Announcements

January Spotlight:

• MoMM now volunteers monthly at the YWCA family center. Please contact Megan Temple at motemple1124@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.
   
• The Open Shelter Distribution Center is in desperate need of men's clothes - donations can be made 10am-2pm Mon-Fri at 61 E Mound St, Columbus, OH 43215.
   
• We have a blanket and soup give away scheduled February 25th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Open Shelter. Donations of blankets are needed as well as volunteers to distribute them.
   
• MoMM, members of the Orange Baseball Program, Orange Middle School students, and St. Matthias Sunday School classes went to Lynd's Farm, picked and delivered over 6,000 apples to 6 different homeless outreach agencies this Fall.

Mother's Day

MoMM is forming a planning committee for the First Annual MoMM Mother's Day Celebration.

If you'd like to help with any of these efforts, please contact Cindy Hickey - cac1126@columbus.rr.com, Megan Polk - MeganP@nacc.com or Phil - philc@mommfoundation.org. We look forward to seeing and working with you this fall season.

Living on the Land Video

Please check out a recent joint Coalition-Columbus Dispatch video discussing Winter camps "on the land" at http://www.columbushomeless.org/.

Kroger Community Rewards Program

As of April 1st, the MoMM Foundation is once again part of the Kroger Community Rewards Program. This is an great way to support MoMM: just go to the website and register your Kroger card; then every time you use your card Kroger makes a donation to MoMM. Here's how:

1. go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com
2. click on " OHIO "
3. choose the blue "enroll" option
4. go to the "new online customer" option and follow those steps. You will need to enter your Kroger plus card number to set up your account.
5. Once you are enrolled, log into your Kroger account and click "Edit your Community Rewards Information."
6. Select the MoMM Foundation by writing either writing "MoMM Foundation" or entering MoMM's Kroger organization number: 90234.

That's it - you're done! Every time you use your card proceeds go to MoMM!

"The Released"

A PBS FRONTLINE video about mental health, prisons, and homelessness in Ohio. Click on this picture to view this riveting program.

Vision

The Miracle of Mom’s Memory (MoMM) Foundation is dedicated to non-judgmentally executing the teachings contained in the Beatitudes in support of those in need in our community.

Mission

The Miracle of Mom's Memory is a community of caring people proactively fulfilling the needs of the less fortunate. We honor one person at a time and accomplish one act at a time.

Objective

MoMM is a group of people who believe it is each person’s responsibility to serve others and who choose to do so in memory of a loved one that has gone before us. MoMM’s objective is to address the needs of the poor, homeless, and less fortunate through mission-driven projects, information dissemination, and volunteering time in support of causes greater than ourselves.

Needs Fulfilled

Since its inception in early 2005, MoMM has raised thousands of dollars and has used that money to fulfill needs and transform lives. From donating a car to a man with no way to get to work, to securing a computer and academic software for a single mother of three, to furnishing school supplies to an eager but underprivileged 6th grader, MoMM has been there. (For more information Click Service Stories)

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Holiday Blessings 2011

Stuffed stockings and new pajamas for each child, ham and pie for each family, every wish list fulfilled, and a special MoMM keepsake ornament to boot - that was Holiday Blessings 2011 for 51 families from Whitehall, Westerville, Southwest/Grove City, Dublin, Franklinton, and Columbus!

Volunteers, liaisons, private donors, schools - Olentangy, Dublin, DeSales,, Hilliard; Churches - St Matthias, St Paul, Alexandria Methodist, Heritage Christian, and corporate sponsors - SAM's Club, Giant Eagle, and Meier. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN! What a blessed and memorable holiday season it was! The letters and notes of thanks have been flooding in - truly, your light shone throughout our local community. THANK YOU!

St. Paul small group volunteers... donated, wrapped and delivered to 2 of the 51 adopted families.

     

A group of students from DeSales High School adopted two of the fifty-one families MoMM is serving this season. They shopped for items from the families' wish lists and wrapped the gifts for delivery by MoMM volunteers.