BOMA Dallas Foundation Toiletry Drive

2016

BOMA Dallas Foundation Toiletry Drive

Benefiting:

Our Friends Place

Alley’s House

The Family Place

Dallas County Advocate Program

Interfaith Housing Coalition

Vogel Alcove

New Beginning Center

Genesis Women's Shelter

Jonathan's Place

Hope's Door

IKandy Foundation

× Manual Contents Ø

Instructions, Samples (including newsletter article), Tenant Contact Letter, Flyer, Charity Information

× How Does BOMA Dallas Foundation Choose Charities to Support? Ø

BOMA Dallas Foundation adopts local charities for a two to three year term, providing construction, renovation, community volunteerism and event support. We’ve been able to keep many non-profits on our list for charitable drives because so many office buildings host drives. Drive organizers are maintaining strict confidentiality of participants when required. You will find a list of the charities and information about each one on page 5.

× Toiletry Drive Supply Contents Ø

Each property will be assigned a charity along with a list of suggested items from that charity. Once the drive has ended, a volunteer will be by the next week to pick up your donations. ALL TOILETRIES MUST BE FULL SIZE. The charities have specifically requested NO TRAVEL SIZE.

***Remember, you will be emailed after March 23rd with your assigned charity and list of items to be collected.

× Setting Up For Your Toiletry Drive Ø

1. Suggestions:

A. Take Toiletry Suggested Items List and post in your newsletter.

B. Post Toiletry Drive Flyer and List in Lobby, at Concierge and in Management Office.

C. Another suggestion possibly is to post the list on your property website.

D. You will be contacted directly, after all the properties have signed up, with your specific charity and their list of items. You can post information about your designated charity so your tenants will know exactly who their donations will be serving.

× Suggestions for Promoting the Drive – Getting Your Tenants Motivated Ø

(Sample copies attached.)

A. Sample Newsletter Article – pg. 4

B. Charity Names and Information- pg. 5

C. Tenant Contact Letter and Flyer- pg.6 and 7 The flyer can be inserted with the Tenant Contact letter, as well as be distributed at your Concierge/Security Desks

× Helping Tenants Observe Drive Deadline Ø

Remember all toiletry bags must be turned in NO LATER than April 30th. Volunteers will arrive to collect the toiletries beginning May 2nd through the 6th. If your volunteer has already arrived at your property and collected your toiletries and you receive more donations afterwards, please contact Sara – and she will let you know a location you can drop them off.

× Items being picked up and delivered to sorting center Ø

This is your final step:

BOMA volunteers will pick up your donations May 2nd – 6th.

If a volunteer has not arranged for your pick up by Monday, May 2nd, contact Sara Rivera at 214-630-1001 or . Be sure to coordinate the time for pick up and exact location of your donations with the volunteer who is responsible for picking up at your property. If possible, please have your donations waiting at your loading dock in boxes or bags for easy loading. The volunteer should contact you on their way or with a specific time you can expect them. Please have someone help them load the donations into their vehicle.

Note: BOMA volunteers picking up items will only be available to go to each property once, so please encourage stragglers to return their donations by the end of the drive.

Sample Building Newsletter Article:

BOMA Dallas Foundation TOILETRY DRIVE

FOR NEEDY KIDS

April 1st – 30th

**YOUR PROPERTY’S NAME HERE**, in cooperation with Dallas County Advocate Program, Interfaith Housing Coalition, Vogel Alcove, Our Friends Place, New Beginning Center, Genesis Women's Shelter, Jonathan's Place, Good Shepherd, Hope's Door, The Family Place, Alley's House, and Ikandy Foundation is participating in the BOMA Dallas Foundation Toiletry Drive. The drop off location for the toiletry items are located next to the **ENTER PLACE HERE** from April 1st – 30th.

Our property has been assigned to a specific charity for our donations. Our charity is ***ENTER CHARITY NAME HERE*** ***ENTER CHARITY PURPOSE*** (found on page 5). Our charity has a big need for the specific items provided. Please remember when selecting items to purchase, they are regular size and not travel size, per charities request.

Questions? Call (your name) at (your phone #).

Charity Information

The Family Place provides emergency shelter, counseling and emergency relief services for women and children victims of domestic violence at our Safe Campus.

Alley’s House is a shelter and education center that provides services for Teen Mothers.

Our Friends Place nurtures girls who have been abused, neglected and abandoned through therapeutic residential care and the teaching of independent living skills.

Interfaith Housing Coalition provides transitional housing, training, and support services for Dallas area homeless families.

Genesis Women’s Shelter strives to provide quality safety and shelter to battered women & their children.

Vogel Alcove is a quality childcare center for homeless children whose families reside in area emergency and transitional housing programs.

New Beginning Center was established in 1983 to serve abused women and their families to help break the cycle of domestic violence.

Hope’s Door is a shelter and education center helping battered women and children.

Jonathan’s Place is the first, licensed foster group home of the State of Texas specializing providing transitional living and special care to drug-exposed infants & in small children.

IKandy Foundation provide at risk youth with education, guidance and counseling to succeed with their education.

Dallas County Advocate Program service young men and women ages 11 to 17 years old. As part of our wraparound family model we offer Life Skill and Adult Living classes. We teach that hygiene plays a huge part in life, both in health and unfortunately through perception. All youth served come from low income families making it hard at times to provide basic needs.

DATE

«LastName»

«Company»

«Address1»

«Address2»

«City», «State» «PostalCode»

RE: BOMA Dallas Foundation TOILETRY DRIVE: April 1st – 30th

**YOUR PROPERTY’S NAME HERE**

Dear «FirstName»:

**YOUR PROPERTY’S NAME HERE**, in cooperation with Our Friends Place, Alley’s House, The Family Place, Interfaith Housing Coalition, Vogel Alcove, New Beginning Center, Genesis Women's Shelter, Jonathan's Place, Hope's Door, Dallas County Advocate Program, and IKandy Foundation will be participating in the BOMA Dallas Foundation Toiletry Drive. We invite your involvement by informing your employees of this program for needy families.

Management will be collecting toiletries in the **ENTER PLACE HERE** from April 1st – 30th. We will be collecting items for *** ENTER CHARITY HERE*** and have been provided a specific list of items our charity needs. Please note that the items need to be regular size and not travel size per request of the charity. Items must be brought to the **ENTER DROP OFF LOCATION HERE** by April 30th at the latest.

Enclosed is a flyer with details about the individual charities and the drive. Please let me know if you would like me to email a copy of the letter and flyer to you, or if you have questions, **ENTER CONTACT INFORMATION INCLUDING PHONE NUMBER AND EMAL ADDRESS**. Thanks very much!

Very truly yours,

ABC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

**ENTER PERSON COORDINATING DRIVE AT SITE HERE**

Tenant Relations Manager/Concierge

BOMA Dallas Foundation COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE

2016