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On behalf of Project Locus and the homeless community of Baltimore, I offer my sincere appreciation for your overwhelming kindness and charity in donating to our sleeping bag drive last winter. The response to the article printed in the Baltimore Sun was tremendous, and through your effort we raised more than $25,000 and received over 200 donated sleeping bags. Including the 400 bags donated by the Wal-Mart foundation and the additional bags we purchased, we were able to distribute more than 800 sleeping bags to those in need to make it the most successful sleeping bag drive in the country, ever. Thanks to your contributions and to the work of countless organizations and individuals throughout Baltimore to help the homeless, there was only one death last winter attributed to the cold weather. We would also like to give special thanks to the following organizations and volunteers who made it possible for us to coordinate the effort:
Jim and Eugenia Wright
Steve Davis
Nancy and Cheryl at the Wal-Mart district office
the Wal-Mart Foundation
Dan Meisner at Sonny’s Outdoor Sports
The Muslim Council of Baltimore County
St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church:
Father William Watters
Sue Cesare
Greg Richards
Frank Fox
Sharon Davis
Carolyn Kendall
the Justice and Peace Committee
the Loaves and Fishes outreach team
Peggy Vick and the Salvation Army Feedmore
Program
the students at Harford Day School
the students at the Bolton Street Synagogue Heh Class
Misty Davis for donating the first sleeping bag
Peter Ratcliffe, Architect
Chuck Roth of Boys Hope Girls Hope Baltimore
Wes from soccer
and Gerald Merrell at the Baltimore Sun
read the original appeal for donations here
This year we have expanded our drive to Boston, Massachusetts, where we will be coordinating the drive with the Pine Street Inn. In Baltimore we will be working with St Vincent de Paul, who will be storing and distributing the bags in our absence. As always, we depend on your contributions to allow us to support those in need.
2005 Sleeping Bag Drive for the Homeless
Links to articles:
Project
Locus 2004 sleeping bag drive for Baltimore's homeless
sleeping
bag drive in Fredericksburg, VA, 2003
Wu-Tang
Clan rapper Ghostface donates 1000 sleeping bags to New York City homeless,
2003
The Sleeping Bag
Project
Portland,
Oregon sleeping bag givaway in front of City Hall, 2003
freezing
temperatures accross the Midwest and Northeast, January 2004
Please send donations to:
Project Locus
Donations: Sleeping Bag Drive
4428 Harding Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90066