Pajama Program

So I have recently gotten involved with the Pajama Program here in Atlanta.  I first learned about this organization in Austin from a friend of mine.  When I heard what they did I absolutely fell in love!  The Pajama Program basically collects new, unused children’s pajamas and books and delivers them to different shelters across the area.  Many states have their own chapter that will focus on the shelters in that area.  I’ll be honest…until I met my friend Susan, I had never really thought about the children in homeless shelters, foster care, emergency shelters because their mother is trying to run from a bad situation, or even children whose parents have gone to jail and are waiting to be placed with another family.  These situations never crossed my mind.  If you know me at all, then you probably know that my heart belongs to groups like this.  I can remember saying if I could be a stay at home mom and volunteer then I’d have the best job in the entire world.  The past few months the Pajama Program has really been on my mind, for some reason I have no idea why, so I decided to look into it and see if they needed help.  When I spoke with the chapter president she told me she has really been the only person doing it for the past five years.  Volunteers are hard to come by in any non profit, so she has basically been doing what she could on her own.  She also works full time and has two children!  After talking for a little I let her know my background…event planning and also non profit.  I think she got a little excited :)  She said she had always dreamed of doing fundraisers, but just hadn’t had the time or help that she needed.  Since we are headed into summer donations usually slow down, but I’m hoping this summer I can make some contacts and hopefully get the ball rolling in the fall.  I’m a pajama girl…when I worked I would come home and change straight into my pajamas.  To me there is nothing better than a new pair of pajamas, it’s such a treat!  Please check out the website www.pajamaprogram.org if you can.  Also, if you want to read about how this all came to be click HERE it’s such a touching story!