Cheyenne Day of Giving 2023 Is Scheduled for May 12

Cheyenne's annual Day of Giving is slated for May 12 at the Kiwanis Community House in Lions Park.

A youth event is also slated for the afternoon of May 11.

The history of the Day of Giving starts with event founder Greta Morrow, a Cheyenne resident, and former teacher, who was diagnosed with stage IV leukemia in 1995.

Though she won her battle with cancer over several years, the experience left her with a deep knowledge of the challenges faced by people facing health and financial struggles. In 2005 Morrow started with an effort to start a bone marrow registration through her church, but that rapidly grew into a broader effort to help meet the many needs faced by people right here in Cheyenne.

That led to the first-ever Day of Giving, and as the saying goes, the rest is history.

According to the Day of Giving website, numerous items are being sought for this year's event;

- Donate food items such as pasta, peanut butter, cereal, boxed meals, and canned goods.
- Donate personal care items such as regular and trial-size shampoo, conditioner, and lotion; razors, toothbrushes and toothpaste, bar soap, deodorant, and diapers.
- Donate craft items such as scrapbooking supplies, stamps, ink, paper, markers, beads, and kits.
Make a cash donation to our year-round effort.
Drop off unused prescription medications for donation to the Wyoming Medication Donation Program.
Donate gently used durable medical equipment to GoodHealthwill for use by clients who need such items and cannot afford them on their own.
Donate used prescription eyeglasses and hearing aids to the Lions Club.
Give blood to help Vitalant.
If you are 18-44 years old and in overall good health, go to bethematch.org and follow the directions to register as a potential bone marrow donor.
Register as a potential organ/tissue donor with Donate Life Wyoming.