Salvation Army
Unclaimed Baggage partners with the Salvation Army through their Disaster Relief Program. We provide clothing, supplies and financial resources when disaster strikes. Unclaimed Baggage also gives time off to employees to help organize relief efforts.
Most recently we partnered with them during the recovery efforts following the devastating tornadoes in Alabama in April, 2011.
The Salvation Army is often among the first on the scene when a natural or man-made disaster hits. Officers are trained to meet all kinds of emergencies, and their disaster canteens are familiar sights to firemen, policemen and victims alike. They continue to serve the community until help is no longer needed.
Their first aim is to meet the basic needs of those who have been affected, including both victims and first responders. Their primary goals are to offer material and physical assistance, as well as spiritual and emotional comfort.
Immediate response activities include providing food and water, emergency shelter, cleanup and emergency communications. Long-term recovery efforts involve restoration and rebuilding, disaster social services and in-kind donations management.
How much can YOU fit in a shoebox?
10-12-2012
Each year Unclaimed Baggage is proud to participate in Operation Christmas Child. This outstanding outreach, which is part of Samaritan’s Purse, helps reach tens of thousands of children around the world each year.
By filling shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, hygiene items, candy, t-shirts, ball caps and many other “treasures” boys and girls experience Christmas. This year you can Operation Christmas child surpass 100 million shoe box gifts packed and distributed since 1993.
To learn more about Operation Christmas Child visit their website by clicking here.
If you would like to partner with Unclaimed Baggage to make a difference in the lives of boys and girls throughout the world please contact David Maples (UBC Operation Christmas Child Coordinator) at 256.259.4930.
You can help change lives from right here in Scottsboro, Alabama – be a part of something big!
You can also see pictures from our involvement with Operation Christmas Child here.
Give Blood- 8 Billion Mosquitos Can't be Wrong
08- 2-2012
One of our core values at Unclaimed Baggage is giving back to our community. We believe that part of our social responsibility is to reach out and help our neighbors. Our most recent outreach has been in partnering with Blood Assurance here in Jackson County Alabama. Blood Assurance set up a collection point here at UBC to help in the critical effort of collecting blood for those in need.
Consider these statistics as reported by The Red Cross
- Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.
- More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
- The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
- The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs.
- Sickle cell disease affects more than 80,000 people in the U.S., 98 percent of whom are African American. Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.
- More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
- A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood
The need is always present. If you didn’t get the opportunity to give at Unclaimed Baggage be sure to contact your local Blood Assurance or Red Cross, locate a blood drive location and get involved.
Have you ever given blood?
Eyeglass Donation
06-12-2012
One of the great privileges we have at Unclaimed Baggage is the opportunity to reclaim for good what has been lost or unclaimed. Not only do we give clothes, electronics and jewelry a second life by selling them at amazing prices but we have the opportunity to donate things like glasses to those who can’t afford them or don’t have access to them.
For many years we have partnered with the Lions Club Recycle for Sight program. Just last week we donated almost 19,000 pairs of glasses – 53 boxes!!
Throughout the year, Lions, Leos and other volunteers clean, sort by prescription strength and package the glasses they collect from around the country. Most of the recycled glasses are distributed to people in need in developing countries where they will have the greatest impact.
Check out this great slide show that guides you through the journey of a pair of eyeglasses – click here!
Giving Back
Unclaimed Baggage proudly partners with the following non-profit organizations:
