The mission of T&E Care is to maintain a network of people providing financial and other material assistance to persons in need in and around the Tredyffrin and Easttown township area.
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PIZZA NIGHT AT THE KITCHEN WORKSHOP
"Pizza Night, We're Ordering In but Grilling Pizza Outside!"
If you want to learn how to cook a variety of pizzas from scratch - this is your chance! On Friday
night, June 4, from 6pm-9pm you are invited to go to The Kitchen Workshop
in
Paoli and learn from our resident chef - Art Roman. Invite your
friends! Come as a group! Bring your teenage kids! Maximum of 12 people - so don't get left out!
The cost to is $49/person, including all food,
recipes, soft drinks, and complimentary wine. Once
again Art will donate $25/person from this fee (his profits) to T&E
Care.
For more information visit them on-line at http://www.kitchen-workshop.com
for a complete listing of classes and on-line registration!
NEEDS
SPECIAL NEEDS FOR LOCAL FAMILIES
updated04-27-2010
If you have the ability to help with any of these VERY important needs for a few of our local families - please let us know. The power of "community" can make the impossible possible! Baby Items: None needed here.
4/25/10 - a family that can't afford to cover the cost of a TV provider, needs a TV converter box.
4/25/10 - anyone with any extra file cabinets (vertical best, 2 or 4 drawer), please let us know. These are needed to help some families organize their papers.
If you can help with any of these items, please let us know!!
Computers: We could use a few towers as well as some thin monitors, or some laptops. We have only 4 towers in our inventory - and we REALLY NEED MORE so we have them ready when the requests come in. We have a number of the larger monitors, but space is always such an issue for so many of these families - the thin monitors work soooo much better. Please let us know if you have any items to share. (We have plenty of keyboards and mice.)
Cars: We know of a numerous local families who are desperate to get a "new" car. We especially need a van at this time. Some of these families currently have cars, but the cars are FALLING apart and unsafe to drive. If they lose the car, they lose their jobs. They can't pay
their rent without getting to work. The cycle begins. Getting a "new" car
will stop the tailspin before things get out of control. Some families RIGHT IN OUR AREA have no car and this is limiting their housing and job options because they can only look for housing and jobs on a transportation line. If you have a
car that works well that you would like to donate to a local family,
please let us know.
We will work with you on applying for a tax deduction for this
donation. This would be a great opportunity to get a special tax
deduction in 2009 while truly changing a family's life. (MANY
THANKS to five car offers we had in 2008, and so far two this year - this community is incredible! You
have no idea how life-changing these cars are for families!! But we still have more families on the list - PLEASE consider helping out!)
If you can help out with anything requested on this page - please email us at help@tecare.org. THANKS!
Mark your calendar for this year's FALL FEST - the T&E Care important fund raiser.
Saturday, October 16
Waynesborough Country Club
More details to follow! Two points now:
We could really use help collecting auction prizes - please let us know if you would like to help with this, and/or if you have any items to offer!
If you'd like to help with the event in general, please contact us! We can always find a way to put you to work!!!!
T&E Care is on FACEBOOK and TWITTER!
If you are a fan of Facebook - we now have a Facebook page, thanks to Jeanne Dechiario. You can keep up with our basic needs and events on Faceook by clicking on this link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/TE-Care/218479465695.
Any general cash donation or pledge for a
future donation would always appreciated. General gift cards can also
be used at any time (grocery stores, all purpose stores, general VISA
cards, etc.) See our donation pagefor more details.
(*Please tell your friends about T&E Care - the more who know, the more likely we can help!)
Many THANKS for the recent donations ....
Main Line Unitarian Church makes donation to T&E Care; L to R: Rev. Justin Osterman, Senior Minister, Craig Roshaven, Associate Minister, Kirk Gorman, T&E Care President, and Denny Willson, T&E Care Chairman.
4/23/10 - Many thanks to the Conestoga High School Student Council for their recent donation to T&E Care. Along with the donation, we received the nicest letter of support from the president of the Student Council. One paragraph read: "The other executive officers and I are extremely impressed with your contributions to the community. Because the Main Line is considered a wealthy area, I think many people look past the fact that individuals and families struggle. Your efforts are the answers to their wishes. We truly commend you for everything you do."Those words are meant for all of you!!!
4/20/10- Special thanks to the New Eagle Elementary School students, staff, and parents for hosting a one mile FUN RUN and choosing T&E Care to be one of the charities to receive the funds raised. We were overwhelmed at this donation - their efforts and compassion for helping others in need is truly to be commended.
4/12/10 - Thanks again to St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church for their recent donation of a car to a local family - what a huge help this has been for this family!
3/10/10 - Very special thanks to Lori Liberatore, the manager of the Strafford Station Apartments for her generous donation to T&E Care. This donation was made to thank us for our efforts related to the fire that effected so many families there in February.
2/10/10 - Thanks to Community Backstop for their efforts to help out with the Strafford Station Apartment fire. So many area churches, Community Backstop, and
2/10 - Thanks to Art Roman of The Kitchen Workshop in Paoli for hosting an evening of soups and other great recipes, with the proceeds going to T&E Care. Art continues to be a great supporter of T&E Care. Many many thanks!
1/10- Many thanks to 4 members of the Conestoga HS Ice Hockey Team who recently gave up a few hours to help move the T&E Care computers from our old location at the ESC to our new location by TEMS. We had 6 carloads of things to move - computers, monitors,keyboards, mice, cords, tables, chairs, etc. that needed to be moved. We couldn't have done it without the assistance of these boys. Thanks to Brody Shea, Cal Bailey, Tim Lopez, and Chris Kupp. (And thanks to the school district for finding us a corner in the basement of the Network Operations Center where we can do the refurbishing work that is needed for our computer program.)
1/10 - Much appreciation to the members ofSt. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church for their support of T&E Care in the recent alternative gift program run in December. We really appreciate being included on that list, and were overwhelmed when the results of this program were sent to us.
C&J Auto Repair in Berwyn helped a local family with much needed car repairs in December. They reduced the cost of their service, and then asked patrons to help with donations. Many thanks for their efforts and to those who made these donations.
Wonderful news - we received a grant from Fox Roach Charities to help with some of our support programs. Many thanks to those involved in making that grant happen.
Many many thanks to the Main Line Unitarian Church members for giving 1/2 their November collections to T&E Care. These funds will be used to help with upcoming utility bill payments - something we know will be hard for families during the cold winter months.
A special shout-out to the employees of the corporate office of Jefferson Health System in Radnor for their generous donations to our Educational Fund - which supports kids needing help with educational expenses (college tuition, books, SAT prep classes, etc). This was a wonderful holiday gesture.
Many thanks to Play It Again Sports in Berwyn for making a nice donation to T&E Care. It's great to have the local companies helping out like that!
Thanks to Chang's School of Martial Arts in King of Prussia for donating the tuition for one local student to attend the program. This is a huge help for the family and we appreciate the support of Chang's!
11/6/09 - Thanks to the local company Johnson Matthey for donating $200 that will be used to buy food for the Thanksgiving dinners being prepared by Art Roman of The Kitchen Workshop for 8 local families.
11/4/09 - Thanks to John at D'Avico's Auto Repair in Wayne for helping a local family with a free oil change!!
10/27/09 - Thanks once again to Joe Tucker from Allstate (Chesterbrook) for applying to the Allstate Foundation for a grant for T&E Care. For the 3rd year in a row Joe has secured $500 for our organization. Many thanks for his continued support!!!
"Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world." Margaret Mead
