Apr 04

Seattle PVs in Three Weeks!

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The PVs will be descending upon the Emerald City in just over three weeks! The week is coming together with a different service activity each day, community activities planned and hopes of a repeat performance of sunny, warm weather. (Sounds pretty good after a long cold winter, right?) We have PVs coming from across the country, as well as having quite a bit of interest from local volunteers wanting to join in with us on our days activities.  If you are now thinking, “Gee, I wish I decided to go this year,” you are in luck! We still have a couple spots available for traveling PVs, so if you are itching to sleep on an air mattress for a week and join us in Seattle, please let us know ASAP.

Mar 26

It’s Cool to Be Part of the “Live With Passion”

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It is time for the official kick-off of the 7th Annual Live with Passion!

The LWP has always been a successful fundraiser for the PVs and this year we have our goal set high. This specific event can help determine the longevity of the PVs, so it is up to you to help the PVs continue past this summer. Get involved! Be a sponsor, host an event, participate in an event, or better yet, all three!
  • Sponsors– This year instead of t-shirts we will be doing string bags. We thought these might be more useful for people, and especially good for taking to sites in the summer   : )  We still need to have sponsors, but with less printable space, we will just be printing the names and not the logos of each sponsor. We have a pretty quick turnaround with our printer, so we are asking for all sponsor names to be in by Friday, April 4th. These sponsors, with a donation of as little of $50 each, help underwrite all the costs associated with the LWP (bags, mailings, materials), so all funds raised go 100% to the programs of the PVs. See attached LWP Sponsor sheet for more information.
  • Date – Instead of having a specific date, we are aiming to have the majority of the events in the spring, allowing for flexibility with your schedules. The bags will be available by the end of April.
  • Events– Be creative, pretty much anything can be turned into a fundraiser. Examples of past events:  wine tasting, bingo, raffles, potlucks, garage sales, bike rides, runs, walks, haircuts, hikes, music concerts, planting, soup suppers, dress down days at school, etc. The LWP is a great chance to gather your friends and family together and help support the PVs.
  • Publicity– Please let us know when you plan your event and what it is, so we can include it on our LWP Blog (www.pvlivewithpassion.blogspot.com) and website. The blog is a great place to check out past events and get an idea of the history of the rich history of the LWP. If you need any assistance in creating flyers or other marketing information, let us know we would be happy to help.

If you have ANY questions about the LWP, please do not hesitate to ask. We would be happy to help you in any way.

Mar 25

Shop Amazon and the PVs get $5!!!

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Here is an easy way to help the PVs raise some money. Please share with your family and friends.

Shop at AmazonSmile now through 3/31/14 and Amazon will donate an extra $5 to Pv Volunteers Inc. Click on this link to get started: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/27-0311803
Once you designate the PVs as your charity of choice on your amazon account, 0.5% of every purchase through smile.amazon.com
(same stuff as on amazon, you just go through a different portal) goes
to the PVs. In addition, shopping before the end of the month will give
the PVs an extra $5.

Since a lot of people already use Amazon, please share
with friends and family. This could really be a great and easy way for
the PVs to raise some money.

Mar 25

Shop Amazon and the PVs get $5!!!

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Here is an easy way to help the PVs raise some money. Please share with your family and friends.
Shop at AmazonSmile now through 3/31/14 and Amazon will donate an extra $5 to Pv Volunteers Inc. Click on this link to get started: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/27-0311803
Once you designate the PVs as your charity of choice on your amazon account, 0.5% of every purchase through smile.amazon.com (same stuff as on amazon, you just go through a different portal) goes to the PVs. In addition, shopping before the end of the month will give the PVs an extra $5.

Since a lot of people already use Amazon, please share with friends and family. This could really be a great and easy way for the PVs to raise some money.

Mar 15

Friday I’m In Love

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What a wonderful end to a wonderful week. The sun came out again, the temperatures started to rise, all is right with the world. To wrap up the week we had volunteers at St. Vincent DePaul continuing to organize the warehouse and setting it it for easy “shopping.” A few volunteers also ran across the street to help finish a home repair site started by another group the week before.

The other part of the group went to the Itmann Food Bank in Mullens to paint the floors and walls. When they were working the commodities truck came to drop of the March and the missed February food delivery. The NIU students were able to pitch in and help the local volunteers restock the shelves.

At the end of the day we all gathered together for dinner, smores and a closing prayer service. It was a wonderful way to wrap up the week. It was another great experience with NIU. Thank you to all that made this happen and for all your prayers and support!

Mar 15

Friday I’m In Love

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What a wonderful end to a wonderful week. The sun came out again, the temperatures started to rise, all is right with the world. To wrap up the week we had volunteers at St. Vincent DePaul continuing to organize the warehouse and setting it it for easy “shopping.” A few volunteers also ran across the street to help finish a home repair site started by another group the week before.

The other part of the group went to the Itmann Food Bank in Mullens to paint the floors and walls. When they were working the commodities truck came to drop of the March and the missed February food delivery. The NIU students were able to pitch in and help the local volunteers restock the shelves.

At the end of the day we all gathered together for dinner, smores and a closing prayer service. It was a wonderful way to wrap up the week. It was another great experience with NIU. Thank you to all that made this happen and for all your prayers and support!

Mar 14

Sweet Thursday

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 Talk about a change in seasons, we woke this morning to frigid temperatures and a couple of inches of snow on the ground. Wyoming County schools were closed for the day, but we decided to go with a “delayed opening.” Head Start was canceled for the day, so the group split in half with one group going to St. Vincent DePsul and the other going to a new home repair site.

 The home repair site was in Fan Rock, not too far from where the group was staying. The work we were doing was for a young couple with two small kids, the youngest 7 months old. The front steps were quite long and high and did not have a railing. Both the mom and child have falling off so they were very appreciative of the new railings. They also are having a leaking roof problem (that we will fix in the summer) that has caused a soft spot on the floor in the kitchen. The group rolled back the linoleum and patched the spot. We are looking forward to working with the family again.

The group that went to St. Vincent DePaul continued to help Debbie organize the warehouse and help distribute furniture. We will be returning there again tomorrow to wrap things up.

Mar 14

Sweet Thursday

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Talk about a change in seasons, we woke this morning to frigid temperatures and a couple of inches of snow on the ground. Wyoming County schools were closed for the day, but we decided to go with a “delayed opening.” Head Start was canceled for the day, so the group split in half with one group going to St. Vincent DePsul and the other going to a new home repair site.

The home repair site was in Fan Rock, not too far from where the group was staying. The work we were doing was for a young couple with two small kids, the youngest 7 months old. The front steps were quite long and high and did not have a railing. Both the mom and child have falling off so they were very appreciative of the new railings. They also are having a leaking roof problem (that we will fix in the summer) that has caused a soft spot on the floor in the kitchen. The group rolled back the linoleum and patched the spot. We are looking forward to working with the family again.

The group that went to St. Vincent DePaul continued to help Debbie organize the warehouse and help distribute furniture. We will be returning there again tomorrow to wrap things up.