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!