Please read the following letter from Michael Spada from Las Vegas who needs your help. At the end, you will see how you can do your part to help make a difference in someone’s life!

Hi!

My name is Michael Spada.  I am 14 years old and live in Las Vegas, NV.  On March 17^th I was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma.  I am blessed and fortunate enough to be fighting this disease with the help and support of the wonderful doctors, nurses and staff on the pediatric oncology floor at Sunrise Children’s Hospital in Las Vegas, NV.

I am not alone.  There are many children who are at Sunrise Children’s Hospital to be treated for horrible malignant diseases.  One of the side effects of treatment is loss of weight.  When this happens we get very cold.  The pediatric oncology floor has standard hospital blankets but I am blessed to have people who love me that have given me blankets that comfort me and keep me warm while I’m being treated.  The staff has commented on my cozy blankets and has mentioned that they once had blankets that were donated to them.  But with the economy the way it is the blankets have stopped coming.

I would like children being treated on this floor to be blessed like me and have nice, soft, cozy, and warm, blankets to comfort them too.  That’s why I have started a blanket drive.  I am asking if you would be so kind as to make a donation of a blanket or two, whatever you can do and get them to my mom & dad, or the hospital floor that I am on.  I want every child that has to come here to be warm and comforted and to know that people care.

The blankets need to be brand new and free from pet hair and cigarette smoke smell. It is best if the blankets are a soft fleece material.

You can email my mom & dad at spada656@yahoo.com, or send to or drop off the blankets at:

Sunrise Children’s Hospital

Children’s Administration

3186 South Maryland Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109,

Thank you so much for all your help,

Sincerely,

Michael Spada

You can also drop off your blankets at Carpets N More. Please bring your new blanket (free from pet hair or cigarette smoke smells) to any of the following locations.

Come to either our Craig Location  at I-95 & Craig Rd.

7091 W. Craig Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89148
702-589-8150
Mon – Fri: 10:00 – 7:00
Saturday: 10:00 – 6:00
Sunday: 11:00 – 5:00

or our Tropicana Location at Tropicana & Pecos
3265 E Tropicana Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89121
702.433.0295
Mon – Fri: 8:00am – 7:00pm
Saturday: 8:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday: 11:00 – 5:00

or our Corporate Office at Dean Martin & Warm Springs
Corporate Office and Design Center
7260 Dean Martin Drive, Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89118
702.458.9999

You can get directions to all locations here.

Thank you in advance for your support!

We are a proud supporter of Homes for Our Troops, a national non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2004. Along with Homes For Our Troops, we are strongly committed to helping those who have selflessly given to our country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries since September 11, 2001.

It is with duty and honor that Homes for Our Troops assists severely injured Servicemen and Servicewomen and their immediate families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and to coordinate the process of building a home that provides maximum freedom of movement and the ability to live more independently. As a committed member of DCS Partnership Group, we have volunteered to participate in homes built in our area.

The homes provided by Homes for Our Troops are given at NO COST to the Veterans we serve. To learn more about the Homes for Our Troops organization or to sign up for key volunteer positions please visit them at: www.homesforourtroops.org

We are a proud supporter of Homes for Our Troops, a national non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2004. Along with Homes For Our Troops, we are strongly committed to helping those who have selflessly given to our country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries since September 11, 2001.

It is with duty and honor that Homes for Our Troops assists severely injured Servicemen and Servicewomen and their immediate families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and to coordinate the process of building a home that provides maximum freedom of movement and the ability to live more independently. As a committed member of DCS Partnership Group, we have volunteered to participate in homes built in our area.

The homes provided by Homes for Our Troops are given at NO COST to the Veterans we serve. To learn more about the Homes for Our Troops organization or to sign up for key volunteer positions please visit them at: www.homesforourtroops.org

The Carpets N More Colorado location’s website is now up and running. We’d like to take a few minutes to tell you about some of the features and benefits of the site. You can find the website at www.carpetsnmorecolorado.com or by clicking here.

First, if you’d like, you can learn more about us or the services we offer.

If you have flooring, window covering or countertop needs, you can:

• Learn more about individual products by watching videos on what you need to know before you buy, product information or maintenance information. Here you can also get information about how to clean specific stains.
• If you can learn about individual products by clicking on the type you are interested in at the top of the home page and even shop for products in the product catalog. Click here to see the carpet page.

Whether you are in the market for new flooring or are just curious, you might enjoy our design tools section. It includes:

• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
• Virtual Room Designer where you can try on different products in different room scenes or upload a photo of your own room.
• How I live quiz to learn about what products are best for your lifestyle
• What I like questionnaire to learn about your design style
• Design Styles to learn about different design style options
• Designers Corner is where you can read articles about various design topics
• Gallery of floors is a selection of room scene images displayed by flooring type to help you get ideas
• AND access to your own workbook so you can store and share things you like!

Other portions of the site include a green section for environmental advice and education and a page where you can join our online community by reading the Carpets N More blog, join us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter!

We hope you enjoy our site. Please let us know if you have any ideas on things you would like to see on the site! We value your opinion.

Help fill up the Food

Pantry at

Helping Hands of

Vegas Valley

A community social service agency

Please assist our community by sponsoring a food drive to help our needy seniors

By making a contribution of canned or non-perishable food items

for the Pantry you will be assisting low-income senior citizens who

often have to make the choice between eating, buying

prescriptions or paying necessary bills to remain independent in

their own home.

Suggested items include, but are not limited to:

· Soup, canned

· Ramen noodles

· Meat (canned tuna, chicken, turkey, roast beef, Spam)

· Vegetables (canned beans, corn, green beans, peas,

carrots, etc.)

· Fruits (peaches, mixed fruit, applesauce, etc.)

· Macaroni & cheese

· Pasta

· Canned meals (ravioli, chili, stew, etc)

· Boxes of cereal or individual instant oatmeal packets

· Boxed juices

Starting today

We will be collecting food to assist a non-profit organization

Stock up their pantry for local seniors who need some assistance.

We will be collecting food until next Tuesday 16^th.

For further information contact Helping Hands at

(702) 633-7264 or visit their website at www.hhovv.org.

You can also leave us a comment here for more information.