Charities
How has Sleep America Charities helped others lately?
Sleep America Charities Sixth Bi-Annual Golf Tournament
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Golfers enjoyed the fall afternoon at ASU Karsten Golf Course on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010. The day’s activities included a raffle, silent auction, lunch, and various activities on and off the course including closest to the pin, longest drive, and meeting the charities face to face. It was a wonderful day that will help many worthy charities.
“Get in Bed with KSLX and Sleep America”
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The three day LIVE on-air promotion invites many friends to be examples to the community in motivating listeners to donate money, canned food or other non-perishable items to Sleep America locations to feed the hungry through St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance.
“The Great Bed Race for Charity”
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This year, Sleep America introduced a new and exciting event to help close our 3-day food drive, “The Great Bed Race for Charity.” The bed race was the very first one of its kind in the Valley! Each team consisted of 5 people (4 runners and 1 rider) racing to the finish line, trying to eliminate the competition and make it to the finals. Awards were given for “favorite sleepwear,” “bed decorated bed”. and the silver cup trophy went to “the fastest team”.
“Put Your Best Foot Forward” Shoe Drive
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The “Put Your Best Foot Forward” shoe drive was founded in 2000 to help impoverished child athletes gain appropriate athletic footwear. Since then, Sleep America Charities has helped to provide thousand of shoes to homeless and underprivileged children throughout the Valley. This year’s beneficiary was Florence Crittenton and benefited all the girls in their residential program, ranging from 12 to 21 years of age.
Florence Crittenton Mattress Donation
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Every year more than 200 girls ages 12-18 are served in Florence Crittenton’s residential program. With the high volume of residents, the need for new mattresses multiplies as well as the cost for replacement. Sleep America provided all new twin size beds for every girl in their residential facility and is proud to be the official mattress provider of Florence Crittenton.
UMOM New Day Centers Mattress Donation
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Sleep America was proud to partner with UMOM in providing all new mattresses for their newest residential facility - The Legacy Crossing.
Mattress Recycling
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Being environmentally correct, our consumers’ beds do not go to landfills but are refurbished and recycled to someone who would otherwise be sleeping on the floor. When a customer purchases a new bed from one of our stores, they have a chance to donate their old one. St. Vincent de Paul visits our Distribution Center daily to collect the donated mattresses. In 2010, Sleep America picked up approximately 14,500 donated mattresses. To date Sleep America has recycled over 200,000 mattresses by offering free pick-up and donation to clients.
Christmas Adopt a Family
For the past three years, Sleep America has teamed up with our local schools and granted the neediest families their Christmas wishes. Sleep America employees “adopt” these families and purchase the items on their wish list. Some families wouldn’t have received a gift at all if it wasn’t for the generosity of Sleep America associates.
Pillow Giveaway
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Sleep America, Kingsdown and UPS partnered together for our very first pillow giveaway.
Backpacks for Kids
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The Pack to School Drive is an annual school supply drive supported by the Salvation Army, state employees and various local sponsors. This effort began in 2003 with former Governor Janet Napolitano and has grown every year. Sleep America became a sponsor in 2005 and served as a drop-off location for school supplies. In 2008, Sleep America started their own “Backpacks for Kids” collection in which we support our local Salvation Army through our own school supply drive.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix
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Sleep America annually sponsors a family dinner at theRonald McDonald House. Our group plans the menu, purchases the food, cooks and serves the meal, and cleans up afterwards. It’s very rewarding to provide a home cooked meal for those families who must travel to the Phoenix area to receive medical treatment for their children.
Habitat for Humanity
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Sleep America was once again proud to work with Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona in helping to build a home in East Phoenix. Sleep America employees graciously volunteered their time to help a neighbor get one step closer to owning their own home.
Upcoming Events for 2011:
Debbie Gaby’s Celebrity Catwalk
The bi-annual event is an entertaining fashion show where each model is a local celebrity competing for the attention of an adoring audience. Beneficiaries from previous years include: Area Agency on Aging, Phoenix Firefighters Association, Sojourner Center, Florence Crittenton and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Check out our video from Debbie Gaby’s Celebrity Catwalk for Charity 2009:
