Helping Children Heal
When a child escapes abuse within their home, they need support to weather the crisis, heal, and move forward. Things of My Very Own, Inc. is a lifeline for children fleeing abuse. From providing basic necessities to teaching life skills that instill confidence and self-worth, our services lift fragile children from a place of harm to one of hope.
Helping Children Heal
When a child escapes abuse within their home, they need support to weather the crisis, heal, and move forward. Things of My Very Own, Inc. is a lifeline for children fleeing abuse. From providing basic necessities to teaching life skills that instill confidence and self-worth, our services lift fragile children from a place of harm to one of hope.
Hear about the positive impact our efforts make.
Things of My Very Own, Inc. provides crisis intervention services to children impacted by extensive abuse and/or neglect.
Services are also available to children who are, solely due to the lack of items necessary for sustainability, at risk of a Child Protective Services intervention.
Our goal is to keep children together with non-abusive family members, and out of the foster care system, whenever possible.
Hear about the positive impact our efforts make.
Things of My Very Own, Inc. provides crisis intervention services to children impacted by extensive abuse and/or neglect.
Services are also available to children who are, solely due to the lack of items necessary for sustainability, at risk of a Child Protective Services intervention.
Our goal is to keep children together with non-abusive family members, and out of the foster care system, whenever possible.
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Our semi annual rummage sale begins tomorrow!
We have thousands of extremely discounted items such as:
Clothes
Shoes
Home Décor
Holiday Décor
Personal Hygiene Products
Bathrobes
Kitchen Essentials
Handbags
Books
… and much more!
Location: 249 Green St Schenectady NY 12305
Date: Friday April 23rd from 9am-2pm & Saturday April 24th from 9am-2pm. No Early Birds.
The sale will be held indoors so masks will be required. Only a limited number of people will be allowed into the building at one time.
Proceeds will go towards providing crisis intervention services for children in the NYS Capitol Region.
Please help us to raise money for greatly needed items by sharing this post.
Will you still be accepting donation drop offs on Saturday while the rummage sale is going on?
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Rummage Sale!
We are excited to announce that we will be holding our Semi-Annual Rummage Sale this weekend!
Proceeds will benefit children-in-crisis throughout NYS Capital Region.
We have thousands of extremely discounted brand new and like-new items such as:
Clothes
Shoes
Home Décor
Holiday Décor
Personal Hygiene Products
Bathrobes
Kitchen Essentials
Handbags
Books
… and much more!
Location: 249 Green St Schenectady NY 12305
Date: Friday April 23rd from 9am-2pm & Saturday April 24th from 9am-2pm. No Early Birds.
Do you need more items for the rummage sale?
Are these things that you aren’t able to given to people for some reason or another?
Here's an update on the past few weeks.
The loss of two key team members within a four-week period was a hard hit, but our team is strong and resilient. We continue to push forward when faced with adversity and most important: we continue to stand by the families who need us most.
Remember the family of nine that lost everything in the fire? Our friends at Old Brick Furniture decided to jump onboard to help make sure this family has everything they need to start over again. Old Brick donated seven brand-new mattress sets, frames and sheet sets. Thanks to your generosity, we're taking care of the rest. The family has already picked up a few truckloads of aid, including another one today. There is still more to go. As they get settled, more aid will be available to them thanks to your support.
We have two new interns from Hudson Valley Community College and they are wonderful! The pair spent their first couple of weeks sorting clothing and getting familiar with non-profit operations. Now that they have that down, they can often be seen racing from car-to-car, working directly with families in crisis situations.
Parking was a bit of challenge at the crisis intervention center last week. That’s because 251 individuals were served in a four-day period. While we still have plenty of some things, we are dangerously low on others. Here's a list of our most urgent needs.
👕 Toilet Paper
👚 Paper Towels
👕 Bath Towels
👚 Hair Brushes
👕 Diapers (sizes 4-6)
👚 Pull-Ups (sizes 2T-5T)
👕 Children's Clothing (Sizes 12-20)
👚 Children's Pajamas (Sizes 12-20)
Things of My Very Own has the ability to purchase many items at a rate far below retail costs. For example: we are able to purchase food and many household cleaners for $0.12- $0.26 per pound! For this reason, the most cost effective way to help is to make a monetary donation. If you prefer to shop yourself, our donation drop-off hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9am-noon.
We thank you in advance for your support of children-in-crisis.
Do you accept stuffed animals ? Baby bottles? Gently used toys?
