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Teachers’ School Supplies - Buy them now when they're on sale! 7th Annual Teachers' School Supplies Drive with a Twist Why School Supplies? Did you know? · In the Lucia Mar Unified School District (LMUSD), approximately 60% of students are classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged or eligible for free and reduced-price meals. · When children lack essential school supplies they come to class unprepared, leading to disrupted lessons, classroom shame and beha

Teachers' School Supplies Drive with a Twist This is our 7th Annual Teachers' School Supplies Drive You may ask, "Why do a Teachers' School Supplies Drive?" First a little background: In the South SLO County Lucia Mar Unified School District we have many Title 1 schools. A school is considered a Title I school if at least 40% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Eleven (11) of our 19 schools are title 1 schools. Teachers are the front line force to ed

A Wonderful Tour of our Newest Partner Agency Our newest partner is Healing Heroes Through Horsemanship! https://heroeshorses.org/ They are a “twofer” – they rescue racehorses and mustangs and homeless veterans! They are located on the mesa at 315 Jenner Way in Arroyo Grande On May 27th fourteen Womenaders went on a tour of the Healing Heroes Through Horsemanship ranch. It is located off El Campo between Los Berros and Halcyon down a dirt road. Yvette D’Unienville, one of

Toiletries Drive More Updates Next Potlucks - Lots of NEWS Projects Update Help and Items Needed Funds Received Thanks to Donors Where the Money Went Toiletries Drive Update In our last newsletter we shared all the excitement of the culmination of our 2026 Toiletries Drive! But wait! there's more! We were on KSBY news and here's their news clip on the distribution:https://youtu.be/mIsx_iRP4zM. Plus we had a Womenader step up to fund one of the agencies that we couldn't give t

Many thanks to one and all who helped to make our annual Toiletries Drive an amazing success. This was our 9th year of holding a Toiletries Drive, and it has grown from a couple of Womenaders gathering a couple of boxes of toiletries for one agency – back then it was the First5 SLO county in Oceano and here’s everything we collected in 2018 : Fast forward to 2026 and here's what we collected this year for 21 agencies: With lessons learned from prior years, this year we formed

Hot Topics Potluck Update Next Potluck Projects Update Help and Items Needed Update on Funds Received Thanks to Donors Where the Money Went Hot Topics April 25th Garage Sale for a Great Cause! Come check out an amazing garage sale hosted by one of our generous volunteers — or as she’s calling it, “Good Stuff Cheap!” You’ll find an incredible mix of treasures at unbeatable prices. Featured items include:• Antique glass & crystal• Original art• DJI Mavic Air drone• Camping ge

Trilogy Hats and High Tea Party, 4th Annual Tea Party at Lopez High School, Next Potluck, Impact Statement 2025, Projects Update, Help and Items Needed, Update on Funds Received, Thanks to Donors, Where the Money Went Trilogy Hats and High Tea Party On March 12th at 2PM over 100 women gathered in the large community room at Trilogy in Nipomo for their Hats and High Tea Party Fundraiser for South SLO County Womenade. The hosts and their tables of 10 guests were all dressed to

Update on Migration to Zeffy Platform, Next Potluck, Projects Update, Help and Items Needed, Update on Funds Received, Thanks to Donors, Where the Money Went Update on Migration to the Zeffy Administrative Platform Zeffy is a free platform for non-profits to streamline their administrative functionality. They collect donations and don 't take a percentage (like Paypal and Venmo do). They do ask for a donation from donors but you don't have to donate to them (just put in "0"

Potluck Update at Lynn Heinrich's, Next Potluck, Upcoming Events Need Help, Projects Update, Help and Items Needed, Update on Zeffy Potluck Update at Lynn Heinrich's Home We held our first potluck of the year on February 4th at Lynn Heinrich's Home. Many thanks to Lynn and Brian Heinrich for opening their home for the gathering of 35 people. A number of people could not attend because there was a 3 car pile up on 101 which had folks turning around and going home! We are gr

Our 2025 Activities Our Drives Next Potluck – February 4th 4PM In the Year 2025! Much was accomplished! Happy New Year! We are looking forward to another great one! All of you donors donated $131,178.58 in cash over the year, and we distributed $124,702.44 to our partner agencies in 2025 for over 550 requests for urgent or emergency assistance! We and all those clients in need truly appreciate your generosity and big hearts! This does not include all the in-kind donation

Holiday Potluck Winter Food Baskets Teachers’ School Supplies - Take 2 Next Potluck Projects Update Help and Items Needed Update on Funds Received Thanks to Donors Where the Money Went Holiday Potluck Oh What a Night! The Potluck at Candace and Phil Guldeman’s was a roaring success! The potluck had the highest attendance and the highest donations ever for our home-based potlucks! There were 60 plus people and we raised almost $5,000! The decorations were out of this world

We filled up the barn with food This year we shared our “horn of plenty” with 220 families – a 20% increase over last year. Since we canceled our Winter Break food drive, we added some much needed basic food needs to our food list - rice, beans, flour, sugar, cereal, milk, masa and oil. The average price of each Thanksgiving Food Basket this year was about $80 which is equivalent to a total value of $18,000! Where does one begin to express gratitude at this time of the yea

Thanksgiving Food Drive Potluck Update Projects Update Help and Items Needed Update on Funds Received Thanks to Donors Where the Money Went Thanksgiving Food Drive News Update: After receiving some feedback about some donor burnout, we have decided to cancel the December Winter Break Food Drive. With the huge increase in families needing food this fall, we think that having a second drive so soon after this huge Thanksgiving drive may be stretching all our resources too t

Thanksgiving Food Baskets Next Potluck Thanksgiving Food Baskets Yes! We’re already planning. It’s 6 weeks ‘til we sort, pack and deliver our 7th Annual Thanksgiving Food Baskets! Like so much of what we do for our community neighbors in need, it takes planning and organization. Our Project Leader is the intrepid Kristin Bertsch back for her 5th year! She is also one of our new board members and is very busy wearing many hats. To pull this off we need to jump on it. Her an

Let Me Introduce You To Next Potluck with a Twist Projects Update Help and Items Needed Update on Funds Received Thanks to Donors Where...

Happy School Teachers Next Potluck Laundry Pop-Up Help and Items Needed Happy School Teachers Look at all these happy faces at the eleven...

Teachers’ School Supplies Drive – Success! Next Potluck Projects Update Help and Items Needed Update on Funds Received Thanks to Donors...

At this time of year every year throughout the country there are many organizations collecting and distributing school supplies for...

A wonderful donation from St. Barnabas Church Thrift store and updates on current projects, donations and where the funds went.

We Missed the Bus South SLO County Womenade’s 6th Annual School Supplies Drive for Lucia Mar Teachers July 14 to August 14, 2025 We Love...