Events

Small Hands Big Hearts United Footprints for Compassion committee is leading a CHIPOTLE Fundraiser for the SPCA! Also learn about the SPRING PAWS for Compassion Dog and Car wash! Please stop by ANY TIME between 5:00-9:00pm on February 25th. Bring a wish list item for the SPCA below and also be entered into the raffle for a Chipotle gift card! DON"T FORGET TO TELL THE CASHIER YOU ARE THERE FOR SMALL HANDS BIG HEARTS FUNDRAISER! Needed items: -Puppy Food – canned and dry For the continued good health of our shelter animals, we need high-quality brands such as IAMS, Purina […]

Hello SHBHU Community,  The compassionate SHBHU Bartley family has been very proactive in finding the following links to organizations that are helping those who are being terribly affected by Covid-19.  Below are the links to organizations they have found. Please feel free to share with any other organizations you work closely with and help out in any way you can.  Many of our SHBHU Nonprofit Partners that Ambassadors and Small Handers have we been collabortaing with to  create new 2020 Compassion Missions (ie. Integrated Child Services India Pictorial Dictionaires, Read and Feed Serving Smiles, STEAM Panther Creek compassion mission and […]

Join SHBHU for Kids Day at CPO Raleigh Food Pantry from 9:30-12:30. Volunteers will be sorting, re-packing , and or stocking food items to help prepare them for local families in need. Once groceries are prepared for each family, they are carted out and delivered. When registering please indicate number of children only. Any questions can be directed to .

Join SHBHU on the third Sunday of every month serving meals with a smile to those experiencing homelessness in the Downtown Raleigh area. OCC is the result of many organizations working together in an effort to help close the hunger gap! SHBHU volunteers will bring food, drinks, take home snacks and paper products to help support the main meal. Volunteers arrive at OCC at 1:00pm to help set up the food line and we are usually finished cleaning up about 2:30pm. Volunteers will receive an email a couple days prior with specifics on what to bring with them. Any age […]

Hello SHBHU Families, It’s Ambassador(s) Anne Marie, Mia, Will, Jack, Gracie, Anella and Malia here!   We have another Compassion Mission that has been sparked that we want to tell you all about called, Letters of Love. We have contacted Woodland Terrace Senior Living Community, Cambridge Village of Apex Retirement Home here in Cary, NC and also the nonprofit Love for the Elderly (https://lovefortheelderly.org/letters) . All 3 places are very excited to hear that SHBHU Small Handers and Ambassadors are wanting to send love to our Senior Citizens who may be experiencing loneliness and isolation during this Coronavirus Pandemic.  They […]

SHBHU URGENT MESSAGE! SHBHU Familes, we have an immediate need for a local family of 5 who was just evicted from their home and has lost everything. If you can, please drop off any of clothing items sizes below before NOON tomorrow. They could also use some soap, shampoo, detergent, snacks, underwear and games. **Blue Collection bin will be on the front porch. Drop off location: 214 Castle Hayne Drive Cary NC Mom - Med-Large Dad - 36 Men's or Large 15 yr old son-size 12/13 shoe, 34/36 pants or XL 13 yr old son-size 11 shoe, 32 pants, or […]

LET"S CLEAN OUT OUR CLOSETS! Due to the increased risk of COVID19, one of our SHBHU nonprofit partners, Note in the Pocket, will be closed beginning on Monday, March 23. They will resume operations as soon as possible but during this time they will not be accepting donations. HOWEVER, they are asking we use this time to clean out our closets so we can help them as soon as they reopen! They recommend sorting donations into the following categories BELOW and labeling the outside of the bags. Please place all shoes in a separate bag from clothing. Thanks everyone! -Spring/summer […]

$100 raised so far! Another Compassion Missions being led by the Green Hope High School SHBHU club! UNC Rex hospital has spoken to these Ambassador leaders and they have given them instructions on what specifc medical supplies are needed most. They also have a contact to obtain these supplies at a discounted price and have raised $100 so far. Please help support this partnership in compassion by donating any amount. See their flyers below!

Grow Our Kids - Raleigh  https://www.growourkids.org/ Sam LoPiccolo (founder of Grow Our Kids) and is in direct contact with social workers and making sure they are ready for whatever comes their way. She is trying to plan and get ahead so that the children that depend on school-provided meals don't go hungry. If you have any questions for Sam, you can email her at  . Several people have volunteered their homes for drop-off locations. Please see below for full list. Grow Our Kids - Food Donations Cereal Healthy Snacks Canned Chicken Rice Beans Cream of Chicken Soup Macaroni and Cheese Peanut Butter Jelly Shelf Stable Potatoes Canned Stews Toilet Paper […]

  IMPORTANT UPDATE about the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Great Strides Skylar's Striders Team for ALL SHBHU families! Please read this very important urgent and heartfelt message from one of our SHBHU mothers. Please join Skiylar's team, consider donating $1 ON MAY 16th (or more if you can) and asks others to do the same. Message below if you also want a UNIQUE 2020 Skylar Striders T-shirt ($15 donation) This year's t-shirt will indeed be a awesome one to have since this one of a kind SHBHU Founder and Ambassador President Alumni turns 19 this year! We will add a CUSTOM […]