Community Development - January 2001
Happy New Year Tuckahoe!
I am adopting Virginia Jaycee President Tom King’s theme for the Community Development team this year. We are stepping out and daring to run new projects - - Dress for Success, Children’s Hospital partnership, Fall Ball. Tuckahoe will continue to care for our community through warm fuzzy projects like Adopt a Lou, Project Warm, Bingo for the Elderly, and PPK. We are all challenged this year to share your Jaycee experience with all of your friends and family.
Your CD team was already been hard at work planning the first quarter of the year. Look what we have in store for the month of January:
DRESS FOR SUCCESS: Dress for Success is a non-profit organization that helps low-income women make tailored transitions into the workforce. After job training, each client receives a suit for an interview. She receives a second suit when she gets a job. Dress for Success can accept only suits, not sportswear or casual clothes.
During the months of January and February, we will be collecting business suits our female members no longer wear. Bring your suits to any meeting or project and someone from the CD team will be there to accept it. They will provide you with a receipt for tax purposes if you so desire.
BINGO WITH THE ELDERLY: That’s right! We are bringing back Bingo with the Elderly. On Thursday, January 18, we will meet at Parham Park and Ride at 6:30pm. A caravan will travel to Lexington Nursing Home (the old Bethany Health Complex). We will play bingo with the residents from 7 – 8 pm. The residents have a great time and so do we! If you have questions, call Sandy Bernstein (270-4064).
MEALS ON WHEELS : Philip Perschetz has agreed to continue this wonderful project. We deliver meals to people unable to get out for a nice warm meal. We will be delivery at lunchtime on Friday, January 26. Please call Philip (965-3036) if you have questions or if you are planning on helping out.
PROJECT WARM: What would we be without Project Warm? Min Casali and Don Blum continue to do a great job chairing this project. We meet at 9am at the wood lot where we load the pick up trucks with firewood for families unable to pay for heat. We need help loading trucks, driving trucks and splitting wood. For directions call Min (358-9288) or Don (763-1689).
JAYCEE PROCLAMATION: January 21 – 27, 20001 is National Jaycee Week. The Tuckahoe Jaycees will be recognized at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, January 23. We will meet at Parham Park and Ride at 6:30 pm. This meeting is held at the Henrico government complex on Parham Road.
Now since we have worked so hard on all these projects we will have some fun with our Hump Day Happy Hours on Wednesday, January 10 & 24 at BW3 at 7pm. We will also be using this as a recruiting tool, so come out and SHARE the experience (and sing some Karaoke after 9pm).
If you have any questions about the above projects or ideas for other community service projects, feel free to contact anyone on the CD team.
Dare to Care and Share!
Kay Faries
Community Development VP
H 741-3872
teechme00@juno.comSandy Bernstein
CD Director
H 270-4064
C 307-1032
SJB2661@aol.comConnie Allen
CD Director
H 282-0875
Connie.Allen@HillPHOENIX.comEvan Fabricant
Corporate Sponsorship Director
H 746-4921
W 272-1400 X 253