Kids' Clothes 'Grab Bag' Event Returns to St. Matthew's

Donations are encouraged but not required to grab a bag and fill it with clothes at T&E Care's annual Kids Clothing Grab Bag.

Need some children's clothing and sneakers? Stop by St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, where T&E Care is running its Kids Clothing Grab Bag this weekend.   The event is open to the entire community, and the organization explained the process in an email: Everyone will be given a bag upon arrival.  Fill the bag with as much as you can. Get a 2nd or 3rd bag if desired!   Donations are accepted.  (We're thinking about $5/bag, more if you want, none if you can't!)   The event runs Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church at 600 Walker Road in Wayne.  "The quality of the clothes is fantastic yet again, and we have lots of good options," Sandi Gorman said. "We have lots of great …

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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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T&E Care Seeks Help to Help Local Families

The locally-operated charity is dedicated to helping families in Tredyfrrin and Easttown meet short-term needs when tough times hit.

T & Care, a local organization dedicated to lending a heling hand to families who find themselves in need, is seeking volunteers and donations for two drives. T&E Care Founder Sandi Gorman sent the following email to Patch to pass along to our readers. More information about the organization and the needs for this holiday season is available on the T&E Care website. If you had hoped to help out with our holiday drive and time got away from you - there are still families/individuals/items available for your support.   We started with 67 local families (have added 3 more) and 275 individual toys for the Winter Wonder Program at Paoli Presbyterian Church.  We are excited to say that 42 of the families are totally sponsored so far (and many …

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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 Needs Your Help With Summer Drive

The start of a new school year is not that far away and T&E Care needs your help to get local students ready for the fall.

Eventhough summer school just started this week at Conestoga High School, one local charity is seeking your help to get T/E School District kids ready for September. T&E Care, which tries to meet needs as they arise and runs an annual school supply drive, is trying to get the word out ahead of the summer vacation season when many people head to the shore or oher parts unkown. T&E Care has put out a call for help with its annual school supply drive to help families facing difficult times equip their T/E school students for the fall. Here's the call for volunteer help sent via email Wednesday. It's only June, but we're in the final stages of preparing for the 2012-2013 T&E Care School Supply Drive.  Julia Fisher, Eileen Ryle, Barbara …

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HomeCooked

9:38 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012

HomeCooked is pleased to be one of the drop off locations for the school supply drive this year. Open Tues-Thurs 10-6, Fri 10-5:30 and Sat 10-2. Bring on those donations 7/17-7/31! We are right across N Valley Rd from Paoli station.   more ›

Join us for TE Patch's Birthday Party on Sat.

TE Patch is celebrating our first year with a party and community expo Saturday from 10-1 at the Berwyn Fire Company

Please join Tredyffrin-Easttown Patch Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. as we celebrate the site's first birthday. Many thanks to The Berwyn Fire Company for hosting this celebration which will feature not only tours of the fire trucks, but a community expo  with some of the non-profit and public service organizations that make TE such a wonderful place to live and work. Bring the whole family and sample treats from Sweet Jazmines Pastry Shop. It's a great time to remember to help the fire company by bringing along yuour annual donation or pledge to support the fire company which is one of the busiest in the region. We hope you'll never need their services, but if you do your donations are what make it possible for hundreds of vounteers from …

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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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T&E Care Kids Clothing Grab Bag Today 9-1

Clothing grab bag event offers local families a chance to fill bags full of great kids and (young) teens clothes for kids for just five dollars.

T&E Care is making it easier to dress your kids for less as tough economic times make clothes shopping harder and a real financial burden for more and more local familes. Today (Saturday April 21) is a chance to get good clothes for your kids without spending a fortune. In fact, all they ask is a $5 donation to help sustain the charity which quietly helps hundreds of local families with pressing financial needs every year. The sale runs from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. today (Saturday April 21) at St. Matthews United Methodist Church of Valley Forge at 600 Walker Road in Wayne. Important details to know before you go In order to give everyone a chance to get something, the event will stagger the number of clothing grab bags available per person during …

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Don't Spring Clean Closets 'Til You Read This

T&E Care needs items your might not think twice about.

Spring cleaning time is a chance to clear the clutter, and a chance to help neighbors in need. Tredyffrin & Easttown Care is looking for clothing donations this week to benefit a big Kids Clothing Grab Bag event on Saturday, April 21.  The local charity is collecting ently used clothing for infants through teens. You can drop off gently used, clean clothing (for any season) all this week in the lobbies of any T/E public school, at Play it Again Sports (through Sunday April 15), The Center on Central, Doctors Best Immediate Care (Next to the CVS in Berwyn), Penn Liberty Bank (Next to the Kmart in Devon), several area churches listed here on the TECares.com website. The clothes that are collected this week will be distributed at the Kids …

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Helping a Stand-up Guy 'Get Back on His Feet'

T&E Care and Tredyffrin police officers join forces

John Hegarty is the kind of guy who'll do anything for anybody. So when he ran into medical problems last year, his many friends in the community wanted to pitch in to help a friend in need. Hegarty owns Hegarty Maintenance, and does work on condo units in Chesterbrook and around the area. Hegarty has diabetes and suffered an injury last year that led to an infection in his leg. The end result was that doctors had to amputate his leg from the knee down. He says the support he got from his friends on the police force was overwhelming. Hegarty tells Patch that Tredyffrin officers came by to visit and bring him meals as he recuperated from surgery last year in Devon Manor.  Now he's back home where he lives with his 20 and 16-year-old sons.  …

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