Abuse, Inc. Benefitting A New Leaf's Faith House Domestic Violence Shelter Superstition Springs Golf Cluf For more info call: 480-985-5622 |
| Save the Date: February 26, 2011 |
 Join us for A New Leaf Foundation's 27th Annual Camaraderie Gala
"An Evening on the Nile"
Saturday, February 26th, 2011, 6 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, AZ
Supporting A New Leaf Homeless Shelters and Programs
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__________________________________________________________________________________ About Us
A New Leaf Foundation exists to provide financial support to A New Leaf programs and services. The Foundation relies on your generous tax-deductible contributions and over 17,000 volunteer hours annually.
A New Leaf is a non-profit, 501(c)3 agency Helping Families...Changing Lives through
Homeless and Domestic Violence Shelters, Youth and Community Programs.
Questions about A New Leaf? Call 480.464.4648.
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