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How do we spend your money?
We
fund items that children need such as backpacks, school supplies, shoes,
socks and underwear, school clothes, rainwear and boots, sleeping bags, emergency medical
supplies and related expenses.
We provide food and diapers and emergency
assistance for newborn infants and children.
We also provide experiences that
many children simply cannot afford: athletic fees, scholarships for
Camp Mendocino, after school activities including lessons in music, dance, drama and
art. We help with academic needs such as field trips, tutoring, and books.
We help with field trip fees, school photographs, tickets to
special events, sports equipment and so much more.
We are the safety
net that local schools and agencies turn to when their safety net has a
hole that they cannot fill.
The requests we receive are as
unique and diverse as the children who live on the coast.
What does your money
buy?
These are a few examples of what we purchase with your dollars to assist
and benefit the children of the Mendocino Coast.
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$ 15
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pays for an emergency gift certificate for formula for a high risk baby
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pays for a gift certificate for emergency diapers
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pays for a dictionary for a bi-lingual teenager trying to improve his or her skills.
$ 20
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pays for laundry when a child has an
outbreak of head lice
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pays for six pair of underwear for a third grader
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pays for a sweatshirt for a seventh
grader
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pays for a warm sleeping bag for a child sleeping in a cold house.
$ 25
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pays for two pair of jeans for a kindergarten child
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pays for a raincoat and boots for a preschooler
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pays for a gift certificate to Paul Bunyan for clothes so a teenager can
interview for a job
$ 35
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pays for an after school activity at the Rec Center for a seven year old
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pays for a pair of cleats for a a junior high sport
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pays for a medical brace for an uninsured ankle injury recommended by the
pediatricians.
$ 50
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pays for a pair of shoes and socks for a child for Back to School
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pays for five back packs for ten year olds starting school in August
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pays for a gifted low-income child
to attend an academic competition
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pays for mileage for a child to get follow up medical services in
Ukiah.
$100
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pays for one night's stay and meals for an out of the area medical
appointment
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pays the daycare bill for a child whose mother has been unexpectedly
hospitalized for a day
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pays for one child to have shoes and a set of new clothes for
the first day of school
$150
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pays for a low income child to attend a week long sports clinic day camp
over the summer
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summer swim passes for four kids in a family over the summer
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vision therapy lessons.
$250
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pays for diabetes camp to educate the family of a child who has juvenile
diabetes
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pays for sponsoring a soccer team with the Youth Soccer League
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pays for phone cards and a cell phone requested by the pediatrician so
a child with diabetes can be in communication with their guardian and the
hospital.
$350
$400
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pays for clothes and shoes for two
homeless children
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pays after school tutoring at Kudos for Kids for eight children
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pays for a partial scholarship
for a little girl to take dance classes for a year
$500
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pays for travel and overnight costs for a medical assessment at Stanford
University
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pays for emergency
diapers for homeless infants
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pays for a dozen warm jackets for winter
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pays for a mini- scholarships
for school trips or after
school sports
$1,000
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pays for
shoes for 25 children
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pays for
50 sleeping bags so children can sleep warm
In the last 12 months,
the MCCF has funded almost a thousand items and requests.
Your money buys hope, dreams, possibilities, and so much more.
Web page designed, donated & maintained
by:
Harold Hauck, Open Systems Computer Consulting
PO Box 2450
Mendocino, CA
95460
(707) 937-3811
Revised
12/15/2007
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