Holiday Toy Drive!

Uplifting Arms, Inc. is hosting a Holiday Toy Drive for 40

children in need, from infants to 5 years old.

  

We plan to collect 80-120 items, so that each child would be able to have 2-3 gifts.  For more information email upliftingarms@hotmail.com. 

Here are several ways in which individuals/organizations/businesses can help:

 

1. Donate a toy or item that is fitting for a child (from infant to about 5 years old).
2. Donate a gift card for a store where the item could be purchased.  
3. Make a monetary donation right here on this site or mail donations to P.O. Box 26312 Jacksonville, FL 32226.
4. Help with the coordination of the event (organize/collect donations, setup for the event, wrap gifts during event, etc.) 

Let's step out and spread joy during this season!

Please note: We are a public charity, so donations made are tax deductible. 

Putting the FUN in Fundraising!

Thank you Cici's Pizza!  We raised $42.00  Thank you to everyone who came out to support (The Johnson's, Grants, and Hatten Family) and a special thanks to Lang's Little Lamb's Preschool for supporting us as well!  The children had a blast!!!

Support Uplifting Arms, Inc. by having dinner at CiCi's Pizza!

Bring the whole family!

Endless Pizza, Pasta, Salad, and Dessert!  

Where: CiCi’s Pizza  900-10 Dunn Ave. Jacksonville, FL 32218 (In the shopping center with Checkers, Publix, and Big Lots).

When: Monday, October 24, 2011.  Anytime between 4 pm and 8 pm.

After placing your order, just drop your receipt in the designated box.

CiCi’s Pizza will donate 10% of the total of your order to Uplifting Arms, Inc.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Chocolate bars, gift bags, community center... How do they connect?



Well, today (8/4/2011), Uplifting Arms, Inc. surprised the staff and about 80 students at the Oceanway Community Center with gift bags thanking them for being our BIGGEST fundraising supporters in Florida!  The children were so excited.  I wish you could have seen their faces!  We would also like to send a ginormous THANK YOU out to everyone who has been supporting our fundraising efforts.  You all have been a great help.  We still have a few chocolate bars left if you would like to jump in and lend your support as well.  Get yours before they are all gone!



Money, Money, Money, Money....(You have to hear the song in your head as you read the title :-)

We are crazy excited to announce that we have joined forces with World's Finest Chocolate and Cady Fundraising to sell their $1.00 chocolate bars to raise money for Uplifting Arms, Inc.!  Not only do you get a delicious candy bar, but each bar includes a coupon for KFC. We are raising funds to teach Financial Literacy Classes to children and their families.  We have supporters selling them in VA and in FL!  Make sure that you get your bar(s) and help us as we empower families. Thank you!

What is your passion?

So like many of you, I watched this week as Oprah said her farewell to her daytime talk show after 25 years of being on the air (http://www.oprah.com/index.html).  One of her messages to her audience and to the world was to figure out and follow through on why you were created.  What is the purpose for your life?  Well, I too have pondered this question on many different occasions.  I have been given a vision and a dream and after years of talking about it, I am finally taking the steps to bring it to life!  What I am talking about is Uplifting Arms, Inc.  Many of you reading this may say or think, "Oh, yeah, I remember you talking about this company years ago!"  Well, that is true.  It has taken me this long to finally overcome the fear of my lack of business knowledge and sense and fear of making mistakes to finally putting the pieces together to form the company.  I am an educator and education is what I know.  I do not have a business background and I let that hold me back.  One thing that I do know, however is that I have been created to positively impact the lives of the youth in our communities. 

Well, with my many meetings with Kevin at Jacksonville's Small Business Development Center, the many books about nonprofits that I have checked out of the library, the countless phone calls to family and friends, etc. we have done it!  Uplifting Arms, Inc. is officially a 501c3 approved Public Charity!  We got our approval letter from the IRS last week!  Now the hard work begins! 

Well, I am writing this to encourage you to dig deep within yourself and think about these questions:  What are your passions?  What steps do you need to take to start living out the dreams that have been placed within you?  Or, perhaps, you are already living out your passions and dreams.  Either way, please share your responses and experiences with us.  This is a journey and I would LOVE for you all to travel with us as we share one another's experiences in this thing we call...Life.