who support and donate to Rita’s Rainbows

Here is a quote from Color Vibe Designs January 2013 newsletter. We are grateful beyond words for this most generous gift. “Recently, I was inspired by an organization called Rita’s Rainbows. Rita was an artist, a poet, and most of all, a warm and caring girl who died too soon. Her work remains for us all to enjoy and the nonprofit formed in her name provides charitable assistance and programs that benefit children and teens in need. It makes me happy to donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of every scarf in my Rainbow Collection to Rita’s Rainbows. I am deeply touched by their dedication to making life better for the most vulnerable among us.”

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Help Rita’s Rainbows help children in need!

Saturday, May 18th, 2013 - Upscale Rummage Sale  Spring Drawing 2013. We have collected so many wonderful items you won’t want to miss this awesome event!  A BIG thank you to Mission Storage in SLO for their generous donation of a large storage space!

Spring Drawing 2013 - We have so many wonderful prizes! Tickets, Certificates, Gifts and Artwork! Let us know you want tickets and we will send them out!Suggested Donation $5.00 per ticket, 5 tickets for $20.00

Click on Events Page for more details!

To Pat Hamilton and Mary Holliday and their teams for making the Upscale Rummage Sale and Spring Fundraiser Drawing such a HUGE SUCCESS!!!! Thank you to all the Amazing Volunteers who worked so hard, and never ran out of smiles or energy! You do make a difference! Thank you to all the people who donated items and those who came out to support Rita’s Rainbows!! Thank you to everyone who joined in online and were with us in spirit.

In order for the Online Mall purchases to track for eScrip, supporters must either go through our website (not directly to the merchant website), or download AutoEarn before going directly to a merchant’s website to shop. You will find a link to download AutoEarn when you access the Online Mall web portal.  There are links to the Online Mall throughout the eScrip website. AutoEarn allows you to go directly to most Online Mall merchant’s websites and shop. In order to earn contributions with AutoEarn you will need to click on the pop-up box.

Please note that Amazon.com and eBay.com do not track through AutoEarn. You must access merchant websites by first going to www.escrip.com and selecting an Online Mall link.  Some merchants will not pay contributions if you participate in special price promotions and/or use discount coupons.

We decorated these banks during a decorating party on Rita’s birthday, September 30, 2009.

We would LOVE to send you a bank to start saving your spare change in.

Postage is covered by our operating donations, not regular donations, (which always go entirely to the children.) So, no worries about that. It is our absolute pleasure to send you a bank. Please ask. You can just email rr@ritasrainbows.org with your name, address, and bank request and we’ll get one right out to you.

All you have to do is use it to save up your spare change, convert it into a check that you can donate and then start filling it up again!

We can also send you undecorated banks and you can make decorating them a great project with your kids. If you do, we’d love to see photos of your creations and add them to our gallery here!

Rita’s Rainbows participated for the first time at the 35th Annual Children’s Day in the Plazaevent sponsored by the San Luis Obispo County Child Care Planning Council. We had a butterfly ‘make and take’ booth and were visited by 500 children and their families. We gifted children with little paper butterflies and provided colorful markers and painter stamps.  We watched the children transform the little white butterfly wings into a rainbow of colors with a variety of creativity. It truly was a  beautiful and heart-warming day filled with happiness, smiles and fluttering, colorful butterflies. Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped to make our ‘butterfly’ craft booth at the Children’s Day in the Plaza so enjoyable and successful. Lori Prochaska, Sue Rueda, Debby Slivestri, Pat Hamilton, Karen Carswell, Brian Holliday,Stasha Migliaccio and Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School Student Volunteers – We thank you!