Teens Making A Difference are two teenage sisters who want to increase awareness about local and nationwide community needs. Their mission is to empower young people to become active with the adults of our communities to make our world a better place. Teens Making A Difference enables people from all over the world to help in various ways. The GOAL is show that it doesn't take alot to make a difference in your community and that as teenagers we have the power to bring about a positive change. One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car we drove, what kind of house we lived in, or how much money we had in the bank. But, the world may be a better place because we made a difference in a child's life!
In June 2010, Caitlyn and Maria started a Facebook group page called "Help Us Help The Gulf Wildlife" to ask for donations of Dawn (blue) Dish Soap to help save countless wildlife affected from the Gulf Oil spill. The donation drive, which ran from mid-June to August 1, 2010 did not seek monetary donations, just the dish liquid, critical to the animal rescue efforts being made by volunteers the Gulf region. Through word of mouth and passing out flyers at the mall, almost 8,000 people from all over the world joined their Facebook group and supported the effort. The donation drive collected over 5,300 bottles of Dawn Dish Soap that will be used to clean the animals. (AWESOME WORK!) They arranged to have a locally-owned logistics company with an 18-wheeler drive the bottles at NO CHARGE to a sanctuary in Florida on August 10, 2010.
Maria and Caitlyn have now caught the philanthropy bug and started a community service campaign called "Teens Making a Difference". We have partnered with Project Night Night, Parma Education Association, Parma Area Family to Family Collaborative, and Help Me Grow (Ohio) and will be donating new and gently-used books to children to improve reading skills throughout the community. As teen students they realize reading is the very basic skill needed to be successful in school.
The current goal is to get books into the homes of as many at-risk children as possible. They have partnered with several non-profit agencies to supply them with the books that they collect. You can help in so many ways - PLEASE JOIN US!! Help us to get books into the homes of every child possible - NOT every child has their very own book to read.
Get Involved:
Caitlyn and Maria do not accept monetary donations! DO NOT MAIL MONEY. Any cash or checks received will be returned to sender. WE ONLY ACCEPT NEW OR GENTLY-USED BOOKS. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.
PLEASE MAIL YOUR NEW OR GENTLY USED BOOKS TO:
Teens Making A Difference
Caitlyn and Maria Toth
c/o Parmatown Mall
7855 W. Ridgewood Dr.
Parma, OH 44129
PLEASE MARK PACKAGE "NO SIGNATURE REQUIRED"
The US Postal Service has special rates for BOOKS. Be sure to tell the postal clerk that you are mailing BOOKS and that you want them to be sent "MEDIA MAIL." MUCH CHEAPER!!! Thank you to all who send books!!
FOR LOCAL DONATIONS: (Parma OH area)
Parmatown Mall - Official Dropoff
Next door to American Greetings NEXT to Toys For Tots
Our collection of books will continue throughout the school year with distribution of these books to our various partnered agencies each month.
Caitlyn and Maria....YOU INSPIRE US! First, helping Gulf Shore animals and now literacy...YOU ARE TRUE HEROES!
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Resource: Teens Making A Difference
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