November is Philanthropy Month for The Rising Tide Society!! This month is all about local business owners, creatives, and artists giving back to wonderful organizations and their community. I’m super excited and thrilled to announce that our Green Bay Chapter will be hosting TWO amazing meetups on November 10th to help some amazing organizations!

The first event will be held in the morning. We will be helping House of Hope. House of Hope offers a safe, supportive place where young mothers learn to become competent adults and independent, successful parents. They support and encourage young women during tough times in their lives. They assist families in making a better life for themselves and their children by restoring hope and building lasting relationships through mentoring and guidance.

We will be collecting hygiene products, craft supplies for the kids and mommy pampering packages ahead of time. Then, on the morning of Tuesday, November 10th we will gather at House of Hope to deliver all of our items. Everyone will get the chance to meet the staff, learn about House of Hope and find out more ways to help. We even get a chance to meet the amazing kids and mothers! To find out more details and how you can be a part of this event, check out the event page – TuesdaysTogether Morning Meetup.

The second meetup for the day will be in the evening. We will be helping Jakes Diapers, a 501(c)3 non-profit cloth diaper organization dedicated to changing the lives of babies, children, and adults in need; whose caregivers have to choose between food and diapers. Their mission is to provide cloth diapers to those in need wherever they may be. They donate thousands of cloth diapers and supplies to people in need all around the world!

They have two Diaper Drops in desperate need of help. The first is with a rescue center in Haiti where they have over 75 babies in cloth diapers, recovering from extreme malnutrition (starvation), including 25 babies who are there because their moms died in or shortly after childbirth. The second is their newest Diaper Drop in Guatemala, working with poverty stricken families whose household income is less than $250/month. Our goal is to send them as many cloth diapers (which can be purchased at the wonderful Green Baybeez) as possible!

We are hosting a Cloth Diaper Donation Collection Challenge & Packing Party the night of November 10th at Starrys Realty (who have graciously donated their space for us!) to bring in all the cloth diapers we’ve collected and pack them up to be delivered to Guatemala or Haiti. There will be delicious wine, yummy snacks, and even a raffle at the end of the meetup for everyone who donated! To find out more details and how you can be a part of this event, check out the event page – TuesdaysTogether Evening Meetup.

I know it may sound crazy to do two meetups in one day but I’m always so amazed by the kindness and support in our Green Bay group that I just KNOW we can make a difference in the lives of so many deserving people. I encourage you all to attend a meetup if you are free or at least donate something (donation list can be found on our Facebook Group.) You can even donate ahead of time if you cannot attend a meetup! Here’s the list of drop off locations:

Morning Meetup – House of Hope
* House of Hope – 1660 Christiana Street, Green Bay
* Shaunae’s Home – email for address

Evening Meetup – Jakes Diapers
* Green Baybeez – 109 N. Wisconsin St, De Pere
* Starrys Realty – 112 N. Broadway, De Pere
* Shaunae’s Home – email for address

If you are not a part of The Rising Tide Society and interested in helping out in anyway, please email me (shaunae@shaunae.com) with the subject line “Rising Tide Volunteer Help” to find out how you can be a part of these awesome events! Hope to see you all on the 10th!