Crisis Nursery

Rene Dennis, Selma Sequra and Nicole Boloyan all took time out create their own calls for action.

We are now just six hours away from the expiration of our partnership with Groupon. Currently, we're at 213 donations - 87 away from our ultimate goal of 300, or $3,000 that would got toward our Children's Shelter. We've been trying as hard as we can to email, Facebook, and Tweet our supporters to both get the word out to friends and to donate themselves. Everyone in the office has been incredibly excited for this week because of the tremendous opportunity our time on Groupon gives us. The staff at the Children's Shelter have been anxiously watching the count on Groupon's website in hopes of being able to give more to their respite/shelter kids.

Yesterday we hit the tipping point on our Groupon campaign within hours of its launch! While we're excited about the promise to provide services for five children, it's just a start. Those five children would only receive services for a single day, based off the tipping point; it does not account for the fact that many of our children require our resources for weeks, months, and (in some cases, like one boy who's been with us for most of his life) years. This also does not account for the fact that we regularly, unfortunately, have to turn children/families away because our beds are taken by children from the Department of Public Safety, leaving local kids without a chance.