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SPRING 2010

VOLUNTEER EVENTS Global-Sized Coverage WORK NIGHT Municipal Funding Arrives (Thursday, April 29, 6-10PM ) Early April will be spent de- WORK NIGHT tailing the Basically Babies’ (Tuesday, May 18, 6-10PM ) warehouse for Global TV MAMMOTH GARAGE SALE morning show host Lorraine (Saturday, May 29th & Sunday, May 30th) Mansbridge and her camera crew. Mansbridge was ex- Even in light of economic concerns INVENTORY DAY (Thursday, June 24, 9AM-3PM) posed to Basically Babies in and a climate of cut-backs, Basi- early March when we were cally Babies is a recipient of the WORK NIGHT (Tuesday, June 29, 6-10PM ) interviewed during the Junior 2010 Community Investment Oper- League Association feature ating Grant, and has been WORK NIGHT Adorable Baby Nathan on March 4th. Astonished by awarded $6,389. The grant com- (Tuesday, July 27, 6-10PM ) the contents and magnitude mittee has commended our charity RSVP your attendance to all These clothes are from our events at 780.989.0180 or of our layettes, Mansbridge for providing such a valuable ser- warehouse! Nathan, a beauti- [email protected] quickly arranged to run an vice to the community as well as a ful baby boy, was born a cou- DID YOU KNOW? entire ‘Live on Location’ fea- for our comprehensive strategic ple months ago to a family ture at the Basically Babies plan. This is the second straight supported by the French Set- Altogether, there were 26,390 warehouse. year that the City of has boys and 25,053 girls born in Al- generously provided funding to tlement Establishment. This or- berta in 2009. This marks the third The Global TV appearance our charity. We are thankful for ganization is one of sixty re- record-breaking year in a row for is on Thursday, April 15th the continual municipal support and cipient organizations that Basi- births in the province (51,443). The from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. This is for their belief in our cause. cally Babies distributes lay- most popular names in a great opportunity to show- ettes through. Social workers were Ethan (355) and Olivia (245). case our impressive opera- Facebook Time from this establishment assist There were many one-of-a-kind tion to the entire city of Ed- names recorded: Albertarose, French speaking immigrants monton, and more impor- Please join me in welcoming Basi- Twinkle, Obama, and Chaos. Out cally Babies into the world of Face- with adjustments, such as lan- of all the Alberta babies born in tantly, the impact we book. As communication trends guage and culture, as they 2009, Basically Babies helped 432 make in the lives of the move toward using social network- make their home in Alberta. - 212 of these baby boys and 204 families we help. girls respectively. I’m fairly certain ing in both corporate and non- This special little boy is one of that there were a few Ethan’s and APRIL 15 profit organizations, Basically Ba- many babies outfitted since Olivia’s in this group! bies wants to be a part of this 7-9A.M. Christmas! For a comprehensive movement. The Basically Babies list of all approved recipient Facebook page already has 158 SUPPLIES NEEDED organizations, please visit our fans. Please invite your Facebook website. Small Boys Outfits (0-9 months) network to follow us. Watch for (www.basicallybabies.org) Small Girls Outfits (0-6 months) Twitter in the coming months! Small Boys Shoes (size 0 - 2 baby) Sleepers (0-3 months)

Mammoth Garage Sale Prompts Spring Cleaning Successful Snowsuit Stack-Up If you’re like the majority of Edmontonians, warmer weather equals cleaning and garage sales. As you sort through your household items The month of March kicked off Basically this spring, please consider donating any used items in good condition Babies’ second annual Snowsuit Stack-Up. to support the Basically Babies annual Mammoth Garage Sale. Last The unseasonably warm March weather year’s sale raised approximately $12,000; all proceeds going to fund helped prompt Edmontonians to clean out our layette program. their closets and shop winter clearance racks to find infant snowsuits. Several local Also, if you have time to spare the weekend of the sale, we need your malls and businesses generously partnered help to run this massive fundraising event. as donation drop locations.

For donations or volunteer information, please call (780) 660-7494 or At the end of the 3 week donation drive, Basically Babies collected email [email protected] 160 baby snowsuits! Snowsuits are a key item in each layette; win- ter layettes even include two snowsuits. Considering that Basically Babies produces 500 to 600 layettes per year, you can image Mammoth Charity Garage Sale how quickly we go through our snowsuit inventory!

Date: Saturday, May 29 & Sunday, May 30 Thank you to all media partners and drop locations (Sherwood Location: Tailor Made Insurance Bldg Park Mall, Southgate Mall, , Millwoods Town (Behind Superstore in Sherwood Park) Centre, Mall, Capilano Mall, and Sweet Momma Day

Spa). 4812 93rd Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2P8 Phone/Fax: (780) 989-0180 E-Mail: [email protected] www.basicallybabies.org