TE's Best Gifts of the Year: 2012

Amazing 2012 TE Gift Even Surprised Givers

An organization founded and dedicated to giving to TE Families outdoes itself in 2012.

T & E Care is an organization founded and dedicated to helping children and families who need an extra hand during (often) unexpected tough times in Tredyffrin and Easttown. The charity works with the Tredyffrin Easttown School District and other organizations within the greater community to identify and meet the needs of local families who may have fallen on hard times as a result of sudden employment or other events like divorce or death of a primary income earner. Back-to-school supply and holiday gift drives, as well as meeting individual needs identified by school counselors or community members are among the ways founder Sandi Gorman and a gorwing army of volunteers quietly help those in need throughout the year. In April T&E Care …

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Help a T/E Student in Need Prepare for School

T&E Care is helping families hit hard by tough economic times meet some basic school needs and they need your help right now.

Time is quickly running out on the T&E Care annual school supply drive and they non-profit community goup dedicated to heping students right here in Tredyffrin and Easttown desperately needs your help. This is the final week and Monday July 30 is the last scheduled day for collecting supplies for the non-profit group's annual school supply drive. Helping out is really easy and doesn't have to cost you a lot either. The difference your donation can make in helping a student be ready to go back to school in the fall is huge. The demand has never been greater. According to T&E Care Founder Sandi Gorman, the number of families who have asked for help this year has climbed to over 180. That's the greatest number to request assistance the annual…

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T&E Care Helps Hundreds of Kids Get Clothes

Even organizers say they were surprised by what happened Saturday.

Hundreds of kids will have new tops, pants, dresses and shoes thanks to thousands of donations given to support T & E Care's first ever Kids' Grab Bag Clothing sales. Table after table of gently used clothes were available for shoppers Saturday at Saint Matthews United Methodist Church of Valley Forge. Sandi Gorman is T&E Care's Founder and the driving force behind the clothing drive and sale which offered local families the chance to stuff bags full of donated clothes for just $5. Everything from never-worn designer clothes to new and gently used shoes were donated for the sale. By the time the sale ended at 1 p.m. tables in the church's huge assembly room were still overflowing with donated clothes. Gorman tells TE Patch the clothes that…

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