Gift bags for MIFA's senior clients

Volunteers deliver gift bags to seniors with their meals on their birthdays and on Christmas Day. Please assemble your items in 11" x 14" decorative gift bags.

 

If you are interested in donating gifts, please consider the following items:

  • blanket
  • stationery
  • postage stamps
  • winter cap
  • sweater
  • t-shirt
  • socks (regular or non-skid)
  • mittens or gloves
  • puzzles/crossword puzzles/dominos
  • lotion
  • flashlight
  • lap robe
  • hygiene products

For more information, contact Ethel Taylor at (901) 529-4505 or etaylor@mifa.org.

 

 

 

The Bluff City Dice Divas, a local bunco group formed out of love for charity and friendship, put their philanthropic efforts toward MIFA Senior Programs last December. Several of the members met one chilly Friday night to assemble 30 gift bags, then delivered them to MIFA the next day. Members have been meeting monthly during the past two years to play bunco (a dice game) and enjoy a potluck dinner, with each member contributing $5 for a designated charity. These ladies include Tiffany Brimhall, Amina Dilawari, Rebecca Eminger Lard, Molly Fitzpatrick, Leah Fitzpatrick Bowles, Missy Flinn, Jacki Jeffrey, Gwen Martin, Amanda Mauck, Lauren McGee, Pat Mitchell Worley, Jackie Ruick McCrary, Elizabeth Rouse, Maggie Schmitt, Pooja Shah, Crissy Smith Lintner, and Erica Smith.

  • Memphis was declared hunger capital of the U.S. in 2011

  • MIFA serves 55,000 individuals each year

  • 74% of children in MIFA's neighborhood live in poverty

  • 86% of every dollar donated goes directly to MIFA's programs

  • In the area MIFA serves, almost 30% of those over the age of 65 live alone

  • MIFA was founded in 1968

  • Memphis' unemployment rate has been close to 10% since 2009

  • MIFA's Ombudsman program's 2 staff and 60 volunteers serve over 7,000 residents of long term care facilities

  • Only 4.5% of residents in the 38126 ZIP code have college degrees

  • Emergency Services provided assistance for 25,000 people last year

  • In 2010 and 2011, 100% of COOL seniors graduated from high school

  • MIFA Meals on Wheels serves 1,800 seniors every weekday

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