Our good friends over at Black Gives Back always keep us in the know about philanthropy and good will rarely covered in the mainstream media. B.G.B. recently told us about a New York based program called Young Faces Smiling that offers real world, practical lessons to students. They have partnered up with record producer Dame Grease to provide book bags to Harlem youth ages 6-18. You can help their efforts by doing one of the following:
- Donate school supplies! Some suggested items are spiral notebooks and folders, book covers, pencil cases, rulers, 3-hole punchers, composition notebooks, Crayola crayons, pocket dictionary and construction paper.
- Donate gift cards to Staples, Office Mart or Wal-Mart or make a financial contribution. Donations should be sent to: Soul Pitch Media, 355 E. 10th Street suite 4C, New York, NY 10009.
The deadline for contributions is Friday August 22, 2008. The distribution of book bags will be Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Location to be announced. For more information, contact: soulpitchmedia@gmail.com.
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Posted on August 20, 2008 by D. Bell