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Saks Fifth Avenue Gives 5% of Sales to Yerwood Center in February

yerwoodlauren — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:18:32 +0000

Saks Fifth Avenue Stamford has designated the Yerwood Community Center to receive 5% of all purchases made with a registered Saks credit card by our supporters in February 2012.

If you have shopping to do, please go to Saks and choose the Yerwood Community Center as the beneficiary of your purchases. You can make your designation at the register when you check out and it will apply to all of your purchases for the entire month of February. LEARN MORE

DISCLAIMER

*APPLICABLE SAKS FIFTH AVENUE CREDIT CARD PURCHASES. PURCHASES AT LOUIS VUITTON AND FUR SALON ARE EXCLUDED. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE REGISTERED SAKS CARD HOLDERS AND SELECT FROM ONE OF THE PARTNERING CHARITIES. CUSTOMERS ENROLLMENT AND DESIGNATION IS FINAL. SPEND WILL BE CAPTURED FROM 2/1/12 – 2/29/12 AUTOMATICALLY AND ALL SPEND DURING THIS PERIOD WILL COUNT FOR THE PROMOTION REGARDLESS OF ENROLLMENT DATE. HSBC IS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE SELECTION OF THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. PROGRAM COMMENCES AS OF THE DATE FEBRUARY 1, 2012 AND SHALL END FEBRUARY 29, 2012.

NEW Yerwood Center Yearbook Video

yerwoodlauren — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:06:53 +0000

Gift of the Magi – Giving this Season

yerwoodlauren — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:37:48 +0000

There is a nip in the air, December is here and my mind goes to one of my favorite tales of the holiday season told by O Henry, the story of Della and Jim Young the main characters in the “Gift of the Magi”- a young married couple with very little money. Jim has suffered a thirty-percent pay cut, and the two must scrimp for everything. On the day before Christmas, Della counts the money she has painstakingly saved for months. She hardly has enough to buy anything at all. She must find a way to buy Jim the present he deserves. As she looks in the mirror, an idea comes to her. Jim and Della have two possessions of which they are both proud. One is Jim’s gold watch, which had been handed down from his grandfather. The other is Della’s hair, lustrous, shining, and falling past…

If you know O Henry and the story you know that Della cuts her beautiful long hair off to sell it for $20 to buy Jim a gold fob for his gold watch. Jim sold his watch to purchase tortoise-shell combs for her hair. These two called “foolish” children by O Henry sacrificed for each other their greatest treasures. It was said that “of all those who give gifts these two were the wisest”.

If you remember the unselfishness of Della and Jim Young and how much their story has moved you today or in past holiday seasons- Make a donation today.

Give unselfishly to support a child’s future!

Don’t let this season of joy and giving pass without remembering the young men and women here at the Yerwood Center. Your gift will change lives!
Happy Holidays from myself and the Yerwood Center staff and children.

Sincerely yours,
Eugene Campbell, President & CEO
(203) 327-2790, Ext. 16