2013 Winter Giveaway

Today It Takes a Village helped 50 FAMILIES!!! We handed out more than 1,000 pieces of clothing! 

Many families were able to get jeans and warm fleece pajama's for their little ones, some even found winter coats that fit. We still have families in need, please check out Community Needs List up top to see if you can help. 

2012 Presentation for a local troop of Brownies

It Takes a Village was asked, back in 2012, to do a presentation for a local group of Brownies working on their Philanthropy Badge. During the meeting we explained to the young group of girls the purpose of our Organization and the importance of giving. In the end the girls gave each of us a box of "Thanks-alot" cookies, and donations of clothing for the families in need, and nonperishable food. It was a wonderful experience for both parties. 

What has been going on, you ask?

Jackie Butler has been working at It Takes a Village weekly to organize and sort our new donations and put them away.  During those days she opened to the public to "free" shop for items they needed. We've found that the weekly giveaways are a wonderful thing, we will continue this after we complete our transition from summer to winter clothing.

I want to give a special Thank You to Jackie Butler, Kim Conder, Jess Conder, Cheryl Melchi and Shawn Butler for volunteering on Thursdays. 

We participated in the  Sangamon River Music Festival this past August, in Mahomet IL. We had many wonderful raffle prizes (thank you to Abby LaBoyteaux for your prize donations), a 50/50 drawing, and a Duck Pond for the kids. The most important thing we took away from River Fest was getting our name out into the community. We've had a few contacts since then. 

A big THANK YOU to Abby LaBoyteaux for organizing this event! You're a Rock Star!! 

Enjoy our River Fest pictures below. 

Abby LaBoyteaux, Heather Denam, Jess Conder, Kim Conder

Day 2 - Abby LaBoyteaux

We were able to enjoy listening to Big Daddy Weave from our booth

Big Daddy Weave 

This Saturday we will hold our 1st It Takes a Village Central IL Annual Summer Garage Sale. We are selling our summer inventory for 50 cents a piece. With the money raised we will save it towards our Annual Christmas Giveaway. If you are local please come out and support us. If you are not local but would still like to help, please click the PayPal link on the top right of the page.

Today, Wednesday September 4th, I had an interview with The Mahomet Daily, an internet newspaper. I will post a link when the interview is published. 

We will be having our monthly Board Member meeting in a few weeks. If you have any questions, comments, complaints  concerns please send us an email at ittakesavillagemahomet@yahoo.com

God Bless,

Heather Denam - President 

Update

It Takes a Village will have a Vendor's Booth at the Sangamon River Music Festival. Please be sure to come out and show your support. 

We are making great progress in raising money for our Retail Space. We have a goal of $1,000 and we have raised $216 in just a few weeks! We have reached out to local churches asking for support and donations. We are hopefully to obtain donations on a one-time bases and to secure monthly donations to help us stay up and running. 

Please be in prayer for us!

God Bless,
Heather Denam, President

WCIA 3 Angels Among Us

Jennifer Roscoe did a beautiful piece for Angels Among Us featuring It Takes a Village Central IL

Please click the link below to watch:

WCIA 3 Angels Among Us

WCIA 3 Did a follow up story, please click the link below to watch:

WCIA 3 Follow Up Story

Securing a Larger Location

It Takes a Village has found a larger retail space, with an incredible property manager willing to work with us! We need to raise around $1,000 to pay our deposit, turn on power, and build hanging racks for the clothing.

We are excited to announce we can now accept donations through Paypal. 

With a larger location, we will be able to fill the needs of our community faster, have more items to offer at one time, save profits to go towards our Annual Christmas Giveaway and purchase large items that families need but we do not have, such as beds or washer and dryers. 

Every little bit helps! 

God Bless

Heather Denam

June Monthly Giveaway

Today It Takes a Village handed out 529 articles of clothing, at our free monthly giveaway. In May we handed out 899. The weather, today, was a bit spotty at times, but overall we had a wonderful turn out. We look forward to our next giveaway. God Bless!
 Heather Denam