10th Annual ThanksgivingCares™ Program 

Call for Action

There are many different ways you and your organization can get involved! This is a great activity for an office group, family or company to contribute to and participate in!

LEADERSHIPCARES™ WILL BE ASSEMBLING AND DELIVERING BASKETS TO FAMILIES IN NEED IN THE METRO AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY NOVEMBER 19th AND 20th 2007.

This November LeadershipCares™ will assemble and deliver baskets of ingredients to prepare a complete "traditional" Thanksgiving meal to families in the Silver Spring, Wheaton, Rockville, Aspen Hill, White Oak, Takoma Park and Hyattsville areas as part of their 10th Annual ThanksgivingCares™ initiative. The baskets will be assembled on November 19th and 20th, 2007 and then delivered the afternoon of the 20th.

Contributions can be made to ThanksgivingCares™ on-line at: Donate

The following sponsorship and volunteer opportunities are available:

• Truck drivers to pick up food products and also to make local area deliveries on 11/19 and 11/20. 
• Assemblers to stage boxes of food on 11/19 and 11/20.
• Volunteers to help load trucks and deliver boxes on 11/20.
• Donate funding to help purchase food and beverage items.
• Donate little extras-toothbrushes, toothpaste, coupons, gift certificates. 
• Adopt families at $20 per basket.
• Make a contribution to help pay for rental of delivery trucks. 

Volunteer slots are available from 1:00pm-until 8:00pm on both days. Call 301-540-5791 or sign-up on line at: How You Can Help or Make a Tax Deductible contribution on-line at: Donate

Read details from last year's event: ThanksgivingCares Press Release 2006 

The assembly and distribution center is located in the Hilton Hotel and Executive Meeting Center at 1750 Rockville Pike in Rockville MD 20852 .

The hotel is located right at the Twinbrook Metro Stop on the Red Line. For more detailed directions and information on how you can help call 301-540-5791.

For a tax deductible donation of $20.00 your organization can adopt a local family. There is no limit to the number of families you and your organization can adopt.  Each family will receive a complete basket of ingredients to prepare a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to feed up to eight people.  Little extras such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, soap and gift certificates will also be included.  An army of volunteers made up of local caring adults, young mentors and mentees involved in our MentorCares™ program and other student groups help to pack and prepare the baskets for delivery.  Families will receive their food baskets on November 20th, 2007.  

LeadershipCares™ provides baskets each year to bring attention to the needs of struggling families in our area. It also provides an opportunity for adults and young people to volunteer as hands-on participants to help make a difference for those in need in the local community. Young people can attain their school volunteer hour requirements by participating in this program.

ThanksgivingCares™ is an outreach program of LeadershipCares, a 501(c)(3) organization. The mission of LeadershipCares™ is to provide leadership and life skills training to fortify today's youth and adults with marketable skills to take into the workplace and provide a training ground to nurture self-confidence, personal responsibility and a passion for service to others. 

For more information about the ThanksgivingCares™ initiative, the LeadershipCares™ Foundation and how to get directly involved call (301) 540-5791 or visit our web site at www.leadershipcares.org.

Mailed donations must be received no later than Saturday, November 17th.  Please visit www.leadershipcares.org to donate on-line by credit card or send checks payable to: “LeadershipCares Baskets”.