Club-wide Project 

The Tammy Willett Every Breath You Take Lung Cancer Golf Tournament at The Manor Golf and Country Club, Alpharetta, GA

Monday, October 1, 2007:  8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

 

Proceeds from the golf tournament will go to The Tammy Willett Every Breath You Take Lung Cancer Fund.  The goal of this fundraiser is to raise no less than $200,000 for the Emory Winship Cancer Institute, the only national non-profit organization dedicated to patient support, research and advocacy for people living with lung cancer and those at risk for the disease.

 

Department Projects

North Metro Miracle League Buddy Program

Saturday, October 27, 2007:  9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The North Metro Miracle League (NMML) provides adapted sports programs for children and adults with disabilities. NMML has several age brackets and levels of competition. If a player requires some on field assistance he or she will be teamed up with a volunteer "Buddy." The "Buddy Program" is an opportunity for children and adults to interact and share athletic and social experiences. This interaction facilitates communication, understanding, a sense of camaraderie and lasting friendships.

Spouses and children are welcome and encouraged to attend.  Remember to wear tennis shoes and your favorite sport shirt or team jersey. Volunteers under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Please visit www.nmml.net (or click on the picture at right) for more details about this organization.  If you would like to sign up for a volunteer shift, please contact Gina LaMonte.

The Home Life Department will also make a monetary donation to NMML to help support its sports program.

 

Second Wind Dreams

November:  TBD

The mission of Second Wind Dreams (SWD) is to bring seniors living in elder care communities to the fore front of our society by enriching their lives and empowering them to age with dignity.  By fulfilling dreams, SWD improves the quality of the residents’ lives by stimulating residents both physically and mentally while giving them the special attention they deserve.

Members of the Home Life Department will schedule visitation hours with the elderly at an eldercare community in the Roswell area.  Assistance will be provided to help fulfill a dream and lap ropes will be purchased for residents.

The Home Life Department will also make a monetary donation to Second Wind Dreams to help support the elderly.  Please visit www.secondwind.org for more information about this organization

 

Foster Care Support

January 2008:  TBD

Foster Care Support Group Foundation, Inc. is an all-volunteer community resource dedicated to helping provide clothing, toys, and equipment such as cribs, car seats, strollers, and high chairs, to foster families and foster children in Georgia.

Members of the Home Life Department will provide volunteer hours to Foster Care Support.  RJWC will be busy sorting clothing, sizing and restocking the center for easy selection by foster children, playing with babies and toddlers in the nursery while foster parents select their needed items, washing, putting together or taking apart infant equipment to make sure all is in excellent condition to be used by a foster child, sorting toys, etc.

The Home Life Department will also make a monetary donation to Foster Care Support to help support the foster children of GA.  Please visit www.fostercares.org for more information about this organization.

 

The Drake House

March 2008:  TBD

The Drake House offers emergency residential housing for women and children in the North Fulton County community. Named after Mary Drake, a prominent volunteer and one founder of the North Fulton Community Charities (NFCC), The Drake House is striving to fill the ever growing need for housing for single mothers and their children.

Members of the Home Life Department will provide volunteer hours to The Drake House.  RJWC will help with the stocking and organizing of the food pantry, in determining and soliciting donations for items needed and the pick up of donated bread items at local sites.

The Home Life Department will also make a monetary donation to The Drake House to help stock their pantry.  Please visit www.thedrakehouse.org for more information about this organization.

 

Happy Tails Pet Therapy

A young boy in the hospital, temporarily confined to a wheelchair due to multiple injuries, smiles for the first time in several weeks as the small dog is placed in his lap to greet him with healing kisses.  In another location, residents of an assisted living facility eagerly greet their team of regular visitors, a pair of dogs and a cat, escorted by their owners.

These are the “happy tales” that are created nearly every day in metro Atlanta when teams of Happy Tails volunteers and their pet dogs, cats and rabbits visit area hospitals, children’s programs and centers, rehabilitation centers, shelters, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, mental health facilities, respite care centers, hospice facilities, and special-needs programs.

The Home Life Department will be making a monetary donation this organization to help support pet therapy.  Please visit www.happytailspets.org for more information about this organization.