Making "GANES" for You!! Spring 2007 Update
Website: Check out our brand new website!! GANES is so appreciative of our volunteers who helped to make this happen! David Reid and his company gave our site a sleek, professional look! Patrick Fernstrom continues to host our site. We would also like to thank the Miele-Herndon family for letting us take over the galactosemia.com address. Check out our new site at www.galactosemia.com
Spring Gathering/Fundraiser Baseball Game: Take "GANES" out to the ball game! Get ready baseball fans - GANES is having an afternoon at the Camden Riversharks game, in Camden New Jersey (just over the bridge from Philadelphia), on Sunday June 17th. This is also Father's Day - and what better way celebrate than by taking the GANES' dads out to the game! This is a combination fund raiser and social event for us. We are looking for volunteers to sell game day tickets and we will make at least $4 for every seat sold! Tickets are just $8.50 each or $10 if the buyer would like to donate to our group. There are 2 types of tickets available - for the game on June 17th and an undated voucher that can be used on a game of your choice between Sundays and Thursdays.
Please contact us if you would like to attend and if you are able to help sell tickets or if you have any questions.
Current Projects
Fundraising through the inkjet and laser toner recycling program:
This continues to be our main source of income. We have a few families in the GANES region who have begun to recycle in their area. It's simply a matter of word of mouth to local businesses, families, co-workers, neighbors, churches, etc. The collection point-person then boxes the cartridges up and they are mailed with postage paid labels to the recycling company. This trash-to-cash program has helped us to do all of our programs to date. If you are interested in being a point person in your area, please contact Cheryl Forsyth for information at cjanie1210@verizon.net
New baby gifts:
We'd like to help people to know that they are not alone, and that there is a network of support out there. To welcome new families to our community, we will send an insulated bag with GANES contact information and goodies for the baby. To date, 3 bags have been distributed.
Future Projects
Educational and social gatherings:
We would like to offer both social gatherings and educational meetings through GANES. We need your ideas and volunteer commitments to make this happen! If you would like to host an event in your area, please contact us!
More fundraising ideas!
We are open to any and all ideas. GANES is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, which means that donations are tax deductible in accordance with IRS regulations. If you are able to host a fundraising campaign in your area please contact us!
Your ideas!
GANES is here to serve our regional galactosemia community. We are run by a few volunteers and we need your help to guide projects that you feel are important. We want to hear from you!
We hope that this update helped fill you in on our activities and sparks an interest to get more involved. Making GANES for all of us is our goal!
Sincerely,
Angie Forsyth, President
Jane VanZandt, Vice President
Maureen Bell, Secretary
Mike Denny, Treasurer