E-mail from Nanci 12-27-21
Fellow volunteers….
As the year draws to a close, I want to take a minute to say what an honor it has been to be Chair of the Community Outreach Committee these past three years. Together, we have done amazing work to help so many of those in need in the greater Denton community. Working together also proved to be a great way to make new friends and have fun in the process.
Donna Gardner and I are excited for her to be Chair going forward.
Because this work speaks to my heart, I will continue volunteering with you.
I’m also looking forward to my new role as Chair of the Hospitality Committee.
So, if you’d like to join us as a Greeter or help with table decorations,
be sure to sign up when you renew your Robson Ranch Women’s Club membership.
Thanks for all you’ve done. All the best for 2022!
Nanci
Fellow volunteers….
As the year draws to a close, I want to take a minute to say what an honor it has been to be Chair of the Community Outreach Committee these past three years. Together, we have done amazing work to help so many of those in need in the greater Denton community. Working together also proved to be a great way to make new friends and have fun in the process.
Donna Gardner and I are excited for her to be Chair going forward.
Because this work speaks to my heart, I will continue volunteering with you.
I’m also looking forward to my new role as Chair of the Hospitality Committee.
So, if you’d like to join us as a Greeter or help with table decorations,
be sure to sign up when you renew your Robson Ranch Women’s Club membership.
Thanks for all you’ve done. All the best for 2022!
Nanci
Email from Nanci 12-24-21
Ladies,
Of all the things you did to prepare for the holidays, I hope you count making homemade cookies for people living
in a shelter away from family and friends, as one of your most worthwhile endeavors.
The clients absolutely loved the homemade cookies, the mugs and the cards we wrote.
The staff and board members were overwhelmed by all we did to brighten the season for their clients.
Lynn, Donna and I took the gifts to the motel Thursday morning and helped them get organized.
Then, Donna and I stayed and helped prepare and serve lunch.
ODB did a great job of making it festive, with tables set with red clothes in the parking lot, dozens of donated gifts given from a bicycle to coffee makers to gift cards. They even had Buddy, The Elf.
Once again, thank you to all who made cookies and those who also helped assemble the beautiful cookies into tins, wrap mugs and write the cards. And, a special thank you to Lynn Teeling for hosting our soirée and sharing her beautiful home.
Wishing all of you a most joyous Christmas tomorrow.
And, don’t forget to sign up for the January 3rd lunch!
Nanci
Ladies,
Of all the things you did to prepare for the holidays, I hope you count making homemade cookies for people living
in a shelter away from family and friends, as one of your most worthwhile endeavors.
The clients absolutely loved the homemade cookies, the mugs and the cards we wrote.
The staff and board members were overwhelmed by all we did to brighten the season for their clients.
Lynn, Donna and I took the gifts to the motel Thursday morning and helped them get organized.
Then, Donna and I stayed and helped prepare and serve lunch.
ODB did a great job of making it festive, with tables set with red clothes in the parking lot, dozens of donated gifts given from a bicycle to coffee makers to gift cards. They even had Buddy, The Elf.
Once again, thank you to all who made cookies and those who also helped assemble the beautiful cookies into tins, wrap mugs and write the cards. And, a special thank you to Lynn Teeling for hosting our soirée and sharing her beautiful home.
Wishing all of you a most joyous Christmas tomorrow.
And, don’t forget to sign up for the January 3rd lunch!
Nanci
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COOKIE DAY!
December 22, 2021
December 22, 2021
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December 21, 2021
DELIVERING GIFTS!
DELIVERING GIFTS!
Lynn Teeling loading her car with gifts for Friends of the Family children
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Marty McCormick delivering gifts
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The gift caravan crew L to R:
Stephanie Honeycutt of Friends of the Family, Nanci Odom, Suzanne Spisak, Lynn Teeling, Dianna Duncan, Marty McCormick and Donna Gardner
Stephanie Honeycutt of Friends of the Family, Nanci Odom, Suzanne Spisak, Lynn Teeling, Dianna Duncan, Marty McCormick and Donna Gardner
ADOPT-A-FAMILY
Adopt-a-Family.... 81 children adopted, plus 16 generic Mom gifts
63 Community Outreach members participated, plus their friends
Adopt-a-Family.... 81 children adopted, plus 16 generic Mom gifts
63 Community Outreach members participated, plus their friends
E-mail from Nanci 12-2-21
Fellow volunteers….
Dear Cookie Bakers….all 25 of you (or your team) thank you so much for volunteering to bake cookies for the ODB clients living at the Deluxe Inn. The holidays are hard for so many people, including these folks, as they prepare for a life of independence. Knowing that a group women care enough to bake homemade cookies for them, will go a long way to make their season brighter.
We’re baking for a total of 57 people, at 18 cookies per person, or 1026 cookies.
With 25 bakers, that’s 41 per baker or 3 1/2 dozen each. A reminder, to avoid any nut allergy issues, please no nuts.
All cookies should be brought to Lynn Teeling’s home Wednesday December 22 at 4:00, 12212 Pepperidge Drive.
You can just drop them off or you can stay and help compile the cookies into an array of cookies for each tin.
If you plan to stay, please bring your beverage of choice for the occasion.
If you can’t bring cookies that afternoon, please let Lynn know at 214.564.1407 and make other arrangements.
And, we need more tins, if you have any to contribute. We have 27.
Plus, I know of: Peggy Crandell 1, Beverly Fairchild 2, Jan Brefczynski 5.
You ladies are such a source of inspiration….the call goes out, you respond.
Another example of doing good work for our community, while having fun and making friends in the process.
Speaking of making friends, be sure to wear your name tag on the 22nd.
Call with any questions….
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers….
Dear Cookie Bakers….all 25 of you (or your team) thank you so much for volunteering to bake cookies for the ODB clients living at the Deluxe Inn. The holidays are hard for so many people, including these folks, as they prepare for a life of independence. Knowing that a group women care enough to bake homemade cookies for them, will go a long way to make their season brighter.
We’re baking for a total of 57 people, at 18 cookies per person, or 1026 cookies.
With 25 bakers, that’s 41 per baker or 3 1/2 dozen each. A reminder, to avoid any nut allergy issues, please no nuts.
All cookies should be brought to Lynn Teeling’s home Wednesday December 22 at 4:00, 12212 Pepperidge Drive.
You can just drop them off or you can stay and help compile the cookies into an array of cookies for each tin.
If you plan to stay, please bring your beverage of choice for the occasion.
If you can’t bring cookies that afternoon, please let Lynn know at 214.564.1407 and make other arrangements.
And, we need more tins, if you have any to contribute. We have 27.
Plus, I know of: Peggy Crandell 1, Beverly Fairchild 2, Jan Brefczynski 5.
You ladies are such a source of inspiration….the call goes out, you respond.
Another example of doing good work for our community, while having fun and making friends in the process.
Speaking of making friends, be sure to wear your name tag on the 22nd.
Call with any questions….
Nanci
727.249.1662
E-mail from Nanci 11-29-21
Fellow volunteers….
Don’t need any Butchers or Candle Stick Makers…..
Fellow volunteers….
We recently had a donation of 20+ Holiday tins….just begging to be filled with cookies!
After talking to Dee Moore, Program Manager for ODB, we thought it would be a great idea for us to make cookies for the 47 folks living at the Deluxe Motel. Of the 47, 6 are diabetic and would require an alternative, which we will work with Dee to determine.
At this point we need to know who will include this ‘calling’ in your baking plans.
Because we don’t know who has nut allergies, we ask for nut-free cookies.
If you’re baking over the next couple of weeks, you may need to freeze your cookies, as we will deliver just before Christmas.
At this point we need to know:
1) are you willing to bake cookies?
2) do you have any holiday cookie tins which holds 12-18 cookies?
We will gather to organize our cookies in one of our kitchens, so each person gets a variety….wine may be involved.
Please let me know if you’d like to participate by Wednesday.
Nanci
Fellow volunteers….
Don’t need any Butchers or Candle Stick Makers…..
Fellow volunteers….
We recently had a donation of 20+ Holiday tins….just begging to be filled with cookies!
After talking to Dee Moore, Program Manager for ODB, we thought it would be a great idea for us to make cookies for the 47 folks living at the Deluxe Motel. Of the 47, 6 are diabetic and would require an alternative, which we will work with Dee to determine.
At this point we need to know who will include this ‘calling’ in your baking plans.
Because we don’t know who has nut allergies, we ask for nut-free cookies.
If you’re baking over the next couple of weeks, you may need to freeze your cookies, as we will deliver just before Christmas.
At this point we need to know:
1) are you willing to bake cookies?
2) do you have any holiday cookie tins which holds 12-18 cookies?
We will gather to organize our cookies in one of our kitchens, so each person gets a variety….wine may be involved.
Please let me know if you’d like to participate by Wednesday.
Nanci
E-mail from Nanci 11-11-21
Fellow volunteers….
Just a quick reminder that we have a Community Outreach Committee meeting this Friday at 2:00 in the clubhouse.
The primary focus of this meeting will be charity updates and the distribution of shopping list
for those of you who have signed up to adopt a child/children.
We will also be honoring a couple of our fellow ranchers.
While neither of them officially belong to the community outreach committee,
they both have been very helpful to us this year.
Also, if you have any Christmas ornaments you know you won’t be using in the future and they are easily accessible this early, please bring them as a donation to the tree they will be decorating at the Deluxe Motel!
Hope to see you Friday.
Fellow volunteers….
Just a quick reminder that we have a Community Outreach Committee meeting this Friday at 2:00 in the clubhouse.
The primary focus of this meeting will be charity updates and the distribution of shopping list
for those of you who have signed up to adopt a child/children.
We will also be honoring a couple of our fellow ranchers.
While neither of them officially belong to the community outreach committee,
they both have been very helpful to us this year.
Also, if you have any Christmas ornaments you know you won’t be using in the future and they are easily accessible this early, please bring them as a donation to the tree they will be decorating at the Deluxe Motel!
Hope to see you Friday.
E-mail from Nanci 11-2-21
Ladies…..let’s change the maximum spend per child to $100, which is what it was last year.
This does not mean you have to spend that much.
By joining forces with others or being a bargain shopper or both you can provide a wonderful holiday for the child/children you adopt. The average spend last year was in the $75 range, less for younger kids and more for older.
I just heard from Stephanie that all the gifts are due back to them by no later than Friday, December 10.
So, mark your calendar for Tuesday, December 7 from 4:00-6:00 for a Show & Tell cocktail party at my house.
You’ll have the opportunity to show what you bought and oh and ah, as only women can do, at all the other gifts!
No need to RSVP for that yet.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Ladies…..let’s change the maximum spend per child to $100, which is what it was last year.
This does not mean you have to spend that much.
By joining forces with others or being a bargain shopper or both you can provide a wonderful holiday for the child/children you adopt. The average spend last year was in the $75 range, less for younger kids and more for older.
I just heard from Stephanie that all the gifts are due back to them by no later than Friday, December 10.
So, mark your calendar for Tuesday, December 7 from 4:00-6:00 for a Show & Tell cocktail party at my house.
You’ll have the opportunity to show what you bought and oh and ah, as only women can do, at all the other gifts!
No need to RSVP for that yet.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Nanci's e-mail from 11-2-21
Fellow volunteers…..
Let’s kick off the 2021 holiday season by participating in the Friends of the Family Adopt-a-Family program again this year!
Please let me know by end of business tomorrow, Wednesday, if you want to participate in this year’s program.
I need to tell Stephanie Honeycutt how many children we want to ‘adopt’ this holiday season.
Please respond only to me…..
Examples of responses I need are:
Mary Smith will adopt one child, preferably an elementary age girl,
Or
Mary Smith, Jane Doe and Betty Williams together will adopt two children, preferably a high school boy and girl
Or
Mary Smith cannot shop, but I’d like to donate money for others to shop on my behalf.
Once I tell Stephanie how many children we want to adopt, she will prepare the distribution of Holiday Wish Lists for us.
My goal is to give you your child’s/ children’s wish list next Friday at our 2:00 Community Outreach meeting.
I’ve already heard chatter of groups planning to get together, shop for their assigned children and then having lunch.
It’s becoming a Community Outreach tradition….giving back to our community and having a good time in the process.
As in years past, we will adopt their largest families.
We ask that you limit your spending $100./child maximum. This will ensure some level of parity within the family.
I will try my best to give you the age and sex of child you request, but obviously can’t guarantee it.
As a point of reference, last year we adopted 58 children and 24 the year before.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers…..
Let’s kick off the 2021 holiday season by participating in the Friends of the Family Adopt-a-Family program again this year!
Please let me know by end of business tomorrow, Wednesday, if you want to participate in this year’s program.
I need to tell Stephanie Honeycutt how many children we want to ‘adopt’ this holiday season.
Please respond only to me…..
Examples of responses I need are:
Mary Smith will adopt one child, preferably an elementary age girl,
Or
Mary Smith, Jane Doe and Betty Williams together will adopt two children, preferably a high school boy and girl
Or
Mary Smith cannot shop, but I’d like to donate money for others to shop on my behalf.
Once I tell Stephanie how many children we want to adopt, she will prepare the distribution of Holiday Wish Lists for us.
My goal is to give you your child’s/ children’s wish list next Friday at our 2:00 Community Outreach meeting.
I’ve already heard chatter of groups planning to get together, shop for their assigned children and then having lunch.
It’s becoming a Community Outreach tradition….giving back to our community and having a good time in the process.
As in years past, we will adopt their largest families.
We ask that you limit your spending $100./child maximum. This will ensure some level of parity within the family.
I will try my best to give you the age and sex of child you request, but obviously can’t guarantee it.
As a point of reference, last year we adopted 58 children and 24 the year before.
Nanci
727.249.1662
October Community Outreach Photos
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Nanci's e-mail from 10-15-21
Fellow volunteers…..
We did it! We moved our pallet making operation from Jo’s garage to Angela Water’s garage at 8412 Sterling Drive.
Thanks to all the advance planning by Donna Gardner, Angela Waters, Jennifer Phelps and Lynn Teeling, we were well organized and the move went went quickly and smoothly. We started at 8:00 and we’re done by 10:05.
Thanks to all the ‘movers’ who transported household items via their SUVs, Sherry Eason, LaDonna Womochel, Marty McCormick, Marsha Scholze, Kathy Prechtel, Dianna Duncan, Diane Eoff and Carol Rogers.
For those of you who saw Jo’s garage, you probably won’t recognize it empty.
And, with all our free shelving units we acquired, you can see how organized we are in our new ‘home away from home’.
Since Angela is British, we need to now call it a gare age.
We’ve now made and delivered 53 Welcome Home pallets. We also reluctantly find ourselves in the furniture business. Unfortunately, the Rapid Rehousing Furniture Fund is empty, so as folks are moving into apartments, they receive our wonderful pallets, but no furniture other than what we’ve collected. ODB will use a part of what we give them from the Holiday Market for the Furniture Fund. At our next meeting, I’d like to brainstorm any other ideas you may have.
A special thank you to Peggy Crandell.
She and her husband recently sold one of their rental houses and donated all the household belongings to us.
Also, a special thank you to Marti Conley and the After Schoolers.
They are giving us first dibs on anything left over at the end of tomorrow‘s community garage sale….for free.
Chris Anderson, her husband Bill and Lisa Olson’s husband Scott have agreed to be there at noon with their trucks so we can scoop up any furniture that we may be able to use. Going forward, please keep your ears and eyes open with friends and neighbors for any furniture, TVs or Queen mattresses they may no longer need.
Friends of the Family will have the children’s wish lists for Adopt-a-Family the second week of November.
I’ve set a meeting for Friday November 12 at 2:00 in the Heritage Room.
You may want to be thinking of who you want as a shopping partner.
In the past, several of you have gone shopping in groups of two or three, stopped for lunch and made a real outing of it.
Nothing like shopping for children in need with good girlfriends to put you in the holiday spirit.
Denton Community Food Center is our charity of the month at the November luncheon.
If you have an extra few dollars in your purse, please stop by and share it.
Our two monthly charities, DCFC and Friends of the Family, used to get $600-$900 when they came.
This year it’s been $200-$300. Every little bit helps.
Hope to see you at the November luncheon and then at our November Community Outreach meeting the following week.
Nanci
Fellow volunteers…..
We did it! We moved our pallet making operation from Jo’s garage to Angela Water’s garage at 8412 Sterling Drive.
Thanks to all the advance planning by Donna Gardner, Angela Waters, Jennifer Phelps and Lynn Teeling, we were well organized and the move went went quickly and smoothly. We started at 8:00 and we’re done by 10:05.
Thanks to all the ‘movers’ who transported household items via their SUVs, Sherry Eason, LaDonna Womochel, Marty McCormick, Marsha Scholze, Kathy Prechtel, Dianna Duncan, Diane Eoff and Carol Rogers.
For those of you who saw Jo’s garage, you probably won’t recognize it empty.
And, with all our free shelving units we acquired, you can see how organized we are in our new ‘home away from home’.
Since Angela is British, we need to now call it a gare age.
We’ve now made and delivered 53 Welcome Home pallets. We also reluctantly find ourselves in the furniture business. Unfortunately, the Rapid Rehousing Furniture Fund is empty, so as folks are moving into apartments, they receive our wonderful pallets, but no furniture other than what we’ve collected. ODB will use a part of what we give them from the Holiday Market for the Furniture Fund. At our next meeting, I’d like to brainstorm any other ideas you may have.
A special thank you to Peggy Crandell.
She and her husband recently sold one of their rental houses and donated all the household belongings to us.
Also, a special thank you to Marti Conley and the After Schoolers.
They are giving us first dibs on anything left over at the end of tomorrow‘s community garage sale….for free.
Chris Anderson, her husband Bill and Lisa Olson’s husband Scott have agreed to be there at noon with their trucks so we can scoop up any furniture that we may be able to use. Going forward, please keep your ears and eyes open with friends and neighbors for any furniture, TVs or Queen mattresses they may no longer need.
Friends of the Family will have the children’s wish lists for Adopt-a-Family the second week of November.
I’ve set a meeting for Friday November 12 at 2:00 in the Heritage Room.
You may want to be thinking of who you want as a shopping partner.
In the past, several of you have gone shopping in groups of two or three, stopped for lunch and made a real outing of it.
Nothing like shopping for children in need with good girlfriends to put you in the holiday spirit.
Denton Community Food Center is our charity of the month at the November luncheon.
If you have an extra few dollars in your purse, please stop by and share it.
Our two monthly charities, DCFC and Friends of the Family, used to get $600-$900 when they came.
This year it’s been $200-$300. Every little bit helps.
Hope to see you at the November luncheon and then at our November Community Outreach meeting the following week.
Nanci
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Nanci's email from 10-7-21
Fellow volunteers…..
Our Daily Bread is hosting their annual fundraiser here at Robson Ranch and it’s a Casino Night!
Come join us as we support one of our favorite charities,
Our Daily Bread together with Monsignor King Outreach Center.
This will be a fun evening of casino games, a poker room, a live auction and a silent auction, wine pull, photo booth, raffle tickets for 17 great gift card prizes ranging from $250 to $1,000.
Click on the PDF below to pull up the flyer and scan the QR code to take you to the site to register.
Or, you can go to Ourdailybreaddenton.org to register.
(This is a jpeg on this Email, so the scan feature cannot be activated.)
Look forward to seeing you at the event. If you are not able to attend, but would like to buy raffle tickets, please let me know. They are $10 each.
Nanci
727.249.1662
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Nanci's Email from 9-22-21
Fellow volunteers….
Great news…..the Rapid Rehousing grant extension for Our Daily Bread has been approved by the City.
This means the fabulous work Dee Moore and her team of caseworkers to help those who have been homeless resume more normal and productive lives in their own apartments will continue. Our work making Welcome Home pallets has been instrumental in helping people make their new apartments a livable home.
Even with this great news, we have several challenges.
1) We need a new garage for hosting our monthly Donation Days and making pallets. Jo Leenhoutes, who loves ODB and volunteers there three days a week, has been very generous allowing us to use her garage the past five months,
but it’s time to move on and give Jo her garage back. If interested, let me know.
2) The Dallas Furniture Bank provides refurbished furniture for a one bedroom apartment for $400 and delivers it directly to the new apartment. Great solution, except the Our Daily Bread Furniture Fund keeps running out of funds, due to the number of people being housed. Even though we said we didn’t want to be in the furniture business, we don’t want folks moving into apartments with a super Welcome Home pallet, but no furniture. Over the past two weeks much furniture has come our way via an estate sale and RR resident donations. We’ve had 3 couches, 3 coffee tables, 3 LR chairs, 2 nightstands, 1 recliner, 1 ottoman, 2 end tables, 2 dressers, 2 chest of drawers, 1 bed, 1 TV stand, 1 TV donated. We’ve had some great ‘husband with pick up truck’ help moving furniture,
Bill Anderson (Chris’s husband), Jim Sico (Dee’s) husband and my husband, Jack, contributing his strength and brawn.
So, like it or not, we’re in the furniture business.
Angela Waters and Suzanne Spisak have allowed us to store furniture in their garages, until ODB brings the truck out to pick it up.
Tell your friends we can use ‘in good condition’ furniture.
Contact me for details.
If you’d like to donate to ODB’s furniture fund, you can do that as well, but be sure to designate Furniture Fund.
Twelve of us toured ODB main site, MKOC emergency shelter, and Denton Community Food Center Monday and Wednesday.
I think all the women were amazed at the breadth and depth of services all these charities provide and do so very efficiently.
With the North Texas Giving Day upon us, please remember our charities.
As an all volunteer charity, DCFC has been so busy providing food, they did not have the resources to become a part of this, but they have an anonymous donor who has pledged to match all donations up to $25,000 by the end of September.
We learned about numerous volunteer opportunities at all three charities.
Some are for individuals and many are suitable for small groups.
At our next Community Outreach Committee meeting which I’ll schedule for mid October,
we will discuss how to proceed with these group opportunities.
In the meantime, those interested in volunteering with ODB main site or MKOC shelter,
log onto Ourdailybreaddenton.org and follow prompts to volunteering.
For those interested in volunteering with DCFC, contact Dallas Newell at [email protected]
and indentify yourself as part of the RRWC Community Outreach Committee.
Last, but certainly not least…,ODB is having their big annual fundraiser here at Robson Ranch.
Casino Night, which includes a poker tournament, is Saturday night, October 16 from 6:00-10:00.
The golf tournament is Monday October 18. You can gain admission to either/both events by going to the ODBDenton website.
If interested in raffle tickets, please contact me. On the website you’ll see all the great prize opportunities.
Whew! So many good things happening in our community and so many opportunities
for us to volunteer and share our experience and talents in the service of others.
Call or email with any questions.
If you want to know what you missed on the tours, ask Dee Dee Karabetsos, Marty McCormick, Donna DeBouver, Donna Gardner, Chris Anderson, Suzanne Spisak, Dianna Duncan, LaDonna Womochel , Mary Jo Kuskie, Danise Sharpe or Corky Pledger….
I’m sure they will gladly share their experience.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers….
Great news…..the Rapid Rehousing grant extension for Our Daily Bread has been approved by the City.
This means the fabulous work Dee Moore and her team of caseworkers to help those who have been homeless resume more normal and productive lives in their own apartments will continue. Our work making Welcome Home pallets has been instrumental in helping people make their new apartments a livable home.
Even with this great news, we have several challenges.
1) We need a new garage for hosting our monthly Donation Days and making pallets. Jo Leenhoutes, who loves ODB and volunteers there three days a week, has been very generous allowing us to use her garage the past five months,
but it’s time to move on and give Jo her garage back. If interested, let me know.
2) The Dallas Furniture Bank provides refurbished furniture for a one bedroom apartment for $400 and delivers it directly to the new apartment. Great solution, except the Our Daily Bread Furniture Fund keeps running out of funds, due to the number of people being housed. Even though we said we didn’t want to be in the furniture business, we don’t want folks moving into apartments with a super Welcome Home pallet, but no furniture. Over the past two weeks much furniture has come our way via an estate sale and RR resident donations. We’ve had 3 couches, 3 coffee tables, 3 LR chairs, 2 nightstands, 1 recliner, 1 ottoman, 2 end tables, 2 dressers, 2 chest of drawers, 1 bed, 1 TV stand, 1 TV donated. We’ve had some great ‘husband with pick up truck’ help moving furniture,
Bill Anderson (Chris’s husband), Jim Sico (Dee’s) husband and my husband, Jack, contributing his strength and brawn.
So, like it or not, we’re in the furniture business.
Angela Waters and Suzanne Spisak have allowed us to store furniture in their garages, until ODB brings the truck out to pick it up.
Tell your friends we can use ‘in good condition’ furniture.
Contact me for details.
If you’d like to donate to ODB’s furniture fund, you can do that as well, but be sure to designate Furniture Fund.
Twelve of us toured ODB main site, MKOC emergency shelter, and Denton Community Food Center Monday and Wednesday.
I think all the women were amazed at the breadth and depth of services all these charities provide and do so very efficiently.
With the North Texas Giving Day upon us, please remember our charities.
As an all volunteer charity, DCFC has been so busy providing food, they did not have the resources to become a part of this, but they have an anonymous donor who has pledged to match all donations up to $25,000 by the end of September.
We learned about numerous volunteer opportunities at all three charities.
Some are for individuals and many are suitable for small groups.
At our next Community Outreach Committee meeting which I’ll schedule for mid October,
we will discuss how to proceed with these group opportunities.
In the meantime, those interested in volunteering with ODB main site or MKOC shelter,
log onto Ourdailybreaddenton.org and follow prompts to volunteering.
For those interested in volunteering with DCFC, contact Dallas Newell at [email protected]
and indentify yourself as part of the RRWC Community Outreach Committee.
Last, but certainly not least…,ODB is having their big annual fundraiser here at Robson Ranch.
Casino Night, which includes a poker tournament, is Saturday night, October 16 from 6:00-10:00.
The golf tournament is Monday October 18. You can gain admission to either/both events by going to the ODBDenton website.
If interested in raffle tickets, please contact me. On the website you’ll see all the great prize opportunities.
Whew! So many good things happening in our community and so many opportunities
for us to volunteer and share our experience and talents in the service of others.
Call or email with any questions.
If you want to know what you missed on the tours, ask Dee Dee Karabetsos, Marty McCormick, Donna DeBouver, Donna Gardner, Chris Anderson, Suzanne Spisak, Dianna Duncan, LaDonna Womochel , Mary Jo Kuskie, Danise Sharpe or Corky Pledger….
I’m sure they will gladly share their experience.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Nanci's e-mail from 9-17-21
Fellow volunteers,
Thank you to the 36 women who signed the letter of support for ODB for their presentation to the City today asking for an extension of the Rapid Rehousing grant. We’ll learn the outcome next week.
Last call for tours of Our Daily Bread main site and shelter, plus Denton Community Food Center next Monday or Wednesday. Currently, we only have eight women attending. We will leave at 1:00.
You may carpool or drive on your own, if you wish.
We will visit Our Daily Bread’s main site, then DCFC and finally the shelter.
We should be back to the Ranch by 4:30.
The charities require we wear masks.
DCFC also requires a temperature check, which is just standing in front of a thermometer machine.
I will be giving the charities an attendee count for Monday late this afternoon. Email now, operator is standing by.
And, a reminder tomorrow is Donation Day from 9:00-11:00 at 12004 Lockhart COURT (Jo’s garage).
Tell your friends and neighbors.
Nanci
727.249.1662
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Fellow volunteers,
Thank you to the 36 women who signed the letter of support for ODB for their presentation to the City today asking for an extension of the Rapid Rehousing grant. We’ll learn the outcome next week.
Last call for tours of Our Daily Bread main site and shelter, plus Denton Community Food Center next Monday or Wednesday. Currently, we only have eight women attending. We will leave at 1:00.
You may carpool or drive on your own, if you wish.
We will visit Our Daily Bread’s main site, then DCFC and finally the shelter.
We should be back to the Ranch by 4:30.
The charities require we wear masks.
DCFC also requires a temperature check, which is just standing in front of a thermometer machine.
I will be giving the charities an attendee count for Monday late this afternoon. Email now, operator is standing by.
And, a reminder tomorrow is Donation Day from 9:00-11:00 at 12004 Lockhart COURT (Jo’s garage).
Tell your friends and neighbors.
Nanci
727.249.1662
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Nanci's email from 9-14-21
Fellow volunteers,
URGENT MESSAGE...
We had a great Community Outreach Committee meeting today.
First and most importantly, I shared that the Rapid Rehousing grant is expiring September 30.
When I found out yesterday that Wendy McGee, Executive Director of ODB, is going before the City this Friday to ask for an extension of the grant, I asked how we could help. Write letters of support was the answer.
I had already written to the Mayor and City Council as a private citizen back in August commending them for their support of ODB during Covid with the leasing of the Deluxe Motel and the Rapid Rehousing grant.
LaDonna Womochel has also written a letter this week.
Below is a generic letter I wrote this morning appropriate for any and/or all of us to sign.
I will take it to Wendy Thursday afternoon. The women at the meeting signed today.
I am putting a copy of the letter on my front porch (8500 Sterling Drive) and ask that you stop by and sign it too, if you are so inclined….just your name and street address.
Deadline Thursday morning. Bring a pen. Thank you in advance for your support of this important initiative.
and more.....
This Saturday morning, September 18, we need use of a pickup truck for about an hour to move some furniture within Robson Ranch. Please let me know ASAP, if you can help.
This Saturday morning, September 18 is also a Donation Day at 12004 Lockhart COURT from 9:00-11:00.
Come work with us or just stop by and see the Garage Brigade in action.
We are going to tour at least two of our charities, Our Daily Bread main site and the shelter (MKOC) next Monday and Wednesday afternoons, September 20 and 22, leaving at 1:00 and returning to the Ranch late afternoon.
I’m hoping we can also tour the Denton Community Food Center, but have not heard back from them.
For the tours, you may carpool or drive yourself.
Please RSVP to only me if you want to go and tell me if Monday or Wednesday or Either work for you.
Late October we will kickoff this year’s Adopt-a-Family initiative with Friends of the Family. More to come later.
As always, we’re collecting plastic shopping bags for both ODB and DCFC. Bags may be left on my front porch.
We are NOT currently collecting empty water bottles.
And, now that we’re starting to travel again, don’t forget to gather the hotel toiletries and bring them home to donate.
That’s it for now. Hope to see you Saturday or next week for the tours.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
URGENT MESSAGE...
We had a great Community Outreach Committee meeting today.
First and most importantly, I shared that the Rapid Rehousing grant is expiring September 30.
When I found out yesterday that Wendy McGee, Executive Director of ODB, is going before the City this Friday to ask for an extension of the grant, I asked how we could help. Write letters of support was the answer.
I had already written to the Mayor and City Council as a private citizen back in August commending them for their support of ODB during Covid with the leasing of the Deluxe Motel and the Rapid Rehousing grant.
LaDonna Womochel has also written a letter this week.
Below is a generic letter I wrote this morning appropriate for any and/or all of us to sign.
I will take it to Wendy Thursday afternoon. The women at the meeting signed today.
I am putting a copy of the letter on my front porch (8500 Sterling Drive) and ask that you stop by and sign it too, if you are so inclined….just your name and street address.
Deadline Thursday morning. Bring a pen. Thank you in advance for your support of this important initiative.
and more.....
This Saturday morning, September 18, we need use of a pickup truck for about an hour to move some furniture within Robson Ranch. Please let me know ASAP, if you can help.
This Saturday morning, September 18 is also a Donation Day at 12004 Lockhart COURT from 9:00-11:00.
Come work with us or just stop by and see the Garage Brigade in action.
We are going to tour at least two of our charities, Our Daily Bread main site and the shelter (MKOC) next Monday and Wednesday afternoons, September 20 and 22, leaving at 1:00 and returning to the Ranch late afternoon.
I’m hoping we can also tour the Denton Community Food Center, but have not heard back from them.
For the tours, you may carpool or drive yourself.
Please RSVP to only me if you want to go and tell me if Monday or Wednesday or Either work for you.
Late October we will kickoff this year’s Adopt-a-Family initiative with Friends of the Family. More to come later.
As always, we’re collecting plastic shopping bags for both ODB and DCFC. Bags may be left on my front porch.
We are NOT currently collecting empty water bottles.
And, now that we’re starting to travel again, don’t forget to gather the hotel toiletries and bring them home to donate.
That’s it for now. Hope to see you Saturday or next week for the tours.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Nanci's E-mail from 9-8-21
Fellow volunteers,
It was great to see so many of you today at the luncheon.
Next Tuesday, September 14, we will have a Community Outreach Committee meeting
from 2:00-3:30 in the Medina/Bandera Room.
Please try to be there as we plan our volunteer activities for the remainder of the year.
At the very least we have
1) upcoming tours
2) on-site volunteer opportunities
3) making our Welcome Home pallets and
4) Adopt-a-Family for the holidays for clients of Friends of the Family.
I’ve asked for the chairs to be scattered, so we’re somewhat socially distanced.
For those of you who were not at the luncheon, you missed the picture below of Jennifer Phelps, Sherry Eason, Marsha Scholze, Lorie Blanda, Diane Eoff, Dee Dee Karabetsos and Carol Rogers when we caravanned Welcome Home pallets #42, 43 and 44 to the Deluxe Motel yesterday.
They are all going to clients who are moving to their own apartments this week.
Our next Donation Day is Saturday, September 18
….please tell your friends and neighbors.
Hope to see you next Tuesday.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
It was great to see so many of you today at the luncheon.
Next Tuesday, September 14, we will have a Community Outreach Committee meeting
from 2:00-3:30 in the Medina/Bandera Room.
Please try to be there as we plan our volunteer activities for the remainder of the year.
At the very least we have
1) upcoming tours
2) on-site volunteer opportunities
3) making our Welcome Home pallets and
4) Adopt-a-Family for the holidays for clients of Friends of the Family.
I’ve asked for the chairs to be scattered, so we’re somewhat socially distanced.
For those of you who were not at the luncheon, you missed the picture below of Jennifer Phelps, Sherry Eason, Marsha Scholze, Lorie Blanda, Diane Eoff, Dee Dee Karabetsos and Carol Rogers when we caravanned Welcome Home pallets #42, 43 and 44 to the Deluxe Motel yesterday.
They are all going to clients who are moving to their own apartments this week.
Our next Donation Day is Saturday, September 18
….please tell your friends and neighbors.
Hope to see you next Tuesday.
Nanci
727.249.1662
E-mail from Nanci on 9-6-21
Women of the Garage Brigade delivering Welcome Home pallets #42, #43 and #44 to the Deluxe Motel
for ODB clients who are moving to their own apartments this week.
L to R: Jennifer Phelps, Sherry Eason, Dee Moore (Program Manager), Marsha Scholze, Lorie Blanda, Diane Eoff, Dee Dee Karabetsos, Carol Rogers. On floor: Raj (Caseworker) and Nanci Odom
August 21, 2021
Anxious workers Sherry Eason and Lynn Telling waiting for the garage to open
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Diane Eoff and Angela Waters with their completed Welcome Home Pallet
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Dee Dee Karabetsos and Lynn Teeling with their, complete with tree!
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Nanci's e-mail from 8-16-21
Fellow volunteers……
Please tell your friends and neighbors we are having another Donation Day of gently used household item
this Saturday, August 21 from 9:00-11:00 at 12004 Lockhart COURT.
The list of needed items is on the home page of the RRWC website.
While we need all those items, we have a particular need for lamps, flatware, dishes (dinner & salad plates and bowls),
glasses (not wine), oven mitts, kitchen utensils, queen blankets and comforters, wall art, basic tools (screw drivers, pliers and hammers), laundry baskets and trash cans.
Because Our Daily Bread can furnish an entire apartment for $400 through Dallas Furniture Bank, we decided not to pursue collecting furniture. That said, we have had several pieces of furniture offered to us (mostly chairs, end and coffee tables, TVs and chest of drawers, loveseats) and the ODB furniture fund runs out of funds, so we try to get creative.
If any of you have a pickup truck and are willing to occasionally help us move a few pieces of furniture, please let me know.
Willing husbands are welcome too!
We’re trying this tomorrow with Chris Anderson and her husband, Bill and their pickup truck and Jack and I and our SUV.
As an update, the women of the Garage Brigade have now made 37 pallets over the past four months.
Some of us have had the pleasure of meeting several of the grateful recipients, which is quite rewarding.
The pictures below are 1) Lorie Blanda and 2) Debbie Hunley and Carol Rogers proudly displaying the pallets they worked on
and 3) Tammy Buck, Donna DeBouver and me working this morning at Denton Community Food Center.
A good time was had by all!
Our Daily Bread and DCFC are both looking for on-site volunteers, so if you want to give it a try,
please let me know and I’ll walk you through how to get started.
Our most immediate needs…..
1) please encourage your friends and family to donate this Saturday and
2) let me know if you can help with Donation Day, no experience needed!
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers……
Please tell your friends and neighbors we are having another Donation Day of gently used household item
this Saturday, August 21 from 9:00-11:00 at 12004 Lockhart COURT.
The list of needed items is on the home page of the RRWC website.
While we need all those items, we have a particular need for lamps, flatware, dishes (dinner & salad plates and bowls),
glasses (not wine), oven mitts, kitchen utensils, queen blankets and comforters, wall art, basic tools (screw drivers, pliers and hammers), laundry baskets and trash cans.
Because Our Daily Bread can furnish an entire apartment for $400 through Dallas Furniture Bank, we decided not to pursue collecting furniture. That said, we have had several pieces of furniture offered to us (mostly chairs, end and coffee tables, TVs and chest of drawers, loveseats) and the ODB furniture fund runs out of funds, so we try to get creative.
If any of you have a pickup truck and are willing to occasionally help us move a few pieces of furniture, please let me know.
Willing husbands are welcome too!
We’re trying this tomorrow with Chris Anderson and her husband, Bill and their pickup truck and Jack and I and our SUV.
As an update, the women of the Garage Brigade have now made 37 pallets over the past four months.
Some of us have had the pleasure of meeting several of the grateful recipients, which is quite rewarding.
The pictures below are 1) Lorie Blanda and 2) Debbie Hunley and Carol Rogers proudly displaying the pallets they worked on
and 3) Tammy Buck, Donna DeBouver and me working this morning at Denton Community Food Center.
A good time was had by all!
Our Daily Bread and DCFC are both looking for on-site volunteers, so if you want to give it a try,
please let me know and I’ll walk you through how to get started.
Our most immediate needs…..
1) please encourage your friends and family to donate this Saturday and
2) let me know if you can help with Donation Day, no experience needed!
Nanci
727.249.1662
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Nanci's e-mail from 7-30-21
Fellow volunteers…..
118 and counting….that was the number of backpacks collected yesterday, giving us another very successful Back to School Backpack Drive! Then, there were two more on my porch this morning and I know of at least two more coming to the luncheon Monday, for 122. And, Friends of the Family has asked us to make more Middle/High school backpacks.
As planned, we saved some donation money to see what their needs would be once they collected from all their sources.
So, Lucille and I will shop for and assemble seven more backpacks this afternoon, bringing us to 129!
Friends of the Family was thrilled, as our contributions fulfilled their needs for this year’s campaign.
They work so hard to give the children whose families receive services from them a good start to the new school year!
Thank you to all who participated and made one or more backpacks or donated money for backpacks.
You women are amazing and all you do is much appreciated.
A special thank you to those who braved the heat and humidity and worked the Drive-by Drop-off event:
Jennifer Phelps, Chris Anderson, Kathy Prechtel, Dee Sico, Liz Smith, Donna DeBouver, Dee Dee Karabetsos,
Marty McCormick, Shari Patrick, Lisa Olson and Lucille Zimmerman.
And, we welcomed three new volunteers, Vicki Shoemaker, Debbie Hunley and Janet Fiel.
Thank you also to Scott Olson and his assistant, Jack Odom for putting up the Olson tent to provide some much needed shade.
Just a reminder…..different event, different charity…..tomorrow, Saturday July 31 is another Donation Day,
as we continue to collect household items for the Our Daily Bread Welcome Home pallets.
Bring donations (list is on Women’s Club website) or come and work.
12004 Lockhart COURT from 9:00-11:00.
If you come to work, please remember your name tag and water!
As always, call me with any questions.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers…..
118 and counting….that was the number of backpacks collected yesterday, giving us another very successful Back to School Backpack Drive! Then, there were two more on my porch this morning and I know of at least two more coming to the luncheon Monday, for 122. And, Friends of the Family has asked us to make more Middle/High school backpacks.
As planned, we saved some donation money to see what their needs would be once they collected from all their sources.
So, Lucille and I will shop for and assemble seven more backpacks this afternoon, bringing us to 129!
Friends of the Family was thrilled, as our contributions fulfilled their needs for this year’s campaign.
They work so hard to give the children whose families receive services from them a good start to the new school year!
Thank you to all who participated and made one or more backpacks or donated money for backpacks.
You women are amazing and all you do is much appreciated.
A special thank you to those who braved the heat and humidity and worked the Drive-by Drop-off event:
Jennifer Phelps, Chris Anderson, Kathy Prechtel, Dee Sico, Liz Smith, Donna DeBouver, Dee Dee Karabetsos,
Marty McCormick, Shari Patrick, Lisa Olson and Lucille Zimmerman.
And, we welcomed three new volunteers, Vicki Shoemaker, Debbie Hunley and Janet Fiel.
Thank you also to Scott Olson and his assistant, Jack Odom for putting up the Olson tent to provide some much needed shade.
Just a reminder…..different event, different charity…..tomorrow, Saturday July 31 is another Donation Day,
as we continue to collect household items for the Our Daily Bread Welcome Home pallets.
Bring donations (list is on Women’s Club website) or come and work.
12004 Lockhart COURT from 9:00-11:00.
If you come to work, please remember your name tag and water!
As always, call me with any questions.
Nanci
727.249.1662
7-29-21
Fellow volunteers….
Please see the urgent call for volunteers this weekend at Our Daily Bread……
Nanci
Due to the excessive heat this weekend, our shelter will be open extended hours, from 2:00 Saturday until 9:00 a.m. Monday. As a result, we need additional volunteers to help serve our guests. Below are the shifts, times and # of spots available for both our emergency needs and our regular weekend night shifts at the shelter since we are open every night as of July 10th.
Our Daily Bread Shelter - 300 S. Woodrow
SATURDAY
Volunteer OpportunityTimeSpots
Morning Station7:30am - 9am1
Floating Volunteer2 - 4pm, 4 - 6 pm, 6 - 8 pm2 each
Hygiene Station5 - 9pm1
Floating Volunteer5 - 9pm2
Kitchen Station5 - 9pm2
Organize Donations 5 - 7pm, 7 - 9pm2 each
Laundry Station5 - 7pm, 7 - 9pm1 each
Late Night Attendant9 - 11pm1
SUNDAY
Volunteer OpportunityTimeSpots
Morning Station7:30am - 9am1
Hygiene Station9 - 11am1
Floating Volunteer9 - 11am2
Hygiene Station11am - 1pm2
Floating Volunteer1 - 3pm2
Hygiene Station5 - 9pm1
Floating Volunteer5 - 9pm2
Kitchen Station5 - 9pm2
Organize Donations 5 - 7pm, 7 - 9pm2 each
Laundry Station5 - 7pm, 7 - 9pm1 each
Late Night Attendant9 - 11pm1
In addition, our Main Site at 300 W. Oak St. inside St. Andrew will be open Saturday 9:00 am - 12:45 pm and we need volunteers to serve our guests in one of 14 spots.
Grab a family member or friend and sign up to volunteer here: Volunteer at Our Daily Bread
On behalf of our guests, THANK YOU!
Lisa Merino
Volunteer Coordinator
Our Daily Bread
[email protected]
940-566-1308
Fellow volunteers….
Please see the urgent call for volunteers this weekend at Our Daily Bread……
Nanci
Due to the excessive heat this weekend, our shelter will be open extended hours, from 2:00 Saturday until 9:00 a.m. Monday. As a result, we need additional volunteers to help serve our guests. Below are the shifts, times and # of spots available for both our emergency needs and our regular weekend night shifts at the shelter since we are open every night as of July 10th.
Our Daily Bread Shelter - 300 S. Woodrow
SATURDAY
Volunteer OpportunityTimeSpots
Morning Station7:30am - 9am1
Floating Volunteer2 - 4pm, 4 - 6 pm, 6 - 8 pm2 each
Hygiene Station5 - 9pm1
Floating Volunteer5 - 9pm2
Kitchen Station5 - 9pm2
Organize Donations 5 - 7pm, 7 - 9pm2 each
Laundry Station5 - 7pm, 7 - 9pm1 each
Late Night Attendant9 - 11pm1
SUNDAY
Volunteer OpportunityTimeSpots
Morning Station7:30am - 9am1
Hygiene Station9 - 11am1
Floating Volunteer9 - 11am2
Hygiene Station11am - 1pm2
Floating Volunteer1 - 3pm2
Hygiene Station5 - 9pm1
Floating Volunteer5 - 9pm2
Kitchen Station5 - 9pm2
Organize Donations 5 - 7pm, 7 - 9pm2 each
Laundry Station5 - 7pm, 7 - 9pm1 each
Late Night Attendant9 - 11pm1
In addition, our Main Site at 300 W. Oak St. inside St. Andrew will be open Saturday 9:00 am - 12:45 pm and we need volunteers to serve our guests in one of 14 spots.
Grab a family member or friend and sign up to volunteer here: Volunteer at Our Daily Bread
On behalf of our guests, THANK YOU!
Lisa Merino
Volunteer Coordinator
Our Daily Bread
[email protected]
940-566-1308
7-29-21
Miscellaneous Photos from Nanci
Working in garage, several samples of pallets, Angela and Donna working produce for DCFC,
Chef Liz from ODB at her retirement receptionist, Backpack drive-by drop-off
Miscellaneous Photos from Nanci
Working in garage, several samples of pallets, Angela and Donna working produce for DCFC,
Chef Liz from ODB at her retirement receptionist, Backpack drive-by drop-off
Nanci's e-mail from 7-28-21
Ladies,
The big day is finally here!
Thank you for volunteering to help with the backpack collection Thursday morning.
Please plan to be to the clubhouse parking lot by 845, to get your assignment.
We will be using Lisa Olson‘s tent to give us some protection from the sun.
That said, a few of you will be directing traffic. You may want to trade-off with others.
Please bring water, wear your name tag, wear a hat and comfortable shoes and bring a beach chair too, if you want.
And, bring your backpacks!
Let me know if you have questions…..
Nanci
727.249.1662
Ladies,
The big day is finally here!
Thank you for volunteering to help with the backpack collection Thursday morning.
Please plan to be to the clubhouse parking lot by 845, to get your assignment.
We will be using Lisa Olson‘s tent to give us some protection from the sun.
That said, a few of you will be directing traffic. You may want to trade-off with others.
Please bring water, wear your name tag, wear a hat and comfortable shoes and bring a beach chair too, if you want.
And, bring your backpacks!
Let me know if you have questions…..
Nanci
727.249.1662
posted 7-23-21
Community Outreach News!!!!
“Welcome Home Basket” Donation Drop Off Correction!
Sorry for the last-minute change……
“Welcome Home Basket” items may now be dropped off on Saturday, July 31st from 9am until 11am at 12004 Lockhart Court.
Thank you for your donations!!!
If you have any questions, please contact Nanci Odom,
Community Outreach Chair at [email protected].
Community Outreach News!!!!
“Welcome Home Basket” Donation Drop Off Correction!
Sorry for the last-minute change……
“Welcome Home Basket” items may now be dropped off on Saturday, July 31st from 9am until 11am at 12004 Lockhart Court.
Thank you for your donations!!!
If you have any questions, please contact Nanci Odom,
Community Outreach Chair at [email protected].
Nanci's e-mail from 7-21-21
Fellow volunteers,
I hope you’re enjoying your summer. Some of you are traveling, some are entertaining family and friends and others are doing it all! And life goes on for our charities, as well. This is a longer than usual update, so please stay with me until the end.
Big news….as many of you regular volunteers know, 12 days ago Chef Liz announced her retirement and Friday was her last day. ODB hosted a lovely reception for her Friday evening and I wished her well from all of us here at the RRWC.
Her assistant has been promoted. I wouldn’t want to fill those shoes!
More big news….we’re 8 days out from the Great 2021 Backpack Drive-By Collection on Thursday, July 29 from 9:00-11:00 in the Clubhouse parking lot. In addition to bringing your backpack, please let me know if you’d like to join the fun and work the event.
As we did last year, we’ll be under Lisa Olson’s tent.
Speaking of Lisa Olson…..because last year we had significant cash donations, it allowed us to buy in bulk….But, we ran into delivery issues. This year, Lisa proactively bought 48 backpacks. The cash donations received to date only require 24 backpacks. So, if you or any friends haven’t started your backpacks, do we have a deal for you!
$6 for a terrific backpack which can be used for elementary or high school.
If interested, please contact Lisa at 817.903.9894. Text now….operator (Lisa) is standing by!
And, the biggest news of all…..we just delivered Welcome Home pallet #28 to the Deluxe Motel to support the ODB clients who are part of the Rapid Rehousing initiative. We have one more built and ready to go in Jo’s garage.
After conferring with Wendy McKee, Executive Director of ODB, we decided NOT to move forward with gathering furniture donations. They have a well-priced and logistically elegant system in place.
We don’t have storage or a truck or the capacity to refurbish furniture.
ODB has a relationship with Dallas Furniture Bank and United Way has a fund to pay for furniture for ODB and other charities rehousing clients who have been homeless. When a client has a sustainable income source and is ready to move into an apartment, Dee Moore, Program Manager, goes on Dallas Furniture Bank‘s website and orders basic furniture specifically for that client (single, roommates, couple, family with children) all for approximately $400. This used furniture, which has been refurbished by Dallas Furniture Bank, is then delivered directly to the new apartment and they bill Dee, who then accesses the United Way fund for payment. Only the professionals are touching the furniture.
And, of course the client gets one of our fabulous Welcome Home pallets.
All is well….until last Thursday when ODB was notified the United Way furniture fund was closed, as it had run out of money. Guess that’s what can happen when more than one charity has access. The United Way fund will hopefully be reinstated in the fall. In the meantime, as clients move in they will receive our Welcome Home pallets, but no furniture.
Hopefully ODB will be establishing a fund which will be dedicated to furniture for their particular clients.
Dee thinks 10-15 clients could be moving in between now and September.
They moved in 22 clients in April/May, 8 in June and 9 so far in July.
This has been such a hugely successful project, I think we all would hate to see it falter.
Late breaking news….
I just learned that Jo’s garage will NOT be available this Saturday for our scheduled donation collection day, as she is having landscaping work completed. Instead, we will need to move the date by one week to Saturday, July 31.
Please let me know if you can join the fun and help that Saturday.
Also, please talk it up to friends and neighbors.
We need everything on the list, but particularly pillows, queen comforters and blankets, cutlery, dishes, glasses, kitchen towels and oven mitts, shower curtain and/or liners….not new, but gently used just hanging around the house.
And, as always our charities need on-site volunteers.
If you’ve volunteered in the past and fell out of the routine, now is a good time to re engage or organize a small group.
If you’ve never volunteered on site, this is a great time to start. And, I’ll even go with you!
Also, looking forward to Fall, I want to organize charity tours again.
Please let me know if you are interested in attending…..early September, after Labor Day.
So, the questions are……are you available:
1) to help with the Backpack Drive-by Thursday July 29 from 9:00-11:00?
2) to help with Donation Day Saturday July 31 from 9:00-11:00
at 12004 Lockhart Court?
3) and interested in attending a charity tour in early September?
Please let me know answers to all three?
As always, please call me with any questions.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
I hope you’re enjoying your summer. Some of you are traveling, some are entertaining family and friends and others are doing it all! And life goes on for our charities, as well. This is a longer than usual update, so please stay with me until the end.
Big news….as many of you regular volunteers know, 12 days ago Chef Liz announced her retirement and Friday was her last day. ODB hosted a lovely reception for her Friday evening and I wished her well from all of us here at the RRWC.
Her assistant has been promoted. I wouldn’t want to fill those shoes!
More big news….we’re 8 days out from the Great 2021 Backpack Drive-By Collection on Thursday, July 29 from 9:00-11:00 in the Clubhouse parking lot. In addition to bringing your backpack, please let me know if you’d like to join the fun and work the event.
As we did last year, we’ll be under Lisa Olson’s tent.
Speaking of Lisa Olson…..because last year we had significant cash donations, it allowed us to buy in bulk….But, we ran into delivery issues. This year, Lisa proactively bought 48 backpacks. The cash donations received to date only require 24 backpacks. So, if you or any friends haven’t started your backpacks, do we have a deal for you!
$6 for a terrific backpack which can be used for elementary or high school.
If interested, please contact Lisa at 817.903.9894. Text now….operator (Lisa) is standing by!
And, the biggest news of all…..we just delivered Welcome Home pallet #28 to the Deluxe Motel to support the ODB clients who are part of the Rapid Rehousing initiative. We have one more built and ready to go in Jo’s garage.
After conferring with Wendy McKee, Executive Director of ODB, we decided NOT to move forward with gathering furniture donations. They have a well-priced and logistically elegant system in place.
We don’t have storage or a truck or the capacity to refurbish furniture.
ODB has a relationship with Dallas Furniture Bank and United Way has a fund to pay for furniture for ODB and other charities rehousing clients who have been homeless. When a client has a sustainable income source and is ready to move into an apartment, Dee Moore, Program Manager, goes on Dallas Furniture Bank‘s website and orders basic furniture specifically for that client (single, roommates, couple, family with children) all for approximately $400. This used furniture, which has been refurbished by Dallas Furniture Bank, is then delivered directly to the new apartment and they bill Dee, who then accesses the United Way fund for payment. Only the professionals are touching the furniture.
And, of course the client gets one of our fabulous Welcome Home pallets.
All is well….until last Thursday when ODB was notified the United Way furniture fund was closed, as it had run out of money. Guess that’s what can happen when more than one charity has access. The United Way fund will hopefully be reinstated in the fall. In the meantime, as clients move in they will receive our Welcome Home pallets, but no furniture.
Hopefully ODB will be establishing a fund which will be dedicated to furniture for their particular clients.
Dee thinks 10-15 clients could be moving in between now and September.
They moved in 22 clients in April/May, 8 in June and 9 so far in July.
This has been such a hugely successful project, I think we all would hate to see it falter.
Late breaking news….
I just learned that Jo’s garage will NOT be available this Saturday for our scheduled donation collection day, as she is having landscaping work completed. Instead, we will need to move the date by one week to Saturday, July 31.
Please let me know if you can join the fun and help that Saturday.
Also, please talk it up to friends and neighbors.
We need everything on the list, but particularly pillows, queen comforters and blankets, cutlery, dishes, glasses, kitchen towels and oven mitts, shower curtain and/or liners….not new, but gently used just hanging around the house.
And, as always our charities need on-site volunteers.
If you’ve volunteered in the past and fell out of the routine, now is a good time to re engage or organize a small group.
If you’ve never volunteered on site, this is a great time to start. And, I’ll even go with you!
Also, looking forward to Fall, I want to organize charity tours again.
Please let me know if you are interested in attending…..early September, after Labor Day.
So, the questions are……are you available:
1) to help with the Backpack Drive-by Thursday July 29 from 9:00-11:00?
2) to help with Donation Day Saturday July 31 from 9:00-11:00
at 12004 Lockhart Court?
3) and interested in attending a charity tour in early September?
Please let me know answers to all three?
As always, please call me with any questions.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Community Outreach News!!!!
Back Pack Date Correction!
The 2021 Back Pack Drive is here!!!!!
We will again be collecting Back Packs for Friends of the Family.
We are asking for fully loaded back packs as we did last year.
We’ll be collecting the fully completed back packs in a drive by in the Clubhouse parking lot on
Thursday, July 29th from 9am until 11am.
The detailed lists of the items for the back packs are located on the RRWC website, rrwomensclub.org.
Don’t forget!!
“Welcome Home Basket” items can be dropped off on
Saturday, July 24th from 9am until 11am at 12004 Lockhart Court.
Thank you for your donations!!!
If you have any questions regarding either initiative, please contact Nanci Odom,
Community Outreach Chair at [email protected].
Back Pack Date Correction!
The 2021 Back Pack Drive is here!!!!!
We will again be collecting Back Packs for Friends of the Family.
We are asking for fully loaded back packs as we did last year.
We’ll be collecting the fully completed back packs in a drive by in the Clubhouse parking lot on
Thursday, July 29th from 9am until 11am.
The detailed lists of the items for the back packs are located on the RRWC website, rrwomensclub.org.
Don’t forget!!
“Welcome Home Basket” items can be dropped off on
Saturday, July 24th from 9am until 11am at 12004 Lockhart Court.
Thank you for your donations!!!
If you have any questions regarding either initiative, please contact Nanci Odom,
Community Outreach Chair at [email protected].
Nanci's email from July 4, 2021
Ladies,
Enjoy the pictures of you working hard……
suitable for sharing with friends and family who aren’t quite sure what you’re up to……
Hope to see you all tomorrow and Happy 4th!
Nanci
Ladies,
Enjoy the pictures of you working hard……
suitable for sharing with friends and family who aren’t quite sure what you’re up to……
Hope to see you all tomorrow and Happy 4th!
Nanci
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Nanci's email from June 18, 2021
Fellow volunteers,
Our Saturday morning work session at Jo’s is CANCELED for tomorrow and rescheduled to
next Saturday, June 26 8:00-10:00 am. Unfortunately, the ODB truck was not able to pick up the completed pallets from Jo’s garage this week, so there is simply no room to work.
Because we have so many donations to work with from last week, we are canceling our donation drop off for next Saturday and rescheduling for July 10. Fortunately, we had not advertised the first date beyond Lucille‘s President’s Newsletter. I will ask her to send out a correction next week.
We will have a brief committee meeting this Wednesday, June 23 from 2:00-3:00. At our Community Outreach meeting last week, the group wanted to explore the possibility of also collecting some furniture items. We will be developing a plan for how that might work at the meeting, so please come with your ideas.
So, sleep in tomorrow morning and I’ll see you Tuesday afternoon.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
Our Saturday morning work session at Jo’s is CANCELED for tomorrow and rescheduled to
next Saturday, June 26 8:00-10:00 am. Unfortunately, the ODB truck was not able to pick up the completed pallets from Jo’s garage this week, so there is simply no room to work.
Because we have so many donations to work with from last week, we are canceling our donation drop off for next Saturday and rescheduling for July 10. Fortunately, we had not advertised the first date beyond Lucille‘s President’s Newsletter. I will ask her to send out a correction next week.
We will have a brief committee meeting this Wednesday, June 23 from 2:00-3:00. At our Community Outreach meeting last week, the group wanted to explore the possibility of also collecting some furniture items. We will be developing a plan for how that might work at the meeting, so please come with your ideas.
So, sleep in tomorrow morning and I’ll see you Tuesday afternoon.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Nanci's email from 6-14-21
Fellow volunteers,
After reading my email, please be sure to read the email below from ODB which beautifully
describes CJ’s success story of moving from being homeless to having an apartment.
It helps highlight the impact and importance of our Welcome Home pallets.
Over 30 women of the Community Outreach Committee were in attendance last Thursday to hear Dee Moore, ODB’s program manager and lead case worker. She spoke about the success of their rapid rehousing initiative so far, with 22 clients placed into housing in May alone. Before being housed, Dee and her coworkers help clients secure an income source, be it getting them ready for a job or helping them apply for benefits they are eligible to receive such as veteran benefits or social security. Then, they help them find an apartment. That’s where we come in with our Welcome Home pallets made up of household items needed for the kitchen, bath, bedding and small furnishings such as lamps.
So far, we have given 20 Welcome Home pallets!
We’ve been very successful in receiving donations at a pace we can handle by ramping up our communications in a measured way. This past Saturday was particularly good and we have enough donations to make several more pallets. Please do your best to join us this Saturday, morning June 19 at Jo’s garage (12004 Lockhart COURT) from 8:00-10:00 (while it’s still coolish), as several of our ‘regulars’ are on vacation. Bring water and please wear your name tag.
Right now, we will likely take donations again on Saturday, June 26. More to come on that.
Dee Moore shared that they have found some additional needs. They discovered some clients are walking a long way to work, so if you have an adult bicycle and lock to donate, please let me know.
I think all of us in attendance were inspired by Dee’s stories and the success of this initiative, as she described their goals of: empowering people, changing lives and offering hope to achieve self-sufficiency.
If you haven’t participated so far, there is still time to jump in and help.
Now, please read the ODB message below….
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
After reading my email, please be sure to read the email below from ODB which beautifully
describes CJ’s success story of moving from being homeless to having an apartment.
It helps highlight the impact and importance of our Welcome Home pallets.
Over 30 women of the Community Outreach Committee were in attendance last Thursday to hear Dee Moore, ODB’s program manager and lead case worker. She spoke about the success of their rapid rehousing initiative so far, with 22 clients placed into housing in May alone. Before being housed, Dee and her coworkers help clients secure an income source, be it getting them ready for a job or helping them apply for benefits they are eligible to receive such as veteran benefits or social security. Then, they help them find an apartment. That’s where we come in with our Welcome Home pallets made up of household items needed for the kitchen, bath, bedding and small furnishings such as lamps.
So far, we have given 20 Welcome Home pallets!
We’ve been very successful in receiving donations at a pace we can handle by ramping up our communications in a measured way. This past Saturday was particularly good and we have enough donations to make several more pallets. Please do your best to join us this Saturday, morning June 19 at Jo’s garage (12004 Lockhart COURT) from 8:00-10:00 (while it’s still coolish), as several of our ‘regulars’ are on vacation. Bring water and please wear your name tag.
Right now, we will likely take donations again on Saturday, June 26. More to come on that.
Dee Moore shared that they have found some additional needs. They discovered some clients are walking a long way to work, so if you have an adult bicycle and lock to donate, please let me know.
I think all of us in attendance were inspired by Dee’s stories and the success of this initiative, as she described their goals of: empowering people, changing lives and offering hope to achieve self-sufficiency.
If you haven’t participated so far, there is still time to jump in and help.
Now, please read the ODB message below….
Nanci
727.249.1662
MEET CJ!
CJ (left) and his new roommate (right) on the day they received keys to their new apartment!
CJ’s story is a great example of how determination, hard work, and the right resources at the right time can result in success and independence. After years of intermittent homelessness, in the summer of 2020, CJ once again found himself without a place to stay. In the past he had slept at the Monsignor King Outreach Center and received services from Our Daily Bread.
CJ remembers that “I was able to eat, shower, sleep…use a computer and phone, get clean clothes and hygiene supplies necessary to live a normal life; and maintain my dignity, despite my situation.”
CJ had community service hours to complete. He decided to use those hours to serve and give back at an organization that had helped him. During the day, CJ volunteered at ODB, sometimes eight or more hours each day we were open. At night, he would stay at the shelter or, due to the shelter being open only three nights per week at that time, he would sleep outside.
He began to receive case management at ODB and was quickly recognized for his hard work, quick thinking, and dedication. From there, CJ was moved into our enhanced shelter program, providing a safe, stable place for him. On his move to the enhanced shelter program, CJ had this to say: “On and off since 2012-2013 I never felt safe setting my backpack down. I’d have my birth certificate, social, everything in a big ziploc in my backpack. There’s always the fear of if I set my backpack down – is it going to be gone through? Will my identity be stolen? So, there’s always that constant, never being able to set my bag down. I lost all my supporting documents multiple times, and it was a struggle to get it back. Coming back from losing everything, my bag and my wallet, took a long time, almost two years. You can’t get one without the others. (In the advanced shelter program) I had a single room. Not having to worry about anything getting stolen. I had a desk with all my paperwork and could actually begin to accumulate. It’s hard to grow when you’re always trying to rebuild.”
CJ has been growing leaps and bounds ever since. After finishing his community service requirement, we are happy to say that CJ accepted a full-time position at ODB as our Offsite Services Assistant, supplying meals and supplies to our two offsite locations. He is a valued member of our team and is happy to be able to provide these services to others in need. Through continued case management and coordination with the United Way and Humanitarian Corp., CJ has recently moved into an apartment with another ODB program participant.
He has also just purchased his first car!
About ODB, MKOC, and his journey out of homelessness, CJ summarized it beautifully, “I had a plan and I stuck to my plan. I chose to make the most out of every opportunity to change my life for good. Our services at ODB give everyone the tools to succeed and I’m forever grateful for all the services we provide.”
Nanci's e-mail from 6-3-21
Fellow volunteers,
Please join us for a meeting of the RRWC Community Outreach Committee on
Thursday , June 10 from 2:00 - 3:30 in the Patriot Room.
This will be our first meeting of the whole committee since April 15.
There has been a sub-group of 15-20 women who have been working diligently to create Welcome Home pallets for the Our Daily Bread clients who are moving from being homeless to having a job and their own apartments.
Dee, the lead case worker who has been working with the clients getting them ready for this big step in their lives,
will join us for part of the meeting.
We will also talk about our next project, Denton County’s Friends of the Family Annual Back to School Backpack Drive. Last year our committee, working with residents throughout RR, created 197 fully completed backpacks.
This represented 55% of all backpacks they received from all sources.
We will also talk about other unique volunteer opportunities such as helping with ODB’s annual gala fundraiser,
which will be held here at Robson Ranch on a Saturday evening followed by a golf tournament on Monday.
I’m currently traveling back from Vermont and looking forward to seeing you next Thursday
as we plan our next volunteer opportunities.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
Please join us for a meeting of the RRWC Community Outreach Committee on
Thursday , June 10 from 2:00 - 3:30 in the Patriot Room.
This will be our first meeting of the whole committee since April 15.
There has been a sub-group of 15-20 women who have been working diligently to create Welcome Home pallets for the Our Daily Bread clients who are moving from being homeless to having a job and their own apartments.
Dee, the lead case worker who has been working with the clients getting them ready for this big step in their lives,
will join us for part of the meeting.
We will also talk about our next project, Denton County’s Friends of the Family Annual Back to School Backpack Drive. Last year our committee, working with residents throughout RR, created 197 fully completed backpacks.
This represented 55% of all backpacks they received from all sources.
We will also talk about other unique volunteer opportunities such as helping with ODB’s annual gala fundraiser,
which will be held here at Robson Ranch on a Saturday evening followed by a golf tournament on Monday.
I’m currently traveling back from Vermont and looking forward to seeing you next Thursday
as we plan our next volunteer opportunities.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Nanci Odom, Chair of the RRWC Community Outreach Committee giving
Tom Newell, Executive Director of Denton Community Food Center a check for $2,575.
The monies were raised by selling raffle tickets to win one of four themed gift baskets,
Italian Sojourn,Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Classic American and Home and Garden.
Each of the first three baskets included 7 restaurant gift cards and adult beverages
and food appropriate for the theme.
The fourth basket included a custom-built bird feeder and Autumn swag, each made by a local artisan.
The drawing was held at the May 3rd meeting.
The $2,575 raised translates to over $18,000 of buying power for the Food Center.
Tom Newell, Executive Director of Denton Community Food Center a check for $2,575.
The monies were raised by selling raffle tickets to win one of four themed gift baskets,
Italian Sojourn,Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Classic American and Home and Garden.
Each of the first three baskets included 7 restaurant gift cards and adult beverages
and food appropriate for the theme.
The fourth basket included a custom-built bird feeder and Autumn swag, each made by a local artisan.
The drawing was held at the May 3rd meeting.
The $2,575 raised translates to over $18,000 of buying power for the Food Center.
Nanci's email- May 4, 2021
Fellow volunteers,
Thank you to all who participated in making our fundraising raffle for Denton Community Food Center such a success. We raised $2,575 and as Tanci Paulson said at the luncheon,
that translates to over $18,000 of buying power for them.
The folks from DCFC were thrilled!
The winners were:
American Classic, Donna Chabot
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Dee Dee Karabetsos
Italian Sojourn, Marie Pressley and
Home & Garden, Cheryl Spencer
A special thank you for those who
1) bought wine or other adult beverages, Virginia Wheeless, Sandy Conwell, Carole DiQuollo,
Tammy Buck, and Lucille
2) purchased or used your influencing skills to obtain our restaurant gift cards, Dee Sico, Sandy Conwell, Donna DeBouver, Lorie Blanda, Donna Gardner, Pam Dotson, Lynne Moore, Chris Anderson, Peggy Crandell, Carol Rogers, Dee Dee Karabetsos, Rose Depoe, Carol Springer and Lucille
3) donated money so we could purchase fun stuff for the baskets, gift cards and more alcohol, Karen Brannon, Lynne McKeown, Joyce Frey, Karen Donohue, Michelle Day, and Terri Bush
4) sold tickets at the Clubhouse, Chris Anderson, Dee Sico, Karen Brannon, Marsha Scholz
and several Board members AND
5) all of you who bought tickets!!!! See, it really does take a village!
And then there are the talented and creative ones, Sally Hampton and Bob Zimmerman,
who shared their artisan skills to make the Autumn swag and Bird Feeder.
Again, thank you!
Hope to see you with some of your household stuff tomorrow morning at Jo’s (12004 Lockhart COURT) from 9:00-12:00. And, if you haven’t had a chance to walk through your house and find things, you can come Saturday, May 8 from 9:00-11:00, also to Jo’s garage.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
Thank you to all who participated in making our fundraising raffle for Denton Community Food Center such a success. We raised $2,575 and as Tanci Paulson said at the luncheon,
that translates to over $18,000 of buying power for them.
The folks from DCFC were thrilled!
The winners were:
American Classic, Donna Chabot
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Dee Dee Karabetsos
Italian Sojourn, Marie Pressley and
Home & Garden, Cheryl Spencer
A special thank you for those who
1) bought wine or other adult beverages, Virginia Wheeless, Sandy Conwell, Carole DiQuollo,
Tammy Buck, and Lucille
2) purchased or used your influencing skills to obtain our restaurant gift cards, Dee Sico, Sandy Conwell, Donna DeBouver, Lorie Blanda, Donna Gardner, Pam Dotson, Lynne Moore, Chris Anderson, Peggy Crandell, Carol Rogers, Dee Dee Karabetsos, Rose Depoe, Carol Springer and Lucille
3) donated money so we could purchase fun stuff for the baskets, gift cards and more alcohol, Karen Brannon, Lynne McKeown, Joyce Frey, Karen Donohue, Michelle Day, and Terri Bush
4) sold tickets at the Clubhouse, Chris Anderson, Dee Sico, Karen Brannon, Marsha Scholz
and several Board members AND
5) all of you who bought tickets!!!! See, it really does take a village!
And then there are the talented and creative ones, Sally Hampton and Bob Zimmerman,
who shared their artisan skills to make the Autumn swag and Bird Feeder.
Again, thank you!
Hope to see you with some of your household stuff tomorrow morning at Jo’s (12004 Lockhart COURT) from 9:00-12:00. And, if you haven’t had a chance to walk through your house and find things, you can come Saturday, May 8 from 9:00-11:00, also to Jo’s garage.
Nanci
727.249.1662
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E-mail from Nanci April 30, 2021
Fellow volunteers,
Wonderful news!
Our Daily Bread has been successfully helping people who have been homeless transition to their own apartments, most recently five individuals and one family. Their cupboards are now bare and they have four individuals moving into new apartments next Friday.
Attached is a list of their needs for each Welcome Basket.
This is where we step in.
Please walk through your house and see if you have any of these items as extras or you haven’t used in 15 years!
On Tuesday morning May 4 from 9:00 to 12:00,
please bring your items to Jo Leenhoutes’ garage at 12004 Lockhart COURT.
Jo has graciously offered the use of her garage for collecting the Welcome Basket items.
You’ll be hearing more about this important initiative over the next couple weeks, our processes and how we’re going to proceed. So, stay tuned! This email is all about their most immediate need.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
Wonderful news!
Our Daily Bread has been successfully helping people who have been homeless transition to their own apartments, most recently five individuals and one family. Their cupboards are now bare and they have four individuals moving into new apartments next Friday.
Attached is a list of their needs for each Welcome Basket.
This is where we step in.
Please walk through your house and see if you have any of these items as extras or you haven’t used in 15 years!
On Tuesday morning May 4 from 9:00 to 12:00,
please bring your items to Jo Leenhoutes’ garage at 12004 Lockhart COURT.
Jo has graciously offered the use of her garage for collecting the Welcome Basket items.
You’ll be hearing more about this important initiative over the next couple weeks, our processes and how we’re going to proceed. So, stay tuned! This email is all about their most immediate need.
Nanci
727.249.1662
E-mail from Nanci April 27, 2021
Fellow volunteers,
I looking forward to our sub-committee planning meeting on Thursday afternoon at 3:00 in the Clubhouse.
You are receiving this email because you have indicated you want to participate in this project. Most of you will be at the meeting Thursday. Some of you will not be at the meeting, but still want to participate in upcoming events.
Below are four attachments.…1) ODB’s current list of items for the Welcome Baskets
2) a picture of a current basket and
3 & 4) my brainstorming of additional items.
Please review these lists and come with any other ideas you may have to add. You may want to print pages 3 and 4 and bring them with you. Or, if you’re not attending the meeting, email me your additional items.
Together, I’m confident we’ll come up with a comprehensive list. We can then decide how best to move forward.
Preliminary thoughts are we will need
1) some storage space as we compile the various items. We’ve already had one person offer their garage, as they have 3 bays and one car. We will probably need one additional such garage.
2) a process (dates and times) for items to be taken to said garage, so we aren’t imposing on our gracious hostess.
3) an inventory tracker, so we’ll know what we have and
need 4) a price shopper, so we know where the best prices are for items in case we need to buy a couple things to finish a basket
5) a couple compilers who pulls things together into laundry basket or bucket or box for transporting
6) access to a truck or SUV for transport to ODB
7) a marketer to help us with messaging.
You get the picture.....lots of things to think of!
I just learned this afternoon they have five individuals and one family moving in this week!
ODB has enough from their list to handle four.
So, when you come to the meeting Thursday, if you have queen sheet sets, queen comforter, bath towels, pots & pans, silverware, dishes or extra kitchen utensils, please bring them!!!!
See you Thursday!
Fellow volunteers,
I looking forward to our sub-committee planning meeting on Thursday afternoon at 3:00 in the Clubhouse.
You are receiving this email because you have indicated you want to participate in this project. Most of you will be at the meeting Thursday. Some of you will not be at the meeting, but still want to participate in upcoming events.
Below are four attachments.…1) ODB’s current list of items for the Welcome Baskets
2) a picture of a current basket and
3 & 4) my brainstorming of additional items.
Please review these lists and come with any other ideas you may have to add. You may want to print pages 3 and 4 and bring them with you. Or, if you’re not attending the meeting, email me your additional items.
Together, I’m confident we’ll come up with a comprehensive list. We can then decide how best to move forward.
Preliminary thoughts are we will need
1) some storage space as we compile the various items. We’ve already had one person offer their garage, as they have 3 bays and one car. We will probably need one additional such garage.
2) a process (dates and times) for items to be taken to said garage, so we aren’t imposing on our gracious hostess.
3) an inventory tracker, so we’ll know what we have and
need 4) a price shopper, so we know where the best prices are for items in case we need to buy a couple things to finish a basket
5) a couple compilers who pulls things together into laundry basket or bucket or box for transporting
6) access to a truck or SUV for transport to ODB
7) a marketer to help us with messaging.
You get the picture.....lots of things to think of!
I just learned this afternoon they have five individuals and one family moving in this week!
ODB has enough from their list to handle four.
So, when you come to the meeting Thursday, if you have queen sheet sets, queen comforter, bath towels, pots & pans, silverware, dishes or extra kitchen utensils, please bring them!!!!
See you Thursday!
E-mail from Nanci- April 22, 2021
Fellow volunteers,
We had a great Community Outreach meeting last Thursday and learned a lot about Our Daily Bread from their Volunteer Coordinator, Lisa Merino. She spoke to 31 of our committee members, describing many of the roles for the 30+ volunteers they need each day Monday thru Friday.
Beyond the on-site volunteer opportunities, Lisa introduced us to a wonderful new need.
Each month approximately six of their clients are moving from being homeless to having a home again.
As exciting as this is, in most cases they are starting from scratch.
Their needs are great in terms of gently used sheets, towels, blankets, pillows, pots, pans,
silverware, dishes, cleaning supplies etc. And yes, even furniture.
Our Daily Bread tries their best to put together a Welcome Basket
of small needed items from the various donations they get.
Our eyes lit up as we listened to Lisa!
We recognized that we, along with our neighbors and friends, are at a point in life where we are
getting rid of such things. What a potentially wonderful match!
In fact, since our meeting last Thursday, one member has donated a couch, loveseat, end tables and floor lamp, which are being picked up today. Another woman is donating a dryer.
Those in attendance got very excited as we saw this
as an ongoing project we could work on as individuals and as a group.
We’re creating a sub committee to focus specifically on creating these Welcome Kits or House Warming Baskets.
Please join us next Thursday, April 29 in the Legacy Room of the Clubhouse at 3:00
for a one hour planning meeting to kickoff this important and impactful project.
Imagine, playing a critical role in helping people who are moving into their own place after a period of being homeless!
Please RSVP if you
1) will be attending the meeting or
2) have a schedule conflict for this meeting, but want to be part of this project.
And, don’t forget to buy your raffle tickets to win one of our fabulous gift baskets......
at the Clubhouse Wednesday and Friday mornings, April 28 and 30 from 9:00-11:00.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
We had a great Community Outreach meeting last Thursday and learned a lot about Our Daily Bread from their Volunteer Coordinator, Lisa Merino. She spoke to 31 of our committee members, describing many of the roles for the 30+ volunteers they need each day Monday thru Friday.
Beyond the on-site volunteer opportunities, Lisa introduced us to a wonderful new need.
Each month approximately six of their clients are moving from being homeless to having a home again.
As exciting as this is, in most cases they are starting from scratch.
Their needs are great in terms of gently used sheets, towels, blankets, pillows, pots, pans,
silverware, dishes, cleaning supplies etc. And yes, even furniture.
Our Daily Bread tries their best to put together a Welcome Basket
of small needed items from the various donations they get.
Our eyes lit up as we listened to Lisa!
We recognized that we, along with our neighbors and friends, are at a point in life where we are
getting rid of such things. What a potentially wonderful match!
In fact, since our meeting last Thursday, one member has donated a couch, loveseat, end tables and floor lamp, which are being picked up today. Another woman is donating a dryer.
Those in attendance got very excited as we saw this
as an ongoing project we could work on as individuals and as a group.
We’re creating a sub committee to focus specifically on creating these Welcome Kits or House Warming Baskets.
Please join us next Thursday, April 29 in the Legacy Room of the Clubhouse at 3:00
for a one hour planning meeting to kickoff this important and impactful project.
Imagine, playing a critical role in helping people who are moving into their own place after a period of being homeless!
Please RSVP if you
1) will be attending the meeting or
2) have a schedule conflict for this meeting, but want to be part of this project.
And, don’t forget to buy your raffle tickets to win one of our fabulous gift baskets......
at the Clubhouse Wednesday and Friday mornings, April 28 and 30 from 9:00-11:00.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Photo from Community Outreach Committee Meeting on Thursday, April 15, 2021
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From Nanci's email- April 12, 2021
Fellow volunteers,
Good Monday morning.....
Just a quick reminder of our RRWC Community Outreach Committee meeting
this Thursday, April 15 from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Legacy/Heritage room.
Doors will be open at 1:45, so we can start promptly at 2:00.
Please wear your name tag and please bring a hard surface to write on (clipboard or pad of paper),
as we will have scattered chairs and no tables.
Lisa Merino, volunteer coordinator for Our Daily Bread, both the Community Kitchen and the Shelter,
will be our guest speaker. Yes, they have returned to their original name! Yea!
Those of you who have adopted restaurants and purchased $25 gift cards for our baskets
to be raffled off at the May 3rd WC luncheon, may bring them to Thursday’s meeting.
We’ll also have raffle tickets available at Thursday’s meeting, $5 each or 5 for $20,
all for the Denton Community Food Center.
I look forward to seeing you later this week and for all of us to learn the latest news from Our Daily Bread.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
Good Monday morning.....
Just a quick reminder of our RRWC Community Outreach Committee meeting
this Thursday, April 15 from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Legacy/Heritage room.
Doors will be open at 1:45, so we can start promptly at 2:00.
Please wear your name tag and please bring a hard surface to write on (clipboard or pad of paper),
as we will have scattered chairs and no tables.
Lisa Merino, volunteer coordinator for Our Daily Bread, both the Community Kitchen and the Shelter,
will be our guest speaker. Yes, they have returned to their original name! Yea!
Those of you who have adopted restaurants and purchased $25 gift cards for our baskets
to be raffled off at the May 3rd WC luncheon, may bring them to Thursday’s meeting.
We’ll also have raffle tickets available at Thursday’s meeting, $5 each or 5 for $20,
all for the Denton Community Food Center.
I look forward to seeing you later this week and for all of us to learn the latest news from Our Daily Bread.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Nanci's email from 4-2-21
Fellow volunteers,
A quick update......several of you have expressed reluctance to ask for a donated gift card,
given the challenging year the restaurants have had. I totally understand that thinking.
In fact, my personal plan is to purchase gift cards for the restaurants not adopted.
Of the 18 restaurants, eight have been adopted (Bistecca, Gramaldis, Amano’s Italian Bistro, The Grill, Hillside Grill, Queenies, Margaritas, Gloria’s), plus three of you have asked to be assigned a restaurant.
It’s not too late to adopt a restaurant or ask to be assigned or donate $ and I’ll buy it on your behalf.
We could also use suggestions for two additional Mexican/South western restaurants and one more Italian.
If/when you go to a restaurant, it would be great to get a piece of their collateral to use for gift basket
signage or take a picture we can print.
We have reached out to several retailers, hoping to secure wine/alcohol donations.
Depending on the results of that, there may be opportunities to donate wine.
Other ways to help.....
We’ll be selling raffle tickets at the clubhouse Wednesday and Friday, April 28 and 30 from 9:00-11:00
and need two people per shift.
Or, you could sell tickets at the May 3rd luncheon itself.
Or, if you’re artistic, we need help with signage.
For any of these opportunities, call now (figuratively speaking), operator is standing by.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
A quick update......several of you have expressed reluctance to ask for a donated gift card,
given the challenging year the restaurants have had. I totally understand that thinking.
In fact, my personal plan is to purchase gift cards for the restaurants not adopted.
Of the 18 restaurants, eight have been adopted (Bistecca, Gramaldis, Amano’s Italian Bistro, The Grill, Hillside Grill, Queenies, Margaritas, Gloria’s), plus three of you have asked to be assigned a restaurant.
It’s not too late to adopt a restaurant or ask to be assigned or donate $ and I’ll buy it on your behalf.
We could also use suggestions for two additional Mexican/South western restaurants and one more Italian.
If/when you go to a restaurant, it would be great to get a piece of their collateral to use for gift basket
signage or take a picture we can print.
We have reached out to several retailers, hoping to secure wine/alcohol donations.
Depending on the results of that, there may be opportunities to donate wine.
Other ways to help.....
We’ll be selling raffle tickets at the clubhouse Wednesday and Friday, April 28 and 30 from 9:00-11:00
and need two people per shift.
Or, you could sell tickets at the May 3rd luncheon itself.
Or, if you’re artistic, we need help with signage.
For any of these opportunities, call now (figuratively speaking), operator is standing by.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Nanci's e-mail from March 30, 2021
Fellow volunteers,
Happy Passover and Happy Easter!Hopefully as Spring blooms anew,
so will our lives as we are becoming more active in pursuing the things we love to do!
Today, I will cover two primary things.
1) Our first in-person meeting in over a year will be held in the
Patriot/Legacy Room on Thursday April 15 from 2:00-4:00.
Our guest speaker will be Lisa Merino, volunteer coordinator for The Junction,
both the Community Kitchen and the Shelter.
Please remember to wear your name tag, as we have 27 new members so far this year.
And, please RSVP, so we know how many are coming.
2) Friends of the Family (services for victims of domestic violence) and Denton Community Food Center (food pantry) are the two charities who attend our luncheons on alternating months,
providing opportunities for us to make monetary donations.
Since March of last year until May of this year, we will have missed 10 luncheons.
Obviously, the charities missed the $400-800 they normally receive when they attend.
Because we want to at least partially make that up for them, we had to get creative.
The $10 required for attending the April 19 Fashion Show will benefit Friends of the Family.
And, we’re creating a raffle to raise money for DCFC at the May luncheon.
This is where you come in......
Three of the five items we’re raffling off are themed gift baskets, Italian Sojourn,
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo and Classic American.
Each of these will include $25 restaurant gift cards, bottles of wine or other adult beverage,
and assorted items consistent with the theme.
We need volunteers to go to our selected restaurants and ask them to donate a $25 gift card.
I have a letter from Lucille Zimmerman, as President of WC, explaining our fundraiser.
The best way to get a donation, of course, is if you’re there eating!
And, if for some silly reason they won’t donate, part of your assignment would be to personally purchase the gift card.
Once you’ve reviewed the list of restaurants below, let me know by Thursday which one you would like to approach. And only approach them once I’ve confirmed you were ‘the chosen one’!
Following are the restaurants:
Italian....
Portofino’s in Krum, Amano’s in Northlake, Bistecca in Highland Village (Donna Gardner is doing),
Giuseppe’s in Denton, Gramaldi’s (Dee Sico is doing), Earl’s in Argyle.
Mexican....
MiDia from Scratch in Flower Mound, Margarita’s in Justin, Gloria’s in Highland Village, Mi Tata in Denton
and Christina’s in Rayzor Ranch.
Classic American....
The Grill at RR (Lucille is doing), Hillside Grill in Highland Village, The Classic Cafe in Roanoke,
Barley and Board in Denton, LSA Burger in Denton and Marty Bs on 407.
If you think we’ve missed any great choices in the local area AND you can secure the gift card, please let me know.
We will assemble the baskets the week of April 19th,
so you would have until then to complete your arduous assignment!
Also, if you have a relationship with and any businesses who would like to be recognized for sponsoring a RRWC basket at the Gold ($200), Silver ($100) or Bronze ($50) level,
please let me know that this week, as well.
We’ll only have one sponsor per business category, i. e., insurance agent.
Before I go....
For those who like to include some items for the charities in your weekly shopping,
this week the greatest needs at The Junction are
mayonnaise, salsa, canned tuna, styrofoam bowls, plastic spoons,
plastic sandwich bags that close (not fold over), and sectioned to-go containers.
Also, please send me your volunteer hours for the month of March.
Beyond volunteering on site, be sure to include time spent shopping for donated items,
preparing items and bringing them to me.
As always, please reply only to me.
Looking forward to hearing from many of you this week about restaurant assignments
and to seeing you in two weeks for our first meeting of the year!
Nanci
727.249.1662
Sent from my iPhone
Fellow volunteers,
Happy Passover and Happy Easter!Hopefully as Spring blooms anew,
so will our lives as we are becoming more active in pursuing the things we love to do!
Today, I will cover two primary things.
1) Our first in-person meeting in over a year will be held in the
Patriot/Legacy Room on Thursday April 15 from 2:00-4:00.
Our guest speaker will be Lisa Merino, volunteer coordinator for The Junction,
both the Community Kitchen and the Shelter.
Please remember to wear your name tag, as we have 27 new members so far this year.
And, please RSVP, so we know how many are coming.
2) Friends of the Family (services for victims of domestic violence) and Denton Community Food Center (food pantry) are the two charities who attend our luncheons on alternating months,
providing opportunities for us to make monetary donations.
Since March of last year until May of this year, we will have missed 10 luncheons.
Obviously, the charities missed the $400-800 they normally receive when they attend.
Because we want to at least partially make that up for them, we had to get creative.
The $10 required for attending the April 19 Fashion Show will benefit Friends of the Family.
And, we’re creating a raffle to raise money for DCFC at the May luncheon.
This is where you come in......
Three of the five items we’re raffling off are themed gift baskets, Italian Sojourn,
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo and Classic American.
Each of these will include $25 restaurant gift cards, bottles of wine or other adult beverage,
and assorted items consistent with the theme.
We need volunteers to go to our selected restaurants and ask them to donate a $25 gift card.
I have a letter from Lucille Zimmerman, as President of WC, explaining our fundraiser.
The best way to get a donation, of course, is if you’re there eating!
And, if for some silly reason they won’t donate, part of your assignment would be to personally purchase the gift card.
Once you’ve reviewed the list of restaurants below, let me know by Thursday which one you would like to approach. And only approach them once I’ve confirmed you were ‘the chosen one’!
Following are the restaurants:
Italian....
Portofino’s in Krum, Amano’s in Northlake, Bistecca in Highland Village (Donna Gardner is doing),
Giuseppe’s in Denton, Gramaldi’s (Dee Sico is doing), Earl’s in Argyle.
Mexican....
MiDia from Scratch in Flower Mound, Margarita’s in Justin, Gloria’s in Highland Village, Mi Tata in Denton
and Christina’s in Rayzor Ranch.
Classic American....
The Grill at RR (Lucille is doing), Hillside Grill in Highland Village, The Classic Cafe in Roanoke,
Barley and Board in Denton, LSA Burger in Denton and Marty Bs on 407.
If you think we’ve missed any great choices in the local area AND you can secure the gift card, please let me know.
We will assemble the baskets the week of April 19th,
so you would have until then to complete your arduous assignment!
Also, if you have a relationship with and any businesses who would like to be recognized for sponsoring a RRWC basket at the Gold ($200), Silver ($100) or Bronze ($50) level,
please let me know that this week, as well.
We’ll only have one sponsor per business category, i. e., insurance agent.
Before I go....
For those who like to include some items for the charities in your weekly shopping,
this week the greatest needs at The Junction are
mayonnaise, salsa, canned tuna, styrofoam bowls, plastic spoons,
plastic sandwich bags that close (not fold over), and sectioned to-go containers.
Also, please send me your volunteer hours for the month of March.
Beyond volunteering on site, be sure to include time spent shopping for donated items,
preparing items and bringing them to me.
As always, please reply only to me.
Looking forward to hearing from many of you this week about restaurant assignments
and to seeing you in two weeks for our first meeting of the year!
Nanci
727.249.1662
Sent from my iPhone
Nanci's email from 3-8-21
This email has time sensitive info, but is posted because of other info!!!
This email has time sensitive info, but is posted because of other info!!!
Fellow volunteers,
I hope you’re enjoying this glorious spring weather!
Today is the deadline for letting me know if you’d like to go on the tour Thursday afternoon to the Junction’s Community Kitchen. So far, there is only one person who has signed up to go.
If we don’t get more people, I will cancel.
As hard as these people work, I don’t want to ask them to stay late for us, if we only have one or two participants.
The next tour will likely be the end of April.
Please let me know if you’d like to go by EOB today.
The plan would be to meet there at 1:30 and be there about an hour, depending on how many questions you have.
Honee Berlin and I worked kitchen prep with Chef Liz on Friday.
Below is a picture of Honee making the biggest bowl of guacamole I’ve ever seen! It was delicious!
If you are not able to go on the tour, but would still like to help in another way,
below is a list of their most needed items this week:
Canned tuna, Vienna sausages, sandwich bags (that close, not fold over), sectioned take out containers.
As always, any items can be left on my front porch, 8500 Sterling Drive.
And, because there is some uncertainty about the opening date of the Clubhouse,
I’ve pushed our meeting back one week to Thursday, April 15 from 2:00 - 4:00 in the Patriot/Legacy Room.
Nanci
727.249.1662
I hope you’re enjoying this glorious spring weather!
Today is the deadline for letting me know if you’d like to go on the tour Thursday afternoon to the Junction’s Community Kitchen. So far, there is only one person who has signed up to go.
If we don’t get more people, I will cancel.
As hard as these people work, I don’t want to ask them to stay late for us, if we only have one or two participants.
The next tour will likely be the end of April.
Please let me know if you’d like to go by EOB today.
The plan would be to meet there at 1:30 and be there about an hour, depending on how many questions you have.
Honee Berlin and I worked kitchen prep with Chef Liz on Friday.
Below is a picture of Honee making the biggest bowl of guacamole I’ve ever seen! It was delicious!
If you are not able to go on the tour, but would still like to help in another way,
below is a list of their most needed items this week:
Canned tuna, Vienna sausages, sandwich bags (that close, not fold over), sectioned take out containers.
As always, any items can be left on my front porch, 8500 Sterling Drive.
And, because there is some uncertainty about the opening date of the Clubhouse,
I’ve pushed our meeting back one week to Thursday, April 15 from 2:00 - 4:00 in the Patriot/Legacy Room.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Nanci's e-mail from 2-28-21
Fellow volunteers,
Hope this email finds everyone defrosted from last week’s weather and somewhere in the process of getting your vaccine shots. Who would have thought a year ago that these would be the things for which we’d be grateful!
Several updates.....
1) The Junction....our Valentines presents (picture below) were very much appreciated by the clients of The Junction. They gave them out at the community kitchen and shelter location.
After collecting the bags all last year, those who adopted the bags in January filled them with
hand sanitizer, lotion, mask, Kleenex, chapstick, comb, protein bar, Valentines candy and
then many added items such as socks and hand warmers. 109 was our final count.
Thank you to Tammy Buck, Donna Gardner, Donna Deboever, Sandra Mankowich, Virginia Wheeless,
Peggy Crandell, Carol Rogers, Angela Waters, Joyce Frey, Joyce Ambre, Rose Depoe, Shirley Monge,
Sandy Conwell, Lucille Zimmerman and a special thank you to Lynne Moore for donating over 25 of the bags.
Earlier in the month, nine of us (picture below) toured The Junction’s community kitchen, met Chef Liz and Lisa Merino, their volunteer coordinator. We learned about this wonderful charity and it’s wide ranging services and their many volunteer opportunities. Some of those on the tour have already signed up to volunteer!
Because several of you expressed interest in touring on a different day,
I’m now organizing a tour for Thursday, March 11, meeting at their location at 1:45.
You would be back home by 3:30. If interested, please let me know by Monday, March 8.
2) Upcoming meeting......
Because of the Clubhouse renovation, our first in-person meeting in a year is being rescheduled
from Tuesday, March 16 to Thursday, April 8 from 10:00 to 11:30 in the Lonestar Room.
We’ve been asked to enter through the Heritage Room.
3) Denton County’s Friends of the Family (provider of domestic violence services) were thrilled when I told them
they were to be the recipient of the admission fee for the Women’s Club annual
Fashion Show by le Fashion Coach, the afternoon of April 19.
This is the most popular event of the year, so be sure to get your $10 check made
payable to DC Friends of the Family turned in soon!
4) Denton County Food Center (our Denton food pantry) is the May charity.
They too have missed our donations because of all the cancelled luncheons.
In fact, last week they broke their all time record, providing a week’s worth of food
to 270 families on Monday and then 273 families on Wednesday.
We thought it would be a great idea to have a raffle for several desirable items, including different themed gift baskets (wine, food, restaurant gift cards, etc). We’re in the early stages of planning, so if something like this appeals to you, please volunteer to help. Just to be clear, you’re not volunteering to be ‘a taster’ of the wine, food or restaurants!!!!!
5) How can you help......
The three charities we support always welcome financial contributions, which can be made directly on their websites.
There are also ways you can help without spending a dime.
They are always in need of plastic grocery bags, travel sized toiletries you may have collected
from your travels or the wrapped plastic cutlery you get with take out food.
If you’d like to add a few items to your next grocery order,
The Junction always needs sandwich bags that close (not fold over), sectioned take out containers (Sam’s),
protein bars, large mayonnaise, large grape jelly.
DCFC can always use items for their toddler packs;
fruit and vegetable pouches, small fruit cups, small heat and serve items, like spaghetti Os.
Friends of the Family is not yet servicing clients at their offices.
Once they begin to do so, we could help them stock their emergency food pantry, including diapers. Stay tuned.
6) New members.....
We have 21 new members for the Community Outreach Committee, taking us to 89 volunteers.
I encourage all of you to spend some time on each of the charities’ websites, to better appreciate what they do.
And new volunteers, I encourage you to read about what we’ve done over the past two years by visiting the Community Outreach tab on the WC website.
7) Volunteer hours.....
Please send me an email (just me, not Reply to All) with your volunteer hours for both January and February.
Be sure to include time spent shopping for and creating the Valentines bags, time taking the tour,
time shopping for any items, time organizing donations and bringing them to me.
And, identify for which charity, if it’s not obvious.
8) And finally......
I hope you’re available....for our Thursday, March 11 tour of The Junction community kitchen,
for our in person meeting Thursday, April 8,
to attend the April 19 fashion show,
and/or to volunteer to help with the gift baskets for the May meeting.
Any of the charity items listed above may be left on my porch, 8500 Sterling Drive.
Please include your name, so I know who to thank.
I look forward to seeing you on April 8, if not before.
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
Hope this email finds everyone defrosted from last week’s weather and somewhere in the process of getting your vaccine shots. Who would have thought a year ago that these would be the things for which we’d be grateful!
Several updates.....
1) The Junction....our Valentines presents (picture below) were very much appreciated by the clients of The Junction. They gave them out at the community kitchen and shelter location.
After collecting the bags all last year, those who adopted the bags in January filled them with
hand sanitizer, lotion, mask, Kleenex, chapstick, comb, protein bar, Valentines candy and
then many added items such as socks and hand warmers. 109 was our final count.
Thank you to Tammy Buck, Donna Gardner, Donna Deboever, Sandra Mankowich, Virginia Wheeless,
Peggy Crandell, Carol Rogers, Angela Waters, Joyce Frey, Joyce Ambre, Rose Depoe, Shirley Monge,
Sandy Conwell, Lucille Zimmerman and a special thank you to Lynne Moore for donating over 25 of the bags.
Earlier in the month, nine of us (picture below) toured The Junction’s community kitchen, met Chef Liz and Lisa Merino, their volunteer coordinator. We learned about this wonderful charity and it’s wide ranging services and their many volunteer opportunities. Some of those on the tour have already signed up to volunteer!
Because several of you expressed interest in touring on a different day,
I’m now organizing a tour for Thursday, March 11, meeting at their location at 1:45.
You would be back home by 3:30. If interested, please let me know by Monday, March 8.
2) Upcoming meeting......
Because of the Clubhouse renovation, our first in-person meeting in a year is being rescheduled
from Tuesday, March 16 to Thursday, April 8 from 10:00 to 11:30 in the Lonestar Room.
We’ve been asked to enter through the Heritage Room.
3) Denton County’s Friends of the Family (provider of domestic violence services) were thrilled when I told them
they were to be the recipient of the admission fee for the Women’s Club annual
Fashion Show by le Fashion Coach, the afternoon of April 19.
This is the most popular event of the year, so be sure to get your $10 check made
payable to DC Friends of the Family turned in soon!
4) Denton County Food Center (our Denton food pantry) is the May charity.
They too have missed our donations because of all the cancelled luncheons.
In fact, last week they broke their all time record, providing a week’s worth of food
to 270 families on Monday and then 273 families on Wednesday.
We thought it would be a great idea to have a raffle for several desirable items, including different themed gift baskets (wine, food, restaurant gift cards, etc). We’re in the early stages of planning, so if something like this appeals to you, please volunteer to help. Just to be clear, you’re not volunteering to be ‘a taster’ of the wine, food or restaurants!!!!!
5) How can you help......
The three charities we support always welcome financial contributions, which can be made directly on their websites.
There are also ways you can help without spending a dime.
They are always in need of plastic grocery bags, travel sized toiletries you may have collected
from your travels or the wrapped plastic cutlery you get with take out food.
If you’d like to add a few items to your next grocery order,
The Junction always needs sandwich bags that close (not fold over), sectioned take out containers (Sam’s),
protein bars, large mayonnaise, large grape jelly.
DCFC can always use items for their toddler packs;
fruit and vegetable pouches, small fruit cups, small heat and serve items, like spaghetti Os.
Friends of the Family is not yet servicing clients at their offices.
Once they begin to do so, we could help them stock their emergency food pantry, including diapers. Stay tuned.
6) New members.....
We have 21 new members for the Community Outreach Committee, taking us to 89 volunteers.
I encourage all of you to spend some time on each of the charities’ websites, to better appreciate what they do.
And new volunteers, I encourage you to read about what we’ve done over the past two years by visiting the Community Outreach tab on the WC website.
7) Volunteer hours.....
Please send me an email (just me, not Reply to All) with your volunteer hours for both January and February.
Be sure to include time spent shopping for and creating the Valentines bags, time taking the tour,
time shopping for any items, time organizing donations and bringing them to me.
And, identify for which charity, if it’s not obvious.
8) And finally......
I hope you’re available....for our Thursday, March 11 tour of The Junction community kitchen,
for our in person meeting Thursday, April 8,
to attend the April 19 fashion show,
and/or to volunteer to help with the gift baskets for the May meeting.
Any of the charity items listed above may be left on my porch, 8500 Sterling Drive.
Please include your name, so I know who to thank.
I look forward to seeing you on April 8, if not before.
Nanci
727.249.1662
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Nanci's e-mail from January 30, 2021
Fellow volunteers,
Allow me to be the first to wish you Happy Valentines Day!
This update will include 1) our Valentines project 2) upcoming tours 3) our next in-person meeting 4) staying connected to our charities, and 5) charities’ current needs.
First, I’m happy to report as of this morning we have 19 new members.
With our existing 71 members, that brings us to a volunteer force of 90 experienced, talented, caring women.
What a force for good in the greater Denton community we will be!
1) The first week in January I offered the existing members the opportunity to adopt some of our collected gift with purchase bags (Lancôme, Clinique) or international flight bags (picture below) and
fill them with Kleenex, sanitizer, lotion, mask, comb, chapstick, protein bar and
individually wrapped candy to create a Valentines present for the clients of The Junction.
Fourteen of you volunteered and together we are creating 89 bags.
Please return your completed bags to my front porch with your name attached by Sunday February 7.
Thank you to Peggy Crandell and the other unknown women who have left beautiful
extra candies to be added to other’s bags (picture below).
It’s not too late for anyone else to jump in and participate, if you have such bags to use.
The items to be included are listed above.
Let me know if you’re doing so, so I have your number of bags in the count.
The Junctions serves over 120 people a day, so it would be nice to have one for each person.
2) We will be offering a tour of The Junction soup kitchen on either Tuesday, February 9 or 16 at 1:45, which is after their clients leave for the day. Please feel free to ride with someone in your ‘bubble’.
Otherwise, we’ll travel independently and meet in St Andrew’s Presbyterian church parking lot,
current home of The Junction. Please let me know which day works best for you ASAP,
as we’re limiting the number to 10 women per tour. And, our very own Sandy Conwell has agreed to stay after her Tuesday volunteer shift in the kitchen to share her volunteer story.
3) Mark your calendar for Tuesday, March 16 10:00-11:30 for our first in-person committee meeting in a year!!! Hopefully the Clubhouse renovation will be completed.
We will be sitting in socially distanced chairs with no tables, to allow for more participants.
Lisa Merino, the new volunteer coordinator for The Junction will our guest speaker.
Among other things, she will update us on the new location being constructed for The Junction to house both the former Our Daily Bread (soup kitchen) and Monsignor King Outreach Center (homeless shelter),
as they’ve now come together to form The Junction.
Representatives from our other two charities, the Denton Community Food Center (food pantry)
and Friends of the Family (those impacted by domestic violence) will present at later meetings.
4) All of our charities have been challenged to meet the ever increasing numbers and needs of their clients.
The best way to stay up to date on what they’re doing is to log on to their website and after reading that,
sign up for their monthly email updates.
Since you won’t have the opportunity to donate because we’re not having luncheons in February or March due to the renovation, below are some current needs from our charities, if you’d like to pick up any items.....
The Junction
Vienna sausages, grape jelly, protein bars, large bottles of juice, 16-20 oz styrofoam cups,
sectioned to-go containers (Sam’s).
Denton Community Food Center
Canned tuna or chicken, canned fruit, for their toddler packets:
fruit and/or vegetable squeeze pouches, small cans of fruit, small spaghetti Os
Friends of the Family
Diapers size 4-7, women’s shoes (flats or sneakers) size 7-11, small dining sets, dressers
Other than the furniture, any of these items can be left on my front porch (8500 Sterling Drive) for transport to the charity. Please leave your name, so I know who to thank.
As always, we continue to collect plastic grocery bags and travel-sized toiletries.
I look forward to seeing everyone and meeting our new members AND for us to be able to volunteer together again!!
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call me.
If communicating by email, please respond only to me, do not Reply All!
Nanci
727.249.1662
Fellow volunteers,
Allow me to be the first to wish you Happy Valentines Day!
This update will include 1) our Valentines project 2) upcoming tours 3) our next in-person meeting 4) staying connected to our charities, and 5) charities’ current needs.
First, I’m happy to report as of this morning we have 19 new members.
With our existing 71 members, that brings us to a volunteer force of 90 experienced, talented, caring women.
What a force for good in the greater Denton community we will be!
1) The first week in January I offered the existing members the opportunity to adopt some of our collected gift with purchase bags (Lancôme, Clinique) or international flight bags (picture below) and
fill them with Kleenex, sanitizer, lotion, mask, comb, chapstick, protein bar and
individually wrapped candy to create a Valentines present for the clients of The Junction.
Fourteen of you volunteered and together we are creating 89 bags.
Please return your completed bags to my front porch with your name attached by Sunday February 7.
Thank you to Peggy Crandell and the other unknown women who have left beautiful
extra candies to be added to other’s bags (picture below).
It’s not too late for anyone else to jump in and participate, if you have such bags to use.
The items to be included are listed above.
Let me know if you’re doing so, so I have your number of bags in the count.
The Junctions serves over 120 people a day, so it would be nice to have one for each person.
2) We will be offering a tour of The Junction soup kitchen on either Tuesday, February 9 or 16 at 1:45, which is after their clients leave for the day. Please feel free to ride with someone in your ‘bubble’.
Otherwise, we’ll travel independently and meet in St Andrew’s Presbyterian church parking lot,
current home of The Junction. Please let me know which day works best for you ASAP,
as we’re limiting the number to 10 women per tour. And, our very own Sandy Conwell has agreed to stay after her Tuesday volunteer shift in the kitchen to share her volunteer story.
3) Mark your calendar for Tuesday, March 16 10:00-11:30 for our first in-person committee meeting in a year!!! Hopefully the Clubhouse renovation will be completed.
We will be sitting in socially distanced chairs with no tables, to allow for more participants.
Lisa Merino, the new volunteer coordinator for The Junction will our guest speaker.
Among other things, she will update us on the new location being constructed for The Junction to house both the former Our Daily Bread (soup kitchen) and Monsignor King Outreach Center (homeless shelter),
as they’ve now come together to form The Junction.
Representatives from our other two charities, the Denton Community Food Center (food pantry)
and Friends of the Family (those impacted by domestic violence) will present at later meetings.
4) All of our charities have been challenged to meet the ever increasing numbers and needs of their clients.
The best way to stay up to date on what they’re doing is to log on to their website and after reading that,
sign up for their monthly email updates.
Since you won’t have the opportunity to donate because we’re not having luncheons in February or March due to the renovation, below are some current needs from our charities, if you’d like to pick up any items.....
The Junction
Vienna sausages, grape jelly, protein bars, large bottles of juice, 16-20 oz styrofoam cups,
sectioned to-go containers (Sam’s).
Denton Community Food Center
Canned tuna or chicken, canned fruit, for their toddler packets:
fruit and/or vegetable squeeze pouches, small cans of fruit, small spaghetti Os
Friends of the Family
Diapers size 4-7, women’s shoes (flats or sneakers) size 7-11, small dining sets, dressers
Other than the furniture, any of these items can be left on my front porch (8500 Sterling Drive) for transport to the charity. Please leave your name, so I know who to thank.
As always, we continue to collect plastic grocery bags and travel-sized toiletries.
I look forward to seeing everyone and meeting our new members AND for us to be able to volunteer together again!!
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call me.
If communicating by email, please respond only to me, do not Reply All!
Nanci
727.249.1662
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Nanci's e-mail from January 22, 2021
Welcome New Volunteers!
As of yesterday, January 21, we have 18 new Community Outreach Committee Members joining forces with our 71 current Members. We are so glad you’ve chosen to join us and help us progress our mission:
‘Shall provide Women’s Club Members with opportunities for social contacts as they volunteer together with Denton County charities designated by the Board’
and
‘Shall contribute to the betterment of the community and enhance the reputation of the Women’s Club within Robson Ranch and throughout the greater Denton community by the good works performed by its Members’
This communication is specifically for you new Members.
As a way of introducing you to the types of activities we have undertaken,
I invite you to visit the RRWC website, specifically the Community Outreach tab.
Here you will see our communications of the past three years, including pictures, which will give you a flavor of the types of things we have done. Of course, this past year was significantly impacted by Covid, but we still accomplished much to help our charities. You will find the Community Outreach video at this tab, as well.
Over the next few days I will compose an email update for all CO Members, outlining upcoming opportunities.
With you being new, I want to share that first up will be tours of The Junction,
on the afternoon (1:45) of both Tuesday, February 9 and February 16.
Because of Covid, each tour will be limited to 10 women, on a first come basis.
If demand dictates we will schedule more in tours into March.
If you know you want to go and are available one of those dates, let me know by replying only to me.
If you want to go but are not available those dates, let me know that, as well.
Other upcoming activities will be addressed in the email to all CO Members over the coming days.
Again, welcome to a new adventure volunteering with a group of truly amazing women.
Be prepared to do good works, make new friends and have fun!
Nanci Odom
727.249.1662
8500 Sterling Drive
Welcome New Volunteers!
As of yesterday, January 21, we have 18 new Community Outreach Committee Members joining forces with our 71 current Members. We are so glad you’ve chosen to join us and help us progress our mission:
‘Shall provide Women’s Club Members with opportunities for social contacts as they volunteer together with Denton County charities designated by the Board’
and
‘Shall contribute to the betterment of the community and enhance the reputation of the Women’s Club within Robson Ranch and throughout the greater Denton community by the good works performed by its Members’
This communication is specifically for you new Members.
As a way of introducing you to the types of activities we have undertaken,
I invite you to visit the RRWC website, specifically the Community Outreach tab.
Here you will see our communications of the past three years, including pictures, which will give you a flavor of the types of things we have done. Of course, this past year was significantly impacted by Covid, but we still accomplished much to help our charities. You will find the Community Outreach video at this tab, as well.
Over the next few days I will compose an email update for all CO Members, outlining upcoming opportunities.
With you being new, I want to share that first up will be tours of The Junction,
on the afternoon (1:45) of both Tuesday, February 9 and February 16.
Because of Covid, each tour will be limited to 10 women, on a first come basis.
If demand dictates we will schedule more in tours into March.
If you know you want to go and are available one of those dates, let me know by replying only to me.
If you want to go but are not available those dates, let me know that, as well.
Other upcoming activities will be addressed in the email to all CO Members over the coming days.
Again, welcome to a new adventure volunteering with a group of truly amazing women.
Be prepared to do good works, make new friends and have fun!
Nanci Odom
727.249.1662
8500 Sterling Drive
Nanci's email from January 4, 2021
Fellow volunteers,
I know we’re all looking forward to a happy, healthy new year and recapturing those favorite
aspects of our lives we had to forego in 2020.
For me, one of those things is volunteering with you.
Even in lockdown and with many restrictions, what you ladies were able to accomplish
on behalf of our charities was amazing. I invite you to visit the RRWC website for the year-end summary Gayle shared at the December luncheon. Congratulations and thank you!
Starting in 2021 we are now the Community Outreach Committee,
a name the Board felt was more reflective of what we do.
Looking forward, I thing it will be Spring before we can have significant gatherings.
In the meantime, there are three activities we can pursue.
1) Tour The Junction (formerly Our Daily Bread).
As in the past, we would go at 1:45 after all the clients have left.
But, we would drive individually and meet with their Assistant Director and new Volunteer Coordinator in the dining room where we can be masked and socially distanced.
Please reply only to me, if you’re interested in touring mid to late January or into February.
Also, see picture of Sandy Conwell with Chef Liz below from last week.
Fellow volunteers,
I know we’re all looking forward to a happy, healthy new year and recapturing those favorite
aspects of our lives we had to forego in 2020.
For me, one of those things is volunteering with you.
Even in lockdown and with many restrictions, what you ladies were able to accomplish
on behalf of our charities was amazing. I invite you to visit the RRWC website for the year-end summary Gayle shared at the December luncheon. Congratulations and thank you!
Starting in 2021 we are now the Community Outreach Committee,
a name the Board felt was more reflective of what we do.
Looking forward, I thing it will be Spring before we can have significant gatherings.
In the meantime, there are three activities we can pursue.
1) Tour The Junction (formerly Our Daily Bread).
As in the past, we would go at 1:45 after all the clients have left.
But, we would drive individually and meet with their Assistant Director and new Volunteer Coordinator in the dining room where we can be masked and socially distanced.
Please reply only to me, if you’re interested in touring mid to late January or into February.
Also, see picture of Sandy Conwell with Chef Liz below from last week.
The second picture is of our committee members who volunteer on Wednesdays
at the Denton Community Food Center.
R to L: Honee Berlin, Angela Waters, Karen Brannon and me.
Monday volunteers include Karen Donohue and on occasion Dee Sico and Donna DeBouver.
at the Denton Community Food Center.
R to L: Honee Berlin, Angela Waters, Karen Brannon and me.
Monday volunteers include Karen Donohue and on occasion Dee Sico and Donna DeBouver.
2) Make Valentines presents for The Junction clients using the international flight bags and gift with purchase bags (Lancôme) we collected last year (see picture below).
We have 80, but could use more, if you have them. Peggy Crandell kindly gave me tissue packets and individual wipes she had purchased for one of the day trips we weren’t able to take.
We also have many socks and eye masks from the airline bags.
What’s missing are winter items like chap stick, 2 oz sanitizer, small hand lotion, hand warmers, combs,
maybe a protein bar and a couple pieces of individually wrapped chocolate, because after all.....it’s Valentines Day!!
If you’d like to adopt 4-6 of these bags to fill, please let me know!
We have 80, but could use more, if you have them. Peggy Crandell kindly gave me tissue packets and individual wipes she had purchased for one of the day trips we weren’t able to take.
We also have many socks and eye masks from the airline bags.
What’s missing are winter items like chap stick, 2 oz sanitizer, small hand lotion, hand warmers, combs,
maybe a protein bar and a couple pieces of individually wrapped chocolate, because after all.....it’s Valentines Day!!
If you’d like to adopt 4-6 of these bags to fill, please let me know!
3) If we get enough help, we’d like to do a spring clothes drive
for The Junction and Friends of the Family.
Just when residents are cleaning out their closets at the change of season, we can take gently used,
freshly laundered clothes off their hands.
4) As always, our charities welcome your financial contributions
and products used to serve their clients.
For Denton Community Food Center, vegetable and fruit pouches,
and small 7.5 oz Chef Boyardee heat & serve items for their toddler packets are needed.
For The Junction, the list includes miracle whip, Vienna sausages, ranch dressing, grape jelly, pasta cups,
tuna pouches, sandwich bags, canned pineapple, hair brushes, wipes, chapstick, hand warmers.
Any items may be dropped off at 8500 Sterling Drive for transport to the charity.
To respond regarding the tour of The Junction, helping with the Valentines bags or helping with the clothes drive, please respond only to me.
I hope to see many of you at the luncheon tomorrow.
Nanci
for The Junction and Friends of the Family.
Just when residents are cleaning out their closets at the change of season, we can take gently used,
freshly laundered clothes off their hands.
4) As always, our charities welcome your financial contributions
and products used to serve their clients.
For Denton Community Food Center, vegetable and fruit pouches,
and small 7.5 oz Chef Boyardee heat & serve items for their toddler packets are needed.
For The Junction, the list includes miracle whip, Vienna sausages, ranch dressing, grape jelly, pasta cups,
tuna pouches, sandwich bags, canned pineapple, hair brushes, wipes, chapstick, hand warmers.
Any items may be dropped off at 8500 Sterling Drive for transport to the charity.
To respond regarding the tour of The Junction, helping with the Valentines bags or helping with the clothes drive, please respond only to me.
I hope to see many of you at the luncheon tomorrow.
Nanci