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• Halloween Costume Collection for Foster Families

  • Start
    10/04/2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    10/13/2024
  •  
    8:00 PM
  • Location
    Multiple drop off locations - exact addresses sent in confirmation email
  • Registered
    20 registrants

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  Halloween Costume Collection

   

  Has your ghost, robot, dinosaur, or tiny dancer outgrown their favorite costume(s)? Let's pay it forward so another kiddo has just as much fun dressing up and making memories this year!

  
  

  Costumes will be donated to Chosen, Inc., a local non-profit fostering/adoption support ministry. The specific program that we will be supporting allows foster and adoptive families to shop, free of charge, for gently used clothing/shoes (newborn-teen). Kids can choose things they feel confident in -- thanks to donations from generous people like you! 

  
  

  All size costumes are welcome because kids come in all sizes :) 

  
  

  No costumes on hand but still want to lend a little hand? Here is a link to a very easy no-sew DIY cape you could make with your kids for the recipient kids.  You could even buy or decorate some of the simple eye masks available at party stores to make it a cape + mask combo...this is a great way for groups, troops or classrooms to get involved. 

  
  

  Donations must be dropped off by the end of the day on Sunday, October 13 at one of our porch drop off locations. Specific addresses will be provided upon project registration but drop off locations will be in the following cities: Brookfield, Elm Grove, Franklin, Greendale, Pewaukee, Waukesha, and Wauwatosa.  Please have costumes protected in a bag you do not need back.  

  
  

  The project is open to everyone. PLEASE SHARE with your friends when we post on FB or IG too...let's see how many costumes we can donate! 

  A big thanks to our Board Member Jeff for leading this project, and thank you for lending a little hand! 

  Amanda Barnhart

  Board President

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• COMING SOON: Havenwoods State Forest Cleanup

  • When
    10/26/2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Havenwoods State Forest: 6141 N. Hopkins St. Milwaukee, WI 53209

  Havenwoods State Forest Cleanup

  
  

  Overview:

  Havenwoods State Forest is Wisconsin's only urban state forest. The forest was created to provide an urban green space and an environmental education center. We will be attending their Stewardship Saturday. Join Sunbeam Kids on Saturday, October 26th from 9:00-11:00 am as we pick up litter before Havenwoods' Autumn Celebration.

  What to expect:

  Following your GPS you will arrive at the entrance to Havenwoods' entrance. SBK families will gather outside the Nature Center at 9 am to get any day of instructions and begin the litter cleanup. We will conclude at 11 am at which time you're welcome to leave or stay for any of the Autumn Celebration activities - see "Additional Info" section below.

  Capacity & Age Recommendations:

  Open to all ages and we are happy to welcome as many families as would like to participate, including guest registrations.

  What to bring:

  Please bring gardening gloves or medical exam gloves. 

  What to wear:

  Wear outdoor, weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable shoes. Kids can wear their Sunbeam Kids shirts if they would like!

  Other info:

  Parking is readily available along Shore Drive and nearby neighborhood streets if needed. A bathroom is available within the Pavilion.

  Additional information:

  Here are the details for the Autumn Celebration that we are invited to attend afterwards:

  • Stewardship Saturdays: 9:00-11:00 am
  • Story Walk (The Little Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything): 1:00-7:00 pm
  • Animal Feeding: 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
  • Dia de los Muertos Craft: 2:00-4:00 pm
  • Drum Circle: 4:00-5:00 pm
  • Candlelight Hike (with s’mores, hot cocoa, & cider): 5:00-7:00 pm

  The event is free, and donations to Friends of Havenwoods are welcome.

  Project Leader: Mary Fenelon

  REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. 

  This project is open to both members* and guest registrations. Please only sign up if you know you can attend. We understand illness and emergencies do come up but they are counting on our hands, so if you register and can no longer attend, please let us know ASAP so we can work to fill your spot. 

  Thank you to our Board Member Mary Fenelon for leading this project, and thank YOU for lending a little hand! 

  Amanda Barnhart

  Board President

  *While we rely on member donations to keep the good work going, we never want the $40/family/year to be a hurdle to volunteering with us. If you are in need of assistance, we do have a limited number of scholarships available that are 100% confidential, just email and ask! 

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• Fall Decoration Making for Kathy's House

  • When
    10/26/2024
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Wauwatosa Library - Firefly Room: 7635 W. North Ave, Wauwatosa 53213

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  Fall Decoration Making for Kathy's House

  Overview:

  Kathy’s House is a hospital guest house committed to providing affordable lodging and caring support in a “home away from home” environment for families who need to travel to Milwaukee for medical care.  There are 38 guest rooms for patients and families of patients to have a place to stay while receiving medical treatment in the greater Milwaukee area.

  Join Sunbeam Kids on Saturday, October 26 from 1:00-2:30 pm at the Wauwatosa Library to make fall themed decorations for Kathy's House. 

  What to expect:

  One way to make Kathy’s House feel homier is to have homemade decorations for the doors of all guest rooms. In this project, we will meet at the Wauwatosa Library to make fall decorations for the doors.

  Capacity & Age Recommendations:

  All ages are welcome and we have open capacity for this project.

  What to bring:

  No need to bring any supplies- just some creativity! Kids can wear their Sunbeam Kids shirts and bring their name tag lanyards to collect a ribbon.

  REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. 

  This project is currently open to members* but we will be happy to open it up to guests if space allows after the first week of registration. Please only sign up if you know you can attend. We understand illness and emergencies do come up so if you register and can no longer attend, please let us know ASAP so we can fill your spot and make arrangements to have any lunch packing supplies you signed up for covered. 

  A big thanks to our Board member Kristen Donlevy for leading this project, and thank you for lending a little hand! 

  Amanda Barnhart

  Board President

  *While we rely on member donations to keep the good work going, we never want the $40/family/year to be a hurdle to volunteering with us. If you are in need of assistance, we do have a limited number of scholarships available that are 100% confidential, just email and ask! 

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• COMING SOON: Making Mercy Mats for People Experiencing Homelessness

  • When
    11/06/2024
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    West Allis Public Library- Constitution Room (ground floor): 7421 W National Ave, West Allis, WI 53214
  • Spaces left
    5

  Making Mercy Mats for People Experiencing Homelessness

  Overview:

  On Wednesday, November 6th join Sunbeam Kids from 4:00-5:30 pm to assist the Mercy Mats volunteers at their regular weekly project preparing materials for sleeping mats for local people experiencing homelessness...made out of plastic bags that may have otherwise ended up in the landfill!

  Volunteers from Mercy Mats of West Allis will help new volunteers learn how to do this work, and then they will later distribute the completed mats to a homeless shelter they work with in Milwaukee. Making one mat is quite labor intensive and takes multiple weeks, but what a difference a mat makes to the person who will receive it!  

  What to expect:

  There is a job for everyone, including sorting bags, flattening bags, making plarn (you guessed it...plastic yard made from the plastic bags!). If you crochet and want to learn to assembling a full mat at home, please find Donna to request information.
  

  Capacity & age recommendations:

  We have space for 5 SBK families to join, and all ages are welcome (although project itself is generally best for age 3 or older)! 

  What to bring:

  Feel free to bring along any single use plastic bags you have at home (optional). 

  What to wear:

  No special requirements, but kids can wear their Sunbeam Kids t-shirts if they would like. 

  Project Leader: Vanessa Eisenmann

  REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. 

  This project is currently open to members* but we will be happy to open it up to guests of space allows.  Please only sign up if you know you can attend. We understand illness and emergencies do come up so if you register and can no longer attend, please let us know ASAP so we can fill your spot. 

  A big thanks to our Project Leader Vanessa Eisenmann for leading this project, and thank you for lending a little hand! 

  Amanda Barnhart

  Board President

  *While we rely on member donations to keep the good work going, we never want the $40/family/year to be a hurdle to volunteering with us. If you are in need of assistance, we do have a limited number of scholarships available that are 100% confidential, just email and ask! 

  
  

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• COMING SOON: Let's Hear It for the Girls! Cheering Section for Girls on the Run 5K

  • When
    11/10/2024
  •  
    8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    American Family Field

  Cheering Section for Girls on the Run
  

  
  

  Project details coming soon! Registration typically opens 2 weeks prior to the project date. Please sign up for our email list to know when the project goes live. 
  

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