Red Ribbon Roundup

December 2019 | Vol. 3

Welcome to the Third Edition of "Red Ribbon Roundup" -

Big Bend Cares' Community Engagement Newsletter.

Trivia

This year, our Holiday Angels program will serve how many children (approximately)?

a) 250

b) 75

c) 620

d) 180

e) 325

Look for the answer at the bottom of the newsletter.

Which holiday tradition can be traced back to a 2001 gathering in Vancouver, Canada?

a) Friendsgiving

b) Coal in Stockings

c) Polar Plunge

d) Ugly Sweater Party

e) White Elephant Gift Exchange

Look for the answer at the bottom of the newsletter.

Be an Angel this Holiday Season

We need YOUR HELP to bring joy to some of our region's most impoverished children.

For many of our clients, the cost of treating their HIV coupled with low income make it challenging to purchase gifts and clothes for their children during the holiday season.

You can make a difference by sponsoring a child (or all of the children in a family) and shopping for presents.

Thank you to Our Holiday Angels

Business Partners!

Join Us For Giving Tuesday

On December 3, 2019 head over to our Facebook Page and help us raise $5,000 for 500 food bags! Our food bag program is one of our most utilized services.

You can make a difference by donating to our Facebook fundraiser (beginning midnight on 12/3), sharing the fundraiser, and voting for our #UnSelfie on the Big Bend Gives Back Facebook page .

Giving Tuesday: On December 3, join us on Facebook as we participate in Giving Tuesday. Our goal is to raise $5,000 for 500 food bags!

Alternative Christmas Market:

Come support Big Bend Cares at the Alternative Christmas Market at John Wesley United Methodist Church. Dec. 7th (9am-4pm) and Dec. 8th (1pm-4pm).

Holiday Angels: Sponsor a child or Donate this holiday season.

Contact csteiner@bigbendcares.org for details.

Holiday Angels Shopping + Gift Wrapping: Join us on December 14th and 15th to shop for children who were not sponsored. To sign up, email csteiner@bigbendcares.org

Tallahassee AIDS Walk: March 5, 2020 at Railroad Square. Details to come.

Artopia: June 27, 2020 at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center

Tallahassee Beer Festival:

Tickets on Sale Now!

Tallahassee Beer Festival is back for its second year. You'll want to get your tickets early- as this event WILL sell out!

To support Big Bend Cares, use the following codes when purchasing tickets:

VIP: VBBCAR

General Admission: BBCARE

Tickets can be purchased here or at The Pavilion (Tuesday-Thursday from 10am-2pm).

Does your business want to partner with Big Bend Cares? Contact Chief Development Officer, Stephanie Schwartz at sschwartz@bigbendcares.org

Volunteer Opportunity

We are looking for individuals and groups to help with our Holiday Angels program! We will be shopping for presents on December 14th and wrapping them on December 15th.

If you are interested, please contact the Volunteer and Events Coordinator at csteiner@bigbendcares.org

When shopping on amazon, visit smile.amazon.com and select Big Bend Cares as the charitable organization you wish to support. We receive a percentage of all eligible purchases. And there's no additional cost to you!