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Contact US: Fr. Louis Braxton, Jr. P.O. BOX 2521 Astoria, NY 11102
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Email: louisbraxtonjr@yahoo.com
Carmen’s Place is greatly in need of donations of food, other goods and money.
Below is a partial list of donation needs, in Some cases, donations of food , clothing and equipment, in other cases donations of money with which to buy needed things
1) $4 for a pair of cotton socks. The residents run through socks rapidly. During a 12 month period, Father Braxton estimates that the residents need
2) 500 pair or $2,000 worth of socks.
3) $20 for a month’s supply of razor blades for all residents.
4) $30 for a gift certificate to Payless for one pair of shoes.
5) $40 for medicines for all residents for one month, such things as antibiotics.
6) $50 to pay for a week’s worth of laundry wash at the local Laundromat for all residents plus the “house” laundry such as kitchen towels.
7) $50 for meat (ground beef or chicken) for all residents for one week.
8) $60 for 14 gallons of milk, enough milk for all residents for one week..
9) $100 for one used laptop computer in good condition. The shelter needs two or three of them.
10) $100 for a metal storage locker. Each resident needs one. It would be great to be able to purchase 10 of them.
11) $125 for a student edition of the Microsoft word software.
12) $200 for a used desk top computer in good condition with updated software installed. The shelter needs two of them.
13) $200 for a small freezer so that larger quantities of frozen food can be purchased at cheaper bulk rates.
14) $240 for the purchase of a weekly metro card for each resident.
15) $233 will pay for all expenses of one resident for a week, $932 all expenses for one month and $11,184 for one year.
16) $250 for a new portable dishwasher on wheels so that it can be moved out of the way when it is not being used.
17) $400 for 20 hygienic mattress covers at $20 each.
18) $600 for a 60 towels (two towels per resident) supply for one year. $10 per towel.
19) $800 to pay for four fumigations per year ($200 per time) to prevent bed bugs and cockroaches from entering the shelter.
20) $1,000 for food for all residents for one month.
21) $3,000 shelter rent for one month. $36,000 for one year.
22) $36,000 for a new 15 passenger outreach van, plus one year’s insurance and fuel.
23) $1,500,000 to purchase and renovate (sprinkler system, fire escape, etc.) a three story attached house in Queens, this to become the permanent new home for Carmen’s Place.
To arrange to make donations or to discuss possible donations, please call Dr, Marcy Farrell at (718) 701-1849 or email her at marcyfarrell@carmensplace.org
