ABOUT OPERATION FRESH START
ll started as a thought in my head in 2020 about foster children having to carry their only belongings in trash bags. I decided to do a luggage drive! With the help of a great community we donated into 600 suitcases, duffle bags & backpacks! We were also able to assemble 300 toiletry bags filled with everything you might need for good hygiene and general wellness. These were donated to Waterford Country School, foster care agencies ,Noank Community services Thames River Family Program and local shelters .
This was going to be a one and done project then the Pandemic hit and they really needed our help. Then my mother-in-law had an idea,
'' let's have a flower cart, we have lots of flowers - we can donate the profits to help people we are already assisting". Great idea!!!
We made $4000. selling flowers and put every penny back in our community.
Some wonderful friends, George and Lynn Kimmerle offered to help us obtain our5013c statis and the rest is history.
Operation Fresh Start is a place to not only receive much need support, a fresh start but we have spent the last 5 years building trust in our community and giving our community a place to pay kindness forward. From backpack drives , Grammie Pajammies , Adopt a Family for the holidays and setting families up with many of the items they need to make a house a home . Operation Fresh Start is helping to make the world kinder one welcome basket at a time.
Thank you all so much!
Shannon DePerry, President & Founder Operation Fresh Start Inc.: New Beginnings
This was going to be a one and done project then the Pandemic hit and they really needed our help. Then my mother-in-law had an idea,
'' let's have a flower cart, we have lots of flowers - we can donate the profits to help people we are already assisting". Great idea!!!
We made $4000. selling flowers and put every penny back in our community.
Some wonderful friends, George and Lynn Kimmerle offered to help us obtain our5013c statis and the rest is history.
Operation Fresh Start is a place to not only receive much need support, a fresh start but we have spent the last 5 years building trust in our community and giving our community a place to pay kindness forward. From backpack drives , Grammie Pajammies , Adopt a Family for the holidays and setting families up with many of the items they need to make a house a home . Operation Fresh Start is helping to make the world kinder one welcome basket at a time.
Thank you all so much!
Shannon DePerry, President & Founder Operation Fresh Start Inc.: New Beginnings
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Shannon DePerry
Vice President: Sandi Davis
Treasurer: Debbie Foryan
Secretary: Carolyn Geyer
Board Members:
Koren Jopson
Marianne O'Hare
Web Design: Amy Wagner
President: Shannon DePerry
Vice President: Sandi Davis
Treasurer: Debbie Foryan
Secretary: Carolyn Geyer
Board Members:
Koren Jopson
Marianne O'Hare
Web Design: Amy Wagner