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    Show your “sweet” heart generosity by contributing to our food drive.

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    Every month during the year needy families’ in select Hampton Roads communities will receive groceries and other basic necessities.

    Compassion Advocacy Network through its Neighborhood Outreach Works program will fight hunger! Help fill “Sweet” heart bags with food. Donations of cash and gift cards will be accepted. 

    Mail to: CAN "Sweet" heart Food Bag
    PO Box 9796
    Virginia Beach, VA 23450-9796

    _Do you have a “Sweet” heart? ™ 2012 Promotional Calendar 

    Give a Penny for your thoughts. Remember those who are forgotten. 
    Businesses are asked to contribute .01 cents per transaction to help pay for "Sweet" heart™ Bags throughout the year. "Sweet" heart™ bags may include food or personal items such as undergarments, lotion, shampoo, tissue or puzzle game books.

    February 
    Show Your “Sweet” heart. Participating YMCA locations of South Hampton Roads will ask their membership to fill “sweet’ heart bags with food or various personal items, such as unscented Scott Tissue; puzzle books, socks, undergarments, etc. for families with at-risk kids use.

    Neighborhood Outreach Works (NOW) kids trip 
    to Virginia Air & Space Center - Hampton, VA

    April 14th 
    Fundraising Dinner: Location TBD. There will be a silent auction. Local talent will also perform TBD. 

    May 13 - 19 – 2nd Annual Adopt Someone Forgotten: Cut-A-Thon

    Hampton Roads area hair salons and barber shops will be asked to contribute the cost of a haircut (or portion thereof) for one day during the week to CAN in observance of National Nursing Home Awareness Week. 

    June 23--Celebration of life- A day of family fun 

    Sentara Windermere, Sentara Chesapeake, Riverside Rehabilitation Center Hampton and other participating nursing centers TBA. There will be popcorn, soda, music, food, a Hula Hoop Marathon, watermelon eating contest and raffle for prizes.

    July 1-31st--Back to School Drive
    Donate school supplies paper & pens for NOW kids. Branded back packs will be purchased and each child will receive a back pack for the upcoming school year.

    September 2012 Time/location TBD 
    Bust-a-Move! Celebrate movement / Walk. Run. Jump. Skip. Rollerblade! Skateboard! @ Location TBD. Registration fee $10. Proceeds benefit Operation “Sweet” heart™. 

    November 2012 
    volunteer to help serve month. Serve Thanksgiving Dinner to residents of HRAPA member location nursing homes and convalescent centers. 

    December 2nd 
    Lunch Cruise on board Spirit of Norfolk. Time and cost TBD


    December 3rd


    CAN volunteers will distribute coats from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Norfolk Apostolic Church Family Life Center 3172 Azalea Garden Road Norfolk in support of WAVY TV-10 Coats for Kids Drive. 


    December 2012 Adopt Someone Forgotten for the Holidays – Angel Tree. 
    Pick an angel ornament at a participating YMCA of South Hampton Roads location. Purchase a Visa or MasterCard gift card so we can continue to purchase Christmas gifts for NOW Kids, residents of participating nursing homes and rehabilitation centers, and Christmas dinner for select needy families in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. Volunteers are needed to wrap presents.
    We welcome and are looking for partners to help us make our efforts successful. And always remember, it’s not what you have, but what you have in your heart that counts.


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