Make A Difference with Loukoumi & Philoptochos National Make A ...

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Oct 24, 2015 - Including Philoptochos Chapters in. Chicago, New Jersey, Indiana, New York ... The REED Academy. • JFK
Make A Difference with Loukoumi & Philoptochos In celebration of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios’ Nameday

National Make A Difference Day Saturday, October 24, 2015

Make A Difference with Loukoumi Awarded USA Weekend National Make a Difference Day Award

Granted $10,000 Donation for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Philoptochos Featured At Awards Ceremony!

Over 40,000 Good Deeds! Including Philoptochos Chapters in

Chicago, New Jersey, Indiana, New York

Loukoumi Literacy Awareness Fundraisers at Chapters in Roseland & Tenafly NJ, Orlando FL, Elgin IL

Los Angeles, Irvine, Cardiff by the Sea with Jeannie Ranglas and Nia Vardalos

Loukoumi & Philoptochos Literacy Program Facts • Over $6,000 raised for Philoptochos, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and other Charities • Over 1,000 Loukoumi Books donated to the local Philoptochos Chapter’s Charity of Choice

Over 1,000 Loukoumi Books Donated To: • The Pajama Program • UMOM • YMCA Camp Marsten in Julian , CA • Hope 4 Kids • Shriner’s Children’s Hospital • The REED Academy • JFK School in Newark, NJ • The Ronald McDonald House • Wounded Warriors • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

• The Pediatric Hospital at the University of Illinois (Chicago) • AI DuPont Hospital for Children • Philoxenia House • George Marks Children’s House • Goryeb Children’s Hospital • Head Start Daycare • Kapiolani Medical Center for woman and children • Freedom Readers & Others

Saturday October 24, 2015 On National Make A Difference Day Through Our Make A Difference With Loukoumi Project

LET’S UNITE For “Hands-On” Philanthropy involving Philoptochos Chapters and our children In honor of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios’ Nameday October 26

Here’s What To Do: Team up with your church’s Sunday School, HOPE & JOY Programs and plan an event for National Make a Difference Day, October 24, 2015.

Read to them the book Loukoumi’s Good Deeds or gather the children to watch the Make A Difference with Loukoumi TV special

Engage the children to do a “Good Deed Project” together! The perfect way to unite Philoptochos Members with their children and grandchildren

Some Examples of Loukoumi’s Good Deeds Are:

Children making Thank You cards for our troops and armed forces!

Or Children Making Cards for Patients at a Children’s Hospital

Making bookmarks to go along with the donated Loukoumi books

Hold a clothing or food drive

Organize a bake sale to raise funds for a children’s charity

Have children make rainbow loom bracelets and sell them for $1 each to raise money for a favorite charity

Panagioti’s Halloween Gift to his class

Anne Hutchinson School – Hats On Day

Arietta collected 1,500 books for the African Library Project

The Chapel School Made Blankets for Lutheran World Relief

Baking cookies for a food pantry

Making Placemats for a Soup Kitchen

Smith Family Bike-a-thon for UNICEF

Making Friendship Bracelets!

Siena and Vincent collected 14 bags of clothing to donate

Pam Argyris’ Bedtime and Books Program – here making Thank you cards – Elgin, IL

Philoptochos members Reading Loukoumi books to the Kids – Elgin IL

Melina visited an animal shelter

Greece’s Planting the Seeds Project

16 Schools in Greece Participated by planting seeds that would grow into flowers to beautify their communities! – sponsored by EIMAI

Read to Children Loukoumi and the Schoolyard Bully Narrated by Nia Vardalos and Morgan Freeman and talk to them about Bullying Awareness & Prevention (October is National Bullying Prevention Month)

Hold a Philoptochos Loukoumi Literacy Awareness Fundraiser • Order 10 Loukoumi books • Have a Loukoumi Literacy Awareness Book Fundraiser and re-sell the books to members of your community. • $2 from the sale of each book will be donated to National Philoptochos (in addition to $2 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) • 10 additional Loukoumi books will be donated to the charity of YOUR Chapter’s Choice!

LET’S MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER!