CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Day of Giving Board event is back to the customary 2nd-Friday-in-May pattern, with the Youth Event the day before, both at the Kiwanis Community House in Lions Park.
Event organizers say that both events will be drive-thru, and volunteers will be following health guidelines, wearing masks, and practicing social distancing.
The Day of Giving Youth Event is on May 13, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. The youth will be running the event, doing all the jobs adults will do the next day and following the same health guidelines.
According to the announcement, the youth will greet donors, then unload donations of food, personal care items, and craft items; they will bring the donations inside, sort them according to the wish lists of the 10 area agencies that will receive them, and box them up so they are ready for delivery the next morning. In other words, the kids in Cheyenne will be helping their age peers who struggle for such necessities as food, laundry detergent, body wash, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes, and toothpaste!
The 16th Annual Day of Giving will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the next day, Friday, May 14, also at the Kiwanis Community House. This will be a time for area residents to load donations in the back seat or trunk of their cars, pull up curbside at the KCH, have the donation unloaded by a masked volunteer, and be on their way. The only donors who will need to park and go inside the KCH will be blood donors attending the on-site Vitalant blood drive held there from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Volunteers will box and load donations to be delivered that day to area agencies; the agencies will let the boxes sit over the weekend, then work on getting these much-needed items to clients in need.
Day of Giving is asking for donations of nonperishable food, personal care items, craft items, leftover prescription medications, medical equipment and medical supplies, and used eyeglasses, hearing aids and cell phones. Volunteers will also have information available about how to register as a prospective bone marrow or organ/eye tissue donor.
In addition, Day of Giving appreciates financial donations to its year-round effort of supporting agencies that help clients in great need by making purchases to meet those needs.
“As with each previous Day of Giving event, we will be focusing on making a difference for thousands of our neighbors in need!” event organizers stated.
www.cheyennedayofgiving.org or find us on Facebook @ Cheyenne Day of Giving
Agencies Day of Giving supports:
- Be the Match – registers prospective bone marrow donors
- Boys & Girls Club
- Comea House
- Donor Alliance – registers potential organ/eye/tissue donors
- Family Promise
- Frontier Lions Club – collects used eyeglasses, hearing aids, and cell phones with chargers
- Good Health Will – collects durable medical equipment and medical supplies at the event
- Magic City
- Needs
- Safehouse
- St. Joseph’s Food Pantry
- Salvation Army
- Unaccompanied Students Initiative
- Vitalant – will hold a blood drive inside the Kiwanis Community House; drop in or call 638-3326 for an appointment
- Wyoming Coalition for the Homeless
- Wyoming Medication Donation Program – collects leftover prescription medication at the event
Day of Giving drop-off points for donors who cannot come out to the event
- Avenues Physical Therapy – 611 West 18th Street
- B & B Appliance – 714 Central Avenue
- First Education Federal Credit Union – 120 West Carlson
- Laramie County Chiropractic – 611 East Carlson
- Paramount Café- 1607 Capitol Avenue.
- Pinnacle Bank – two locations – 3518 Dell Range Blvd. and 1501 South Greeley Highway
- REMAX Capitol Properties – 4000 Central Avenue
- Whispering Chase – 4350 East Lincolnway
*Donations of leftover prescription medications cannot be dropped off at these locations. They must be brought to the Kiwanis Community House between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on May 14.
