Eyes for the Needy

Do you wear glasses? Sure they can be a pain sometimes, but how much worse are things when you can't see? The vision of New Eyes for the Needy is to improve the vision of poor children and adults by purchasing new glasses in the United States and recycling donated glasses to distribute worldwide. New Eyes for the Needy is looking for the following items to be donated: plastic or metal eyeglasses, pairs of prescription lenses, watches, silver and gold jewelry and hearing aids. To save yourself a little money in shipping, team up with a friend or group to ship your used items altogether. Just follow these instructions: http://neweyesfortheneedy.org/impact/recycle.html

Rock Thrift Store

Now that winter is officially over and it's starting to warm up, it's time to go through your closet and donate your old jackets and sweaters that you don't wear anymore! Donating clothing and other used goods doesn't just help the person who can buy them and save money, the money raised helps other organizations. For example, the Rock Thrift Store on Sports Arena Blvd (http://rockthriftstore.com/) uses the money earned on the sale of used goods to fund their annual Toys for Joy event, to help beautify Balboa Park and for other year-round ministries.

4-H Dog County Learning Day

Tomorrow, Sunday February 27th from 9am to 12pm, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department is hosting a free event to teach kids about dogs and careers involving dogs. At Felicita County Park - 742 Clarence Lane in Escondido, your kids will be able to meet K-9s from the search and rescue team and participate in some of the many planned activities for kids.

NAMI

The National Alliance on Mental Illness in San Diego is a non-profit organization that seeks to support people with mental illnesses, educate the public and advocate for research and improved mental health services in the United States. NAMI is currently looking for volunteers. If you or a loved one has been affected by mental illness, or you just have the heart to help out, consider volunteering as a phone counselor or speaking at a local event. NAMI will provide all the training needed.  http://namisandiego.org/current.php

Dress for Success - SOS Week

Dress for Success of San Diego provides business suits for women in the San Diego area who cannot afford business suits and yet need professional attire for job interviews. Beyond that, Dress for Success has free mentoring and career coaching for women. This week is SOS week – Send One Suit week! Dress for Success is asking for women to drop off one business suit that they may not use or fit into anymore to a Dress Barn in San Diego or to the Dress for Success office, at 1122 Broadway, Suite 200, San Diego CA 92101. For more information, please visit http://www.dressforsuccess.org/affiliate.aspx?sisid=62&pageid=1

Rolling Readers USA

According to Rolling Readers, the ratio of books to children is around 1 to 300 in low income neighborhoods. This means children in low income neighborhoods don't have the same opportunities that other children do, due to a lack of reading and language skills. Rolling Readers inspires kids to love reading by hosting weekly read-aloud programs and book giveaways twice every year. If you're interested in helping to distribute books twice a year or helping read to children, follow the link to http://www.rollingreaders.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16&Itemid=17

San Diego Food not Lawns

San Diego Food Not Lawns is an organization committed to educating people about the problems with the current food system in America and coming up with strategies to help. The newest program of San Diego Food Not Lawns connects local fruit tree owners who have extra fruits to local food assistance programs so that families throughout San Diego can eat healthy foods. To find out more about helping San Diego Food Not Lawns, call 619-630-5897 or email harvesting@sdfoodnotlawns.com.