August Meeting in North County
Posted 7/27/19
Boys and Girls Club of Vista
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Join Girlfriends Care for a Casual Brunch and learn more about the Boys & Girls Club of Vista! The Boys & Girls Club of Vista provides a safe place for kids to learn and grow while developing positive relationships with their peers and adult mentors through sports, fitness, academic enrichment and life skills classes. There is no cost to attend and we’ll have you out in plenty of time to do your weekend errands! |
| WHO: | Girlfriends Care, Guys Care Too, Teens Care, and Guests |
| WHAT: | Girlfriends Care Casual Brunch Meeting. Dress is Saturday Casual! |
| WHEN: | Saturday, 8/10/19 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon |
| WHERE: | Boys & Girls Club of Vista located at: 410 W California Avenue, Vista Parking available in the front lot or on the street. (Meeting room is not handicapped accessible. Please make a note when you RSVP if you need assistance.) |
| WHY: | To learn more about the programs benefiting the children served by the Boys & Girls Club of Vista. Also enjoy a personal tour of the facility. |
| HOW: | RSVP NOW to RSVPNC@girlfriendscare.org AND let us know if you’d like to bring a brunch dish to share. Be sure to bring a friend or two! |
WANT TO HELP?
We’ll be collecting the following items for Boys and Girls Club of Vista this month to be used during their STEAM (Science, Technology, Art & Math) and Power Hour (homework) time:
Colored Pencils
Scissors (kid size)
Glue Sticks
White Glue
Watercolors
Watercolor paper
Tempera Paint
Paint Brushes (art size)
Highlighters
Play Dough
Clay
Please bring donated items to the Aug 10th Girlfriends Care meeting at the Boys & Girls Club of Vista.
Tax-deductible receipts available upon request!
June Meeting in North County
Please join us for our June meeting to learn more about Fill-A-Belly and how they are building relationships with the homeless by breaking bread together.
| WHO: | Girlfriends Care, Grandmas Care, Guys Care Too, Teens Care, and Guests |
| WHAT: | Girlfriends Care Casual Brunch Meeting. Dress is Saturday Casual! |
| WHEN: | Saturday, June 8th, 2019, 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon |
| WHERE: | Get Smart WorkSpaces, 2888 Loker Ave East, Ste 111, Carlsbad, 92010. |
| WHY: | Meet Fill-A-Belly and learn more about our smorgasbord of outreach from which to choose as you enjoy the company of friends! |
| HOW: | RSVP NOW to RSVPNC@girlfriendscare.org AND let us know if you’d like to bring a brunch dish to share. Be sure to bring a friend or two! |
- Non-styrofoam ‘to go” containers,
- Sturdy large paper plates
- Sunscreen (small tubes)
Grandmas Care – Flip Flops, Hats & Sunglasses
Updated 5/30/19
We have already collected all the flip flops we wanted to collect!
Way to go girlfriends!!!!!
We are still in need of hats/visors and sunglasses.
Thank you all for your generosity!
Help our Grandmas Care with their Summer Project collecting flip flops, hats and sunglasses for children of all ages and women in transition. Our goal is to collect 70 each to be distributed mid July. Contact Rosita at GrandmasCare@girlfriendscare.org for more information.
May Meeting in North County
Posted: 4/23/19
Our hands-on Outreach Project for this meeting will be to create GFC Spring Gift Bags for the women at FRC! Always a special treat for them and for us!
Our Gift Bags are filled with a variety of “girlie items” that are donated all through the year which is appreciated. Every gift bag is individual designed by individuals and teams of ladies that enjoy the artistic flair and the recipients love them. Contents may include unused make-up (nail polish, eye liner, shadow, lipstick, blush), 8 oz. hand creams, body washes, perfumes…plus some girlie scarves, costume jewelry, picture frames, journals, small books of inspiration, etc.
| WHO: | Girlfriends Care, Guys Care Too, Teens Care, and Guests |
| WHAT: | Girlfriends Care Casual Brunch Meeting. Dress is Saturday Casual! |
| WHEN: | Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon |
| WHERE: | Family Recovery Center 1100 Sportfisher Drive in Oceanside, enter through Lower Level. |
| WHY: | To learn more about the transformation of the old TriCity Hospital to the current FRC life-changing center and create some “gifts of caring” for the women. |
| HOW: | RSVP NOW to RSVPNC@girlfriendscare.org AND let us know if you’d like to bring a brunch dish to share. Be sure to bring a friend or two! |
April Meeting in North County
Please join us for our very first Girlfriends Care meeting focusing on the local trafficking issue in San Diego County! Kyle Moss, co-founder of The Alabaster Jar Project, will be joining us to share how Alabaster Jar helps with healing the survivors of those able to escape right here in our communities.
We will also put together self-care baskets/gift bags for some of the ladies in the program, including cards of encouragement to help them through their journey.”
| WHO: | Girlfriends Care, Grandmas Care, Guys Care Too, Teens Care, and Guests |
| WHAT: | Girlfriends Care Casual Brunch Meeting. Dress is Saturday Casual! |
| WHEN: | Saturday, April 13th, 2019, 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon |
| WHERE: | Get Smart WorkSpaces, 2888 Loker Ave East, Ste 111, Carlsbad, 92010. |
| WHY: | Meet Alabaster Jar and learn more about our smorgasbord of outreach from which to choose as you enjoy the company of friends! |
| HOW: | RSVP NOW to RSVPNC@girlfriendscare.org AND let us know if you’d like to bring a brunch dish to share. Be sure to bring a friend or two! |
March Meeting in North County
Posted 2/23/19
Girlfriends Support Milestone House
Come enjoy a free brunch with your Girlfriends and learn about how Milestone House helps at-risk foster teen girls through their trauma towards leading a safe and productive life.
Learn about their programs, including their Milestone House Program of Services for emancipated foster youth called Fostering Adulthood Jobs Network, a social enterprise which creates companies under the non-profit that offer foster youth opportunities for employment by developing products or providing services.
| WHO: | Girlfriends Care, Guys Care Too, Teens Care, and Guests |
| WHAT: | Girlfriends Care Casual Brunch Meeting. Dress is Saturday Casual! |
| WHEN: | Saturday, March 9th, 2019, 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon |
| WHERE: | Get Smart WorkSpaces, 2888 Loker Ave East, Ste 111, Carlsbad, 92010. |
| WHY: | Meet Milestone House and learn more about our smorgasbord of outreach from which to choose as you enjoy the company of friends! |
| HOW: | RSVP NOW to RSVPNC@girlfriendscare.org AND let us know if you’d like to bring a brunch dish to share. Be sure to bring a friend or two! |
Not in your budget – no problem! Come join us and share a rewarding time with your girlfriends.
February Meeting in North County
Posted 1/19/2019
Got Your Back San Diego
See It All Come Together!
Let’s wrap up our food drive for homeless kids and meet where the magic happens!
Join us for our February meeting of Girlfriends Care featuring Got Your Back San Diego – and see how your food donations get sorted, organized, counted and placed in backpacks for the kids – and hear how it all works as we feature Got Your Back San Diego.
We will also give you a sneak preview of our plans for 2019, including featuring some of our newer projects and success stories you may want to join!
| WHO: | Girlfriends Care, Grandmas Care, Guys Care Too, Teens Care, and Guests |
| WHAT: | Girlfriends Care Casual Brunch Meeting. Dress is Saturday Casual! |
| WHEN: | Saturday, February 9, 2019: 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon |
| WHERE: | Got Your Back San Diego, Rancho Del Oro Industrial Park 4061 Oceanside Blvd. Suite E Oceanside, CA 92056 |
| WHY: | Learn more about Got Your Back San Diego, an amazing organization that fills backpacks weekly to feed children attending SD County schools who have been identified as homeless and/or food insecure. |
| HOW: | RSVP NOW to RSVPNC@girlfriendscare.org AND let us know if you’d like to bring a brunch dish to share. Be sure to bring a friend or two! |
WANT TO HELP? Please Donate Any Of The Following Single Serving Breakfast Items:
Cereal: 8 ounce single servings or 11 ounce box
Instant Oatmeal: 2 ounce single servings, cup, or packets
Shelf Stable Milk: 8 ounce single servings of almond milk, soy milk, or rice milk not needing refrigeration
Tax-deductible receipts available upon request!
GYBSD Food Drive 2019
Posted 12/22/2018
Help us “Collect a Grand of Food” to Feed the Children!
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That’s 1,000 items of nutrition for Got Your Back San Diego to help in the local fight against childhood hunger! Can we do it? |
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!” HELP US COLLECT THE FOLLOWING BREAKFAST ITEMS
AND HELP A CHILD GET THE RIGHT START TO THEIR DAY!
- Individual serving cereal packages (8 ounce single servings or 11 ounce box)
- Individual serving oatmeal packages (3 ounce single servings, cup or packets)
- Individual serving shelf-stable milk (powder milk or liquid soy milk, rice milk, almond milk, or chocolate milk)
Click here for a flyer to use for your own drive.
Donated food items not included on this list will be distributed to other organizations in need.
DELIVER TO ANY DROP SITE DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY! Tax deductible receipt available upon request. To find a drop-off location nearest you or to be a drop-off location, please contact us at info@girlfriendscare.org.
Grandmas Care – Hat and Scarf Drive
Posted 11/29/2018
Grandmas Care, as our Winter Project, is collecting knitted hats/beanies and scarves for homeless children and women in transition.
Help us meet our goal of 100 knitted hats/beanies and 100 knitted scarves by December 15th.
Contact Rosita@GirlfriendsCare.org for more information or for details on dropping off hats/scarves.
Christmas at Br Bennos
Updated 11/10/2018
It’s time to sign up for one of our most popular events of the year in support of Brother Bennos….
Annual Holiday Volunteer Blitz Saturday, December 8th AND
Santa’s Closet Tuesday, December 5th
Guys, Teens and school-aged Kids are welcome too!
Click here to see positions available.RSVP to Diana at diana@girlfriendscare.org
