Clothing Drive/Gift for the Grove/Yule Raffle!

[Crystal]

Clothing Drive
CedarLight Grove is holding a clothing drive for our winter charity this year.  We will be collecting new or clean/gently used clothes to donate to the STEP mental health organization.  We are mainly looking for adult (I think, may need Deirdre to verify) in all sizes.

The drive will run from now till December 16th.  We may need some bins donated to help carry/store these clothes as well.

Gift for the Grove
Every year we try to encourage our members to give a gift to the Grove. This year, as we've done in the past, we are encouraging members to buy a book for our library to help provide resources for our members.

We have a list of books that are on our ADF reading lists that we do not have, listed here:
http://www.cedarlightgrove.org/book-donations/

So consider buying a gift for the Grove between now and Yule (December 29th)!

Yule Raffle
We will be having a prize raffle during our Yule Rite this year.  Between now and Yule, feel free to donate a prize (book, incense burner, music cd, cloak, deity statue, handmade goods like soap and scarves, etc) to the Grove to raffle off to yule participants.

Raffle ticket costs will be as follows:
1 ticket - $1
6 tickets - $5
15 tickets - $10

All proceeds go to support CedarLight grounds and upkeep.

Depending on the amount of prizes we receive, a gift could be given away every hour starting from revels until all the prizes are gone.

Several folks will be staying all night as a 24 hour vigil, but the main ritual will be starting at 5pm, so arrive no later than 4pm.  All are welcome to stay for the all night vigil though.

[books]

Hey. Do we have a spot for the clothes? I have a small box to drop off.
Also in December I will be collecting packaged goods for the food bank.  So check those cabinets.
Elizabeth

[Pagandenma]

Given the disaster in Bangladesh, do we want to see if we can find out if someone is taking clothes/scarves/etc. for that region?

And hey, if we get a lot, we could always split the stuff between our first group and this cause . . .

[Crystal]

We'll need a volunteer to do some research on where we can take the clothes for Bangladesh relief, but I think that's a great idea Kat.

We'll also need Witan input, so post your thoughts if you agree please

[Crystal]

My gift for the Grove is on its way.  If anyone else bought anything, let me know and I'll mark it off the book list so we don't get duplicates

[books]

Is it ok if I just put the boxes of clothes on the groves front porch? I need these out of here soon.
Elizabeth

[Crystal]

Sure, I will grab them and bring them inside.  We're still trying to figure out how we're going to take all the clothes to where they need to go, but right now bring what you can

[books]

Hey. I have the boxes in the foyer.

[Crystal]

One of many reminders about bringing clothes, gifts, and items for the yule raffle

I'm still thinking of what my yule item will be, and I have some of my sisters clothes I'm going to donate (though Kat you may want to look through them just in case)

[Crystal]

We have some clothing donations that we are going to keep in the small room on one of the white tables.  Someone said Kat volunteered to haul the clothes to wherever they need to go for STEP.

I'd like to volunteer to help count them, but if someone wants to help me count pieces before they are shipped up, that'd be cool too.  That way we have an accurate count for when we compile all our charity stuff.

I also started donating raffle items, but I think those are the only ones we have.  I'm going to keep a running list here of what I can.

Small Raffle
Turkey smudging feather
1 Green glass pendant
3 egyptian pendants, hieroglyphics with a crystal, ankh, and some egyptian queen of some sort with a crysta
Avocado and Cucumber Body Wash
Eco-Friendly Toothbrush

Big Raffle

Clothing Item Donations
Beautiful Scarf from Courtney
Boxes of clothes from Liz

[Pagandenma]

Sure, I'll haul them!  We'll figure out where they need to go in the next week or so.

I'll do my best to remember to bring my knitted donations next week.  And I'll try to go through my closet and donate what I'm not wearing.

[Crystal]

I might have some clothes of my sisters I can donate.  I'm not sure if children's /pre-teen clothes are good....Deirdre can you let me know?

[Deirdre]

There are probably some of our clients who have children who can wear them.  I'll double check with Steve...he is in charge of this ....Thank you, everyone...our clients will really appreciate this...

[Fiamma]

There are probably some of our clients who have children who can wear them.  I'll double check with Steve...he is in charge of this ....Thank you, everyone...our clients will really appreciate this...

I'm making scarves to donate...if kids stuff can be used, I can make a couple of kid-sized scarves..

Renee

[Crystal]

Don't forget to clean out your supply cabinets!  We need more items for the Yule raffle. Incense burners, candles, soap, books, jewelry, music, you name it!

And now is a good time to donate some of those old clothes (in good gentle shape) or purchase an item or two for charity.

Also don't forget you can buy a used book from our wanted list for the Grove!  Mine just came today and it cost me a lot cheaper buying it used and it's in great shape.  Only a few bucks could help our library and our dedicant's!