Doll of Hope Service Project

Doll of Hope Service Project
Making Dolls for Refugees Worldwide

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Millcreek Rotarians! Participate in Santa Sacks: Bring these items to our Holiday Party

Hi all:

I suggest we participate in this year's Santa Sacks Program, a service project of the Granite (School District) Education Foundation. School administrators and faculty refer students in need to this program. It's similar to Sub-for-Santa, but it also provides the basics too. 

There's overlap between the refugees we like to serve and the students who can benefit from this great annual program. They would really appreciate our help. Maybe we can gather some things for the program and bring them to the Holiday Party at Judy's in a couple weeks. 

The Foundation has had a successful year gathering supplies and volunteers, but here's what they still need:

Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Coloring Books (from pre-K through 2nd Grade)
Socks (from ages 4 to 11)
Cash Donations
New Kid-friendly Books. It's short notice, but these folks might be good candidates for dictionaries in the coming years.

You can see that the needs are very basic. There are many families whose kids go to Granite Schools who struggle throughout the year. In fact, we work with some of them at the Sunnyvale Center. This is one more opportunity for us to continue our service to this community.

I will bring a big box. If we can gather the goods, unwrapped, at Judy's meeting, I will deliver them to the Granite Warehouse the next day. 

In the meantime, have a Happy Thanksgiving! 

Best


Frank Lilly
President Elect
Community Service Chair

Friday, November 15, 2013

FUN, FUN, FUN STUFF COMING UP WITH ROTARY CLUB OF MILLCREEK

Attendees:  Ladd Tanner, Susan Marks, Christine Casper, Laurie Summers, Marlin Clark, Frank Lilly, Danny Shoenfeld, Bill Kille, Stephanie Chard, Dayna Revetti, Liz Sherlock, Andrea White, Margereta Vlasic, Shannon Tilly - 14

Topics:

  • November 19 - Cuban Cooking Social at Harman's at City Creek.   Sign up at www.harmonsgrocery.com/cookingschool.  If you have trouble with registration, call Dayna Revetti - 330.720.0915
  • November 21 - Speed mentor/interview technique event with Rotaractors - see Stephanie Chard e-mail.  The event will be at 6pm at Westminster.  Please RSVP to stephanie@thetrainingtable.com
  • No meeting on Turkey Day
  •  RCMC Holiday Party Thursday, December 5 at Judy Zone's - details to follow
  • Our membership committee gave a read out and reported on ideas for increasing membership for the Presidential Citation as well as for growth.  Kudos to Dayna Revetti, Bill Kille, Shannon Tilly, and Susan Marks for the best committee read-out we've had to date.  Ideas and updates included:
  1. Increase membership
  2. Develop and implement a new member orientation and mentor program
  3. Increase retention
  4. Increase attendance
More to come from this great committee.

Details being worked for December schedule as Cafe Madrid is booked.  For our service project, plan to purchase a toy and bring to a meeting to donate to Toys for Tots (unwrapped). Keep updated on the blog or watch for RCMC texts and e-mails.

LASTLY, DUES ARE DUE FOR 4TH QUARTER - PAY NOW!!!