Thursday, March 31, 2011

Belk Charity Event Tickets!!!

BigHouse is selling $5.00 Belk Charity Sale tickets for the April 16th sale at Colonial Mall. BigHouse will keep 100% of the tickets we sell, so it's a great way to support BigHouse and your wallet!!! Discounts from 20%-70% across the store and on many items not usually discounted! Plus, you get $5.00 OFF your purchase, so you basically get your money back!
Details:

Belk Charity Sale
Saturday, April 16th from 6:00am- 10:00am
Colonial Mall in Auburn
Tickets: $5.00
Purchase tickets through BigHouse!
Email bighousefoundation@hotmail.com or call 334-363-2634 for more info!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Here we gooooooooo!!!

We are ordering our posters and getting ready to hit the ground running with our swimsuit and towel drive! If YOU want to request some posters to hang up at your church, school or workplace, or if you want more info about hosting a collection or being a drop off location- email us at bighousefoundation@hotmail.com!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Calling all hoarders...

Are you a hoarder?
Do you have too much stuff?
Do you want help getting rid of it?
Would you like it to go to a good cause?
If so, consider making a donation to our BigHouse Yard Sale on March 5th!
We will be collecting donations at BigHouse from Feb. 28th-March 4th. If you need to get rid of these things prior to Feb. 28th, please let us know and we will work something out!

Also, if you love pricing, organizing, or working yard sales, WE NEED YOU!
Email us at bighousefoundation@hotmail.com for more info!!

We are raising money to continue helping foster families in Lee County! If you can't donate, COME SHOP!!! :)

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

We're back!

BigHouse is back to the land of the wired... we took a hiatus from our online activities this fall, but now...
our twitter account is up...
our blog is being updated...
our website has been and will continue to update and change...
and our facebook fanpage is growing!

Thanks to all the friends we already have in the "online world", and we look forward to making new ones!

Here's a brief schedule of upcoming events... watch for detailed blogs about each coming soon!

March 1st- Summer Intern Application deadline... go here for more details!
March 5th- BH yard sale (Donate items during the week of Feb 28th- March 4th if possible)
April 1st-30th STATEWIDE Swimsuit and Towel Drive... More info coming VERY soon!!!
May 14th- Packaging Party for Swimsuit Drive
June 4th- Kids for Kids Lemonade Stands

This Summer:
2 Weeks of BigHouse Day Camps
Family Beach Trip

Thanks for your support of BigHouse! It feels good to be back! ;)

Monday, August 2, 2010

It's August!!!

Is anyone else out there SHOCKED that it is already August?? Although we are very excited to begin the fall and start our after-school program, we still have ALOT to do!!! We are currently registering families and signing up volunteers. Here's some quick info about the after-school program at BigHouse:

-Serves any children residing in a Lee County Foster Home (Foster, Adopted, Biological, or Custody)

-Runs from 3-6pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

-Begins with Family Orientation the week of August 16th

-Provides Tutoring, Art, Dance, Music, and Sports free of charge to foster families!

-Needs volunteers who can commit to as little as one hour or as much as 9 hours a week to help with Tutoring, Art, Dance, Music, and Sports.


If you would like to volunteer, support us financially, or register your family, go to our website!


Also- we have some EXCITING news!! We now have a real staff! We are happy to introduce Susannah Jones as our 1st official BigHouse staffer!!!

Here is a little bit about Susannah...

Susannah is a native of Fairview, Tennessee who we met in school at the University of Alabama. She received a degree in Music Therapy and has been working in North Georgia as a Music Therapist for the past year. She is now the Program Director at BigHouse and will not only coordinate our after-school program, she will teach music classes and conduct music therapy sessions! We are thrilled to have her and thankful that God has blessed us with her help!

To read more about her life and experience, check out her blog!
Here is a pic of Sus and our baby Anderson!

Monday, June 28, 2010

Online Volunteer Application!

Want to get involved at BigHouse?? You can now apply online!
We are looking for volunteers for everything from our after school program to administrative help! If you want to get involved just fill out the form and we will contact you soon!


If you are interested in volunteering we hope to hear from you soon!!

Vote for BigHouse!



I want to remind everyone about voting for BigHouse! We are competing in the Chase Community Giving Contest sponsored through Facebook. We need everyone's vote! We have 14 days left remaining in the contest and we are falling behind. The voting process is very easy.




To vote, go to the Chase Community Giving page on Facebook and click the "like" button. Once you have done that, you can start voting. You only have to vote once! We are ranked at 177 and we need to be in the top 200 to be able to recieve the $20,000 grant. Please vote and help spread the word!