Prom Dress 2019 Collection and Giveaway
It was a great Prom Giveaway today! Thank you to all the volunteers and The Batavia Public Library!!! We had over 800 dresses to start. It was packed for 2 hours and then a steady stream all day. Channel 7 came and did a segment tonight! And Wayside Ministries, My Daughter’s Closet, Clothes Closet, East Aurora HS and Open Door Rehabilitation Center took hundreds of dresses. Together, we made so many girls and their families very happy!!! Not to mention the oodles of shoes, purses and jewelry. Thank you to everyone who donated. Thank you to Hi Hat Resale Shop for the 47 dresses and dozens of shoes!!!
We gave away over 300 dresses to girls. And another 300 to local service groups to give away. We will be back next January, collecting dresses for another giveaway day in March 2020!
Link to ABC7 Chicago prom story-
https://abc7chicago.com/…/prom-dress-giveaway-held…/5199566/
Welcome Home Baskets
In April 2019, the BHS Cheer team, for the 3rd year, collected oodles of items to make Welcome Home Baskets to give families when they move into their own home. Thank you Louise VonHoff for your work and creativity to make these! We are low on these and could use help from scout troops or clubs to put some together. Happy to help with this in any way!
They can include:
A laundry basket filled with a shower curtain and liner, set of towels and wash cloths, hooks for shower curtain, paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, laundry soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dish soap, dish towels, dish wash cloths, hammer and nails, measuring tape.
A successful move into a new home!
Thanks to Chip In supporters for many kind offers and help - we
were able to move our latest family from homelessness into their very own apartment home in April They are settled, happy, beyond grateful for this second
chance!
Special thanks to
Batavia Woman's Club,
Soul Sisters
for filing in all the gaps with new and special gifts/necessities and to
Pal Joeys Restaurant Batavia
for sending muscle to move furniture with little notice. Also, could not do it without the Schoette's
family who provided our moving truck and furniture.
Biggest thanks goes to
John Gamble and Mary Dwyer of Remax Excels
for campaigning for this family with his property owners. No apartment, no
miracle!
We believe this family is headed for a "happily ever after." Thank
you!
December 2017: Together with St. Vincent de Paul, ReHome Center, Abbey Farms, Furniture Dollies, many donations, volunteers, 3 Batavia football players, Batavia United Way Adopt a Family, and our awesome community, we helped move a family out of a motel and into their own home. We are thrilled to see them start new adventures in their own home.
Shop with a Cop 2018 Another Fun Experience!
24 BPS101 students recently had the chance to “Shop With a Cop” (or Batavia firefighter) at the Walmart Batavia - N Randall Rd. The annual "Shop With a Cop" event is organized by Batavia Police Officer Chris Potthoff and Chip In Batavia to help families in need with holiday gifts. The students were paired up with a Batavia police officer or Batavia firefighter to help them select gifts for themselves and family members. The gifts were then wrapped by volunteers at "check out." Anne Rudd organized all the volunteers and all wrapping materials to wrap every gift and label them, too! Also during the event, families were treated to cookies and juice, compliments of Walmart. The event was a big success and created special memories for these BPS101 students and their families. Thank you Batavia Police Illinois, Batavia Fire Department, the great volunteers and Walmart.
Jackie Rakers and Abbey Farms Deliver 5 Trees and ALL the trimmings, and More!
Batavia High School and Aurora University graduate Jackie Rakers just made the holidays extra special for five BPS101 families.
Jackie worked with Boy Scout Troop 12 to get Christmas trees to five BPS101 families in need. Additionally, Jackie coordinated with local vendors and individual donors to make sure each family had a tree stand, tree skirt, lights, ornaments, several gifts for under the tree, and gift cards from ALDI.
Thank you to the donors: Batavia Bulldog Plumbing, BEI, West DuPage Cabinets and Granite, Boyce Body Werks and ALDI!
Thank you Jackie, for putting this all together to brighten five homes in our community this holiday season.
Spirit Corner donates lots of Spirit Wear!
Johnni Zabka, from Spirit Corner, has kindly donated over $1500 worth of spirit wear and PE shirts to CHIP IN! From hoodies, to short and love sleeve shirts, glitter t-shirts for little girls, and everything in between. Thank you so very much Johnni, for donating year after year. Please visit SpiritCorner whenever you want spirit wear, team apparel, camp wear or clothes with bling! They have it all. www.spiritcorner.com
BIRTHDAY IN A BAG---PROJECT FOR INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS
For those who want to get involved with a project, we can use your help! Birthday in a Bag. These are bags of treats for students to help them enjoy a birthday party on their special day. HWS is the mail school supporting this, and will distribute bags to the students. We are looking for donations of any item on the flyer, or complete bags, labeled for a boy or girl, and can have a theme if you choose...please label what the theme is. (We do have people who have offered to put together complete bags, decorations and all, if anyone wants to donate individual items to them....just email us!) We hope this is a fun project to work on, and we know it will be a fun gift for our kids to receive. Thank you! Please email Sue Bauer at susanbauer26@gmail.com.
BIRTHDAY IN A BAG!
School Supplies
Thank you so much for your generous donations for the start of the 2018/19 school year! CHIP IN purchased pre made supply boxes, and BPS101 purchased some too with Title One funds. We also received many generous donations of school supplies and backpacks. Over 200 students received school supplies. Parents were so grateful...tears and hugs, and smiles...THANK YOU!!!!!
Bikes for Batavia
The Batavia Bicycle Commission works with several groups to distribute donated bicycles to local students and families in need. We also help other local service agencies, such as Lazarus House. CHIP IN and The Batavia Rotary Club donated money in 2015, and Batavia Rotary Club donated $1,000 again in 2018, to get the progam started and to purchase needed bike parts and locks. The funds went toward the cost of inspections and repairs to get the donated bikes in working order and into the hands of the students/families. The Commission works with CHIP IN Batavia to identify students/families with input from BPS principals, counselors and staff. All Spoked Up is the drop off point for donated bikes. They inspect, repair and fit each bike to its intended recipient. Many local organziations such as the Batavia Woman's Club, Immanuel Lutheran Church and CHIP IN Batavia have helped to get the word out about the need for donated bikes. Please contact the Batavia Bicycle Commission or CHIP IN Batavia with any questions. They would love any donations of bikes in rideable condition, helmets and locks. We also take training wheels, and bikes for special needs. Thank you to Delnor Hospital for donating helmets in all sizes.
So far the Bikes for Batavia prgram has distributed over 300 bikes to BPS101 students and adults whose only transportation to work is a bicycle We have worked with St. Vincent de Paul, Lazarus House and ReHome Center to give bikes to people in other towns. If we get bikes that can not be fixed, we donate them to Working Bikes in Chicago, who fix/build bikes to send around the world to underdeveloped countries.
We are always looking for individuals, groups, churches, service agencies...anyone who wants to help!! You can always email us at chipinbatavia@gmail.com
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