Dear MSM Community,

We're excited about MSM's Second Annual Day of Service on Thursday, April 2! As a reminder, registration is now open for volunteer opportunities. To learn important details about Day of Service and sign up for a service project, click the button below.

Additionally, MSM has launched a special donation drive for a few of the remarkable nonprofits where we will volunteer. Each organization plays a crucial role in supporting vulnerable groups within our community, and they need our help to continue their invaluable work.

Today we're highlighting CURE Childhood Cancer, an organization dedicated to conquering childhood cancer by funding targeted research while supporting patients and their families. Founded in 1975 — the same year as MSM — CURE believes that childhood cancer can be cured in our lifetime.

Children and teens with a cancer diagnosis often have extended hospital stays. Boredom Buster Bags and Teen Boredom Buster Bags provide patients a little distraction from a day that can often be filled with tests, chemotherapy treatments and boredom! These bags can bring joy and a taste of normalcy to these brave children fighting cancer. Let's help lighten their burden with each bag we provide.

We need your help! All MSM faculty, staff and students are encouraged to contribute any of the suggested items listed below.

REQUESTED DONATIONS

All items must be brand new. These are merely suggested items and we invite you to think creatively when assembling your bags. Please attempt to find unique items! Click on the Boredom Buster Bags or Teen Boredom Buster Bags titles for PDFs of each list.

Boredom Buster Bags



• Small Lego Sets
• Play-Doh
• Pop-its or Other Fidget Toys
• Beanie Babies or Similar Small Stuffed Animals
• Craft Kits (friendship bracelets, wind chimes, string art or similar)
• Card Games (Uno, Blink, Go Fish or similar)
• Small Slime Kits
• Brainwright Puzzles and Games
• Imagine Ink Activity Books
• Stamp or Sticker Sets
• Board Books
• Toddler Toys
• Markers, Crayons or Colored Pencils
• Matchbox or other Small Cars

Teen Boredom Buster Bags



• Ear Buds
• Portable Speakers
• USB Drives
• Pop-its or Other Fidget Toys
• Over-the-Door Mini Basketball Sets
• Brainwright Puzzles and Games
• Rubix Cube or Similar Twisting Puzzles
• Kanoodle or Similar Brainteasers
• Handheld Electronic Games (Yahtzee, Hangman, Pac-Man or similar)
• Craft Kits (origami, jewelry, fingerprint art, friendship bracelets, cross-stitch or similar)
• Canvas Painting Kits
• Card Games (UNO, Would You Rather, Monopoly Deal or similar)
• Journal with Good Quality Ballpoint Pens
• Adult/Mandala Coloring Books with Colored Pencils/Sharpener

DROP OFF LOCATION

You can drop off your Boredom Buster Bags with Zipporah Dorsey in the MSM Office of Student Affairs (Hugh Gloster Building 1st floor).

On MSM Day of Service, we will need volunteers to help organize, bag and count donations from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the MSM campus. Click here or press the button below to sign up.

Thank you for your enthusiasm and commitment to making a difference in our community. We look forward to seeing the impact we can make together!