Sherwood High School football and cheer teams hosted their first “Stuff the Truck” event during the big playoff game against Hermostin at 7:pm on November 11th all to benefit the Michael Grimm Foundation and Chelsea Hicks Foundations.  People helped by bringing NEW stuffed animals, costumes and accessories to the game to help STUFF THE TRUCK full of NEW stuffed animals for the Michael Grimm Foundation and costumes for Chelsea’s Closet, comforting sick children at our NW Children’s Hospitals.  Both stuffed animals and costumes are ALWAYS IN NEED for both boys and girls, age infant to 18.   The Chelsea Hicks Foundation was also the charity choice for Sherwood HS Cheer’s service project this year.

Jared Jewelers was also onsite at the Bowmen Game selling bears!  This was a great addition for those who forgot to bring a stuffed animal as representatives from Jared Jewelers was there to sell stuffed bears for only 12.99 with 100% of the proceeds going to St Jude’s.  Those bears could in turn be put in Stuff the Truck for the drive.  It gets better, Jared also generously donated a large case of those special "Jared Bears" helping to provide a load of HOPE to the Bowmen's drive that gave many smiles to sick children who are patients at Children's Hospitals right here in the Portland area. 

ALL great causes, so please LIKE them on facebook to help spread their good will!
Stuff the Truck, Micheal Grimm Foundation, Chelsea’s Closet

For more information about Stuff the Truck, contact Amber Gardner at amber@GardnerTeam.net.  If throughout the year you'd like to donate items or funds to these outstanding organizations, you are welcome to contact the Michael Grimm Foundation and Chelsea Hicks Foundations directly.  Thank you!

Sherwood Youth Cheer and the Sherwood Youth Football Association sponsored the 2nd annual "Stuff the Truck" drive to bring truck loads of joy to children receiving treatment from local area children's hospitals. The annual Kids Helping Kids Stuff the Truck drive benefits the Michael Grimm Foundation and the Chelsea Hicks Foundation.  It was held on Oct. 15th from 9am-9pm - and all in all, it was a load of success! 

Everyone was warmed by the spirit of the Wilsonville football team as they brought in several boxes of costumes to donate.  With all the kind donations organized by Sherwood Youth Cheer and Football, along with people who came help "Stuff the Truck", there were dozens and dozens of beautiful costumes for both boys and girls of all ages brought in for Chelsea's Closet and 464 stuffed animals were reported to have been collected for the "With Love from Michael" stuffed animal campaign also known as the Michael Grimm Foundation.

This year, they also added new and gently used books to the list of items to donate. 

All donations of books, new stuffed animals and new costumes received were collected to bring joy to the young patients of Randell Children's Hospital and Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

Here's a video to kick off the event produced by Lindsay Walker

Want to make a difference on a global level? 
Get involved with Children of the Nations (COTN), a non-profit organization dedicated to raising children who transform nations. The organization currently serves in Sierra Leone, Malawi, Uganda and the Dominican Republic providing holistic, Christ-centered care to orphaned and destitute children. You can join them by donating school supplies. Shop your list of school supplies and Stuff the Truck!

School Supply Drive
Stuff the Truck will be located in the Safari Sam's parking lot Sunday, August 28th from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. You can also bring your school supplies to Rock Harbor Church at Safari Sam's on Sunday mornings during the month of August. Check donations will also be accepted and payable to COTN. To learn more about how you can help change a life, go to www.cotni.org/get-involved.

School Supply Totals
Thank you to all who came to support the Rock Harbor Stuff the Truck School Supply Drive.  With your help, the final totals were over 350 school supplies (which were 13 smile packs, three with back packs, and two large department store bags of extra supplies)  and $1,310 cash donations which could be applied to several more.

Cruisin Sherwood Car Show 2011... And a Happy Birthday Stuff the Truck!
There’s said to be about 550 hot rods, classics, collector cars and customs lining the streets of Old Town.  There’s even a special section of military vehicles which kids always love to see.  As always the there will be ever popular food booths, venders, arts, crafts and let’s not forget that many of the business in Old Town Sherwood will be open as well, so pop in for some A/C and a cozy bite at one of the restaurants or coffee shops.

Bigger and better than ever, they’ve even added “Friday Night Thunder” for a chance to not only show off these great rigs, but take a real old fashioned cruise through the streets of Old Town Sherwood.  A true family event, Cruisin’ has something for everyone, so bring kids and the grand parents to one of the Northwest’s best and most unique car shows!

Come by the Stuff the Truck Booth
Swing by and say hi at the Stuff the Truck booth!  Kids can sit in Stuff the Truck and take a picture, and while supplies last The Gardner Team will be giving away free "Hot Wheels" too.  Stuff the Truck can again be found on Railroad Street at the corner across from the Sherwood Library. This year, the booth space will be used to fundraise and raise awareness for the American Cancer Society | Relay for Life.  Here's to celebrating more birthdays!

Happy Birthday Stuff the Truck
Debuted at the 20th anniversary Cruisin Sherwood Car Show, this event marks the 1st Birthday for Stuff the Truck.

Edy Ridge Kids Help Drive Out Hunger
In December, Edy Ridge School kids stood united to help raise food for a local Sherwood food bank.  Working together, the wolves helped "Stuff the Truck" full of all kinds of food from cereal boxes, peanut butter, caned foods, pastas and more.

Filler' up
Each day as donations came in, the cans in the school and the bed of the truck would fill - before your eyes, it was clear to see the big difference these kids were making.  By spreading the work, generous donations and a daily commitment, the kids were well on their way to filler' up for the food bank... And that's just what they did!   When we heard from the Willowbrook food pantry (Located on Edy Road in Sherwood), they were very grateful for the generous donations the kids brought in.  With a full truckload consisting of over 1,000 items, their guess was that they raised close to 3000 pounds of food!

New Totes Help Stuff the Truck
Bright ideas are abundant at Edy Ridge, thanks to creative minds we came up with the idea of totes on wheels to help efforts of collecting goods for drives.  A quick call to Pride Disposal Service in Sherwood and they were happy to offer a generous donation of 4 new recycle bins to help support the schools drive and Stuff the Truck's community service mission.  

Our good friends over at PDX Wraps in Sherwood are the creative masterminds behind the "hot wheel" design and wrapped up those totes in a flash to match.  "Special Thanks" to our community partners, because of you we all benefit from your participation and sincerely appreciate your support!

Message courtesy of Edy Ridge Pac Site
Thank you to all the Edy Ridge Wolves who donated cans and boxes of  food to help families in the Sherwood area. We did "Stuff the Truck", and boxes and boxes of your donated supplies were delivered to the Willowbrook Food Pantry right here in Sherwood.  A special Thanks to Jason and Amber Gardner for donating the use of their cool truck, and to Kambri McDonald for riding shotgun, making sure the principal didn’t get too happy with the hot rod.

Congratulations EDY RIDGE KIDS
Your efforts provided a truckload of hope to others and helped drive out hunger in your community!  Thank you Edy Ridge Kids!!!

Waazuup?  A successful youth food drive that's what!  This crew teamed up to collect food around town to help with a school wide drive for the local Sherwood Helping Hands food bank and this middle school in Sherwood did an amazing job!  

These Laurel Ridge girls organized a team with Stuff the Truck and with the help of the Sherwood community, lots of food to contribute to the Sherwood food bank! Their teamwork also helped them earn over 1,800 food points for their group.  They spent 3 hours braving the cold and rain running house to house around town to collect food, fill boxes and stuff the truck!

Wet, cold and a little tired, the day was warmed by their caring hearts and the many people who helped them in their mission to make a difference in their community.  They had loads of fun, shared many laughs and made great memories along the way...

Food drive: 11/22/2010 | Sherwood, Oregon
* iPhone photos in the rain ☺

Sherwood Youth Cheerleading and Sherwood Youth Football thank you for your help!  On Saturday, October 30th from 3pm to 9pm in the Sherwood High School Stadium, the kids came in costume, cheered on the Sherwood Knights Football Teams and filled with community spirit hosted a “Stuff the Truck” event to benefit the Michael Grimm Foundation and the Chelsea Hicks Foundation!

Connecting with the community and local area businesses these Sherwood kids worked together to "Stuff the Truck" FULL of new stuffed animals, costumes and accessories that will be given along with all the items collected during the Sherwood school drives to local children's hospitals to comfort, bring joy and put smiles on the faces of the children who are treated there.  Thank you for supporting our amazing youth in their missions.  When kids help kids, they're truly making a positive difference and changing the world!

Special thanks to Teacher Lindsay Walker for making this opportunity available and teaching our kids they can help make a real difference in the lives of others and in their community!

Stay tuned, once this years drive numbers are all in, we'll be posting them here too☺ 

If a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine all the priceless smiles these kids are delivering... Below is the event flyer along with a slide show from the "Kids Helping Kids - Stuff the Truck" event.

Team Top Gun, Relay for Life showed their team pride to find a cure in the 2010 Robin Hood Parade in Sherwood, Oregon - rolling in with Stuff the Truck to help drive awareness to their cause.  Team Top Gun was also the top fundraising team at Sherwood Relay for Life, 2010 and served their moto proud... "We "Sherwood" Love to Find a Cure!"

Congratulations Team Top Gun and everyone who participated in raising money for Relay for Life who helped make 2010 such a successful year!