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<font color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px">To provide Night Night Packages, free of charge, to homeless children from birth to pre-teen who need our<br />
childhood essentials to feel secure, cozy, ready to learn, and significant. Each Night Night Package contains<br />
a new security blanket, an age-appropriate children's book, and a stuffed animal -- all nestled inside a<br />
canvas tote bag. Project Night Night establishes a foundation for lasting change through the meaningful,<br />
hands-on volunteer opportunities that we provide to tens of thousands of individuals each year.<br />
<br />
Voted the </span></font><strong><font color="#da668c"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px">"Best Children's Charity" by San Francisco Magazine</span></font></strong><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px">, Project Night Night has emerged as<br />
a leading provider of nighttime comforts for homeless children.<br />
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</span></font><strong><u><font size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px">Accomplishments<br />
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<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Donate over 20,000 Night Night Packages each year to homeless children.</span></font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"><br />
</span></font></li>
<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Distribute over 38,000 children’s books since 2005 (Education).</span></font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"><br />
</span></font></li>
<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Repurpose 25,000 books and stuffed animals for Night Night Packages (Environment)</span></font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"><br />
</span></font></li>
<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Enable thousands of volunteers each year to connect with and impact their communities.</span></font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"><br />
</span></font></li>
<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Highlighted by Parents, Glamour, and Cookie magazines.</span></font></li>
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<span class="text"><strong><u><font size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px">How We Help<br />
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</span></font></u></strong><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px">We
provide the means, the opportunity, and the structure for
community-minded individuals and corporations to make an ongoing and
lasting impact on their <br />
communities. Through our direct
partnership with hundreds of shelters, we place our Night Night
Packages in the hands of over 25,000 homeless children each <br />
year. <br />
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Project
Night Night offers a comprehensive approach to assistance by impacting
as many areas in need as possible. We help the environment by
establishing <br />
drop-off locations where individuals can
donate their like-new children's items rather than seeing them disposed
of into landfills. We also focus on the education <br />
of
homeless children by donating over 25,000 children's books each year.
Finally, we attend to the emotional needs of homeless children through
the carefully-<br />
tailored comfort items that we donate in each Night Night Package.<br />
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</span></font><strong><font size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px">--Emotional Needs--<br />
</span></font></strong><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px">There
are approximately 298,000 homeless families in the United States.*
Currently, there are more homeless children in the U.S. than at any
other time since<br />
the Great Depression. Nonetheless, family
homelessness often goes unseen as most homeless families do not live on
the street.** Instead, most homeless<br />
families are transient,
living in shelters, in cars, in hotels in the city’s poorest
neighborhoods, or staying with friends or family members.*** These
environmental<br />
stresses negatively influence a child’s early
experiences and often lead to an increase in mental health problems
such as anxiety, depression, poor sleep habits,<br />
and behavioral issues.<br />
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To
ease the anxiety associated with shelter living, Project Night Night
distributes Night Night Packages to homeless children ages 0-10. Each
Night Night<br />
Package includes an age-appropriate book, a baby blanket
which can be cuddled, and a stuffed animal which can become a cherished
friend. Finding comfort<br />
is vitally important for children in order
to feel secure, loved, and valued – even in the midst of the upheaval
and uncertainty attendant to homelessness.<br />
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</span></font><strong><font size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px">--Educational Needs--<br />
</span></font></strong><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px">Project
Night Night distributes over 20,000 books each year to homeless
children. Children who are homeless often have lower academic
achievement,<br />
exacerbated by frequent moves, lack of privacy and
psychological distress, than do children with homes. Many homeless
children report that they had difficulty<br />
finding a quiet place to study or do homework while in the shelter. <br />
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</span></font><strong><font size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px">--The Environment--<br />
</span></font></strong><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px">Project
Night Night utilizes donated “like-new” books and stuffed animals for
our Night Night Packages. We have collection boxes and mail delivery
locations for<br />
donors to send items that might otherwise be
discarded. Since 2005, Project Night Night has reused over 25,000
books and stuffed animals.<br />
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<ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0pt">
<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Donate over 20,000 Night Night Packages each year to homeless children.</span></font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"><br />
</span></font></li>
<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Distribute over 38,000 children’s books since 2005 (Education).</span></font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"><br />
</span></font></li>
<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Repurpose 25,000 books and stuffed animals for Night Night Packages (Environment)</span></font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"><br />
</span></font></li>
<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Enable thousands of volunteers each year to connect with and impact their communities.</span></font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"><br />
</span></font></li>
<li style="line-height: 0px; color: #000000"><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="2" color="#666666"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px"> Highlighted by Parents, Glamour, and Cookie magazines.</span></font></li>
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