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PROJECT SHARE
Please help Flagler Beach Rotary Club make Christmas dreams come true for needy children.
In 2011, Flagler Beach Rotary Club's Project Share plans to provide Christmas toys for 1400 children in Flagler County and in Pierson.
Donations of new toys for children ages birth - 16 years are needed. New and gently used bicycles as well as clothing and blankets are also being collected. Deadline for donations is Friday, December 9. Donations can be dropped off at Eagles Nest Storage at 2601 Moody Blvd. in Flagler Beach.
Monetary donations are very appreciated and will be used to buy specific gifts for children. Checks can be made out to Project Share and mailed to Flagler Beach Rotary Club, PO Box 2005, Flagler Beach, FL 32136.
Now in its 12th year, Project Share has grown every year since its inception.
"The need seems to grow and grow, but we are thankful that our community pulls together to ensure that every child in our program is provided for," said Roseanne Stocker, Project Share's chairperson.
In 2010 Project Share provided more than $75,000 worth of holiday items to children in need. Flagler Beach Rotary Club, a small club with about 30 members, accomplished this task with the help of many individuals, businesses and churches in the community. Project Share also receive a Rotary District Grant and Rotarians and volunteers worked hard to raise funds all year long.
Project Share was winner of Rotary District 6970's Best Local Service Project 2010 and is well known in Flagler County and in Northwest Volusia County as a major provider of holiday items. As the project grows, it has blossomed into a Rotary-led effort supported by many entities within the community.
"Project Share is a great example of how much a united community can accomplish," said Stocker. "It is only possible because hundreds of people pull together with funding, repairing bicycles, donating storage space, putting up angel trees and helping in countless ways."
The children in need are identified through their schools, where information is collected regarding the children's' age, size and special wishes. In 2011, all holiday charities in Flagler County will once again use the Project Share data base in order to streamline the system, avoid duplications and take care of every family.
In 2010 Project Share expanded to provide food for at least 50 families a month in Pierson.
"We learned from the school that children are going to bed hungry in Pierson. We added the food component to Project Share in March, 2010 and we've been able to continue every month so far. We will keep fundraising, but we need families to "adopt" some of the families that are in dire need," said Stocker.
Project Share is an official service project of Flagler Beach Rotary Club a 501(c)(3) organization, Registration No. CH32924