2024 Make A Difference Day Project List
This is just the beginning! Check back daily as more projects are added. If you are interested in signing up for a project, you can sign-up via email at makadif@aol.com, on this site, or check the Special Announcments page for other registration site listings.
Projects with a * after the number are "happily filled" and do not require any more volunteers.
Project #: 1
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The Family and Children’s Agency requested help getting food and diapers to their clients in need. During this challenging time of Covid-19 this has become a dire situation for people already struggling. They asked for gift cards from Stop and Shop and Shoprite be donated in $20-25 amounts to give these families the flexibility to purchase what they need.
There are two ways to donate:
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Through this link, you can make a monetary contribution. https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=qvPdAv
2.Purchase a gift card the next time you are shopping and drop it off at Saugatuck Sweets in Fairfield (28 Reef Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824).
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Project #: 2
Project Description: Food Drive -see collection list
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Organization: Mercy Learning Center
# Volunteers: Children (Y/N): Teens
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Project #: 3
Project landscaping and mulching
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Organization: STAR
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Report to: Residence behind Volvo
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Project #: 4
Project Description: Repair Deck
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Organization: STAR
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Report to: Residence behind Volvo
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Project #: 5
Project Description: weed, prepare flower beds
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Organization: STAR
# Volunteers: 4 Children (Y/N):n
Report to: 182 Wolfpit Ave, Norwalk
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Project #: 6*
Project Description: Bomba Sock Donation
Date: any time
Organization: Pivot Ministries
# Volunteers: Children (Y/N):Y
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Project #: 7
Project Description: Food Drive (See list under drives)
Date: any time
Organization: Open Doors
# Volunteers: Children (Y/N):
Report to: 4 Merritt St, Norwalk CT, 9am - noon or after 5 pm
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Project #: 8
Project Description: Grocery Pantry- pack to go grocery bags
Date: any time
Organization: Open Door
# Volunteers: Children (Y/N): 18 +
Report to: 9am -noon M-F, only two volunteers per shift
Other: contact makaif@aol.com
Project #: 9*
Project Description: Bomba Sock Donation - socks for backpacks for homeless
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Organization: Assumption Church
# Volunteers: Children (Y/N):
Report to: Michel Harding
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Project #: 10*
Project Description: Bomba Sock Donation - family that lost everything in fiire
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Organization: Assumption Church
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Report to: Connie Lupino
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Project #: 11*
Project Description: Bomba Sock Donation
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Organization: Thomas Merton House Bridgeport CT
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Report to: Marian McCarthy from Christ the King
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Project #: 12*
Project Description: Bomba Sock Donation
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Organization: Blessed Sacrament Church Bridgeport CT
# Volunteers: Children (Y/N):
Report to: Diane Bourdeay
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Project #: 13*
Project Description: Bomba Sock Donation
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Organization: Street Ministry in Bridgeport
# Volunteers: Children (Y/N):
Report to: Diane Bourdeau
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Project #: 14*
Project Description: Bomba Sock Donation
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Organization: Bridgeport Mission
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Project #: 15
Project Description: Bomba sock donation
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Organization: Westport Human Services Dept
# Volunteers: Children (Y/N):y
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Project #:16
Project Description: Collection for infants in Jamaica
Date: Now thru Oct 24
Organization: See drives and collection page
# Volunteers: Children (Y/N):
Report to: Bin at 27 Reichert Circle, Westport
Other: Last day for drop off is Oct 24
Project #: 17*
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