SOUTH
FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZERS VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES TO THE PANTRY
OF BROWARD
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Lauderdale, Florida, January 10, 2011 – A team
of professional organizers representing the South Florida Chapter
of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) donated
their services to The Pantry of Broward. “If
it’s January, it’s time to get
organized” says
NAPO, who celebrates
their nationwide Organized Month (GO Month)” every
January to promote the benefits of organization
through community service and education.
Each year during GO Month, the
NAPO South Florida Chapter
of dedicated organizers donates its time
to help a deserving nonprofit agency. We are proud to announce that
NAPO South Florida’s finest professional organizers chose The
Pantry of Broward as our 2011 GO Month project recipient.
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The
Pantry is an exceptional agency that offers a wide
variety of services and support to low, fixed income seniors and grandparents
raising grandchildren. Words cannot describe the effort and compassion
that those working at The Pantry offer
their clients. “This is not just a job but a passion for most
of us,” said case worker, Ursula Williams. The
Pantry provides assistance to their clients by distributing
monthly boxed food including fresh produce, pastries, and at times
frozen meat, teaching budget skills, and by locating other needed
resources such
as community government benefits, affordable living quarters, dental/vision
care at low or no cost, and employment. They
also lend an ear when no one else will. Most importantly, The
Pantry teaches their clients how to be more self-sufficient,
resourceful, and productive while leaving their pride in tact.
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It
was 10:30am, January 10, 2011, when sixteen professional organizers
arrived - each owner of their own organizing business – to donate
their time to help on this day. The organizers gathered
in the warehouse to box, categorize, and label food supplies as well
as in the offices to organize, label, file and sort through things
no longer needed. As professionals, we see quite a variety of disorganization
but our day at The Pantry was spent
improving an already good system to make it work even more
efficiently so that staff members can now easily find the papers and
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“Giving
back to the community is what is important,” expressed Michelle
Katzman, Vice-President of NAPO South Florida. “It is our pleasure
to support an organization as terrific as The Pantry
of Broward as they are an extraordinary group of dedicated
staff and volunteers making a difference one person at a time.” Peggy
Loughan, CEO at The Pantry, and each staff member
expressed gratitude for the
results delivered by this team of organizing professionals;
however, it is NAPO South Florida who
is proud to support The
Pantry of
Broward as they fill a void of great need. Thank you
to the participating professional organizers: Elisabeth Abbazia, Lori
Abou, Jennifer Alman, Pillar Batlle, Joan Chaloux, Catherine Gallagher,
Val Geever, Vicky and Michael Grusby, Randy Groffman, Gayle Jacobs,
Michelle Katzman, Tonya Paulette, Patti Ribera, Suzy Wilkoff and Francine
Yaffa who participated in this GO Month project.
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About
the National Association of Professional Organizers - The premier
national association dedicated to the field of organizing, the National
Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) is The Organizing Authority�.
Since forming in 1985 as a nonprofit professional association, NAPO
has grown to nearly 4,300 members. NAPO is dedicated to serving its
members through education, networking, industry resources,
and promoting the profession to
the public.
For more information about NAPO and the annual January Get Organized
Month, visit www.napo.net or call NAPO at 856-380-6828.
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About
the National Association of Professional Organizers South Florida
Chapter – Formed in January 2008, The NAPO-South Florida Chapter
is a group of local NAPO members providing residential and business
organizing, time management consulting, redesign, staging, senior
move management, relocation and customized residential and business
support. Our Corporate Associate Members provide organizing related
products and services. For more information, visit www.naposouthflorida.com.
To learn more about this year’s other community service projects,
contact NAPO South Florida Marketing Director, Gayle Jacobs at 305.665.8789.
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