Check out these completed projects.
Teachers in the Parks Children’s Book Share
We turned the old Real Estate Weekly boxes into a FREE community Children’s Book Share Program! Take a book, leave a book. Check out our 32 Locations (all locally owned businesses of course!)
2020 Holiday Campaign for the Children’s Home of Reading
With the help of our community, we were able to collect funds to purchase over $2500 worth of gift cards from locally owned businesses to create local experience outings for the older kids at the Children’s Home of Reading. Due to the global pandemic, the annual holiday party was canceled in 2020. Rather than letting that stop the celebrations, we worked together to create small group outings which gave some kids the gift of experience & the locally owned businesses support when they needed it most! A win-win! (We also help to fill gift tags and 100 Auntie Anne’s Pretzel Kits for Foster Family Holiday Fun).
Opportunity House
Winter 2019, Berks County experienced multiple Code Blues. The Opportunity House reached out to me for help stocking the shelves for breakfast. I put together a campaign with 4 local preschools that invited families to donate a box of cereal with a cheerful coloring page attached! Young kids got involved & felt great giving back. The Opportunity House residents loved starting their day with an extra smile. Our goal was 100… we received 306 in a week!
Roo Hoo’s Boutique
Pop Up Front Porch Pick up! When in a stay at home order with kids, who isn’t looking for fun DIY kits (that also support a local business)? After about 5 days over 40 nightlight kits were ordered through her Pop Up! Roo Hoo’s was blown away!
From Roo Hoo’s Boutique owner “Thank you Heather for such an amazing idea, and doing all you do for our community! You are truly an inspiration!”
Threads of Change - Socks & Underwear
Through a collaboration between The Junior League of Reading, Threads of Change, and our amazing local Boscov’s Department Store we surpassed our goal of collecting 200 pairs of socks and underwear for Threads of Change to give Foster Children their own new pairs to own!
Family Promise of Berks - Towel Drive
“A clean towel & shower are one of the many services we offer to homeless youth & families experiencing homelessness.” Explained Elise Chesson, Executive Director at Family Promise of Berks County. After thinking about that for a day, I knew I had to jump in and create an easy campaign to educate our community how a new clean towel and washcloth would make a difference for local families in need. With the help of the Home Builders Association and my amazing Do It Local Groupies, we managed to collect over 200 towels and wash clothes in 3 short weeks!
Enersys & United Way’s Family Meal Curbside Fundraiser
We fed over 320 people delicious dinners from 4 locally owned restaurants! The hundreds of dollars of food paid to the restaurants plus the hundreds of dollars for EnerSys’ United Way Campaign was a remarkable achievement! We not only gave back to the community, but also gave business to local restaurants when they needed it most! This was the beginning of the current project “Family Meal Popups” that is now spreading all throughout Neighborhoods in the Wilson, Governor Mifflin, Wernersville, Wyomissing, and Exeter Communities.
Gift Card Store during the beginning of Pandemic to help support local businesses.
I successfully sold just over $8,000 in gift cards in a few weeks in March 2020 when the Global Pandemic forced restaurants and most small businesses to close. These funds help business pay bills while the government prepared loan options.
Threads of Change - Suitcase Drive
“Local foster kids move from home to home looking for their forever home. Most of them pack up their few belongings in trash bags when they relocate. We could really use some gently used suitcases for our kids.” Explained Angi, Executive Director & Founder of Threads of Change (a donation store that allows foster kids to shop at no cost for items of their own.) The Do It Local Team & Members worked together (right before the Pandemic) to collect enough suitcases, duffle bags, and book bags to ensure all the kids that shop at Threads of Change had a travel bag. No more trash bags needed!
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Helping others, brainstorming projects, connecting dots, and making ideas come to life is MY passion. What is yours?
