Altrusa International Service Projects
A database of Service projects from throughout our Altrusa organization
The Rainbow Room is also a non-profit in Rockwall, Tx. They help children that have been removed from the homes by CPS by finding shelter, clothing, school supplies and Christmas gifts. We, of Rockwall Altrusa, are honored to support this worthy endeavor. We supply them with backpacks throughout the school year and help wrap Christmas presents in December.
We were able to gather books from the Half Price Book Store in Rockwall, TX. We delivered them to the librarian at Rochell Elementary in Rockwall. A number of students joined us to have their picture taken with their new books. Our literacy goal is to give ‘every student a book in the Rockwall School District’.
We recently learned about the summer readying program that is put on by the district, so we will be gathering books for this needy project. NO STUDENT SHOULD GO WITHOUT A BOOK!
Several members made specific patterned Bears out of their own material stash & sent to Rare Bear Science Program an international community that raises monies for research conducted for the rare disease patients
Purpose: create Halos out of wire & garland to sell at 4th of July Parade in Belton
186 halos made & given to AWARE Central TX
Annual HEB food rally sponsored y local HS FFA. Carts decorated & teams had listed food items to collect. Gift cards given to each team to use when checking out. Each team donated $50 for the gift cards. The local Helping Hands Ministry collected the items to use for their families during the holidays. A total of 1,200 pounds of food was given to this group.
The Santa Booth was decorated by members at the annual fund raising of the AWARE organization. The booth included cardboard Christmas trees and ‘Mater’ truck from the Cars movie. (Local person had the old truck created into Mater to use with any of the local community projects that involved children) Had a volunteer from the community to play Santa. Altrusans helped take pictures of children w/Santa.
Gently used magazines will be collected from members which will be de-identified & Altrusa label placed on it that states “gift from Altrusa of The Chisholm Trail”. These magazines will be distributed to the waiting rooms of local hospitals & clinics for patients to read & take home while waiting for their appointments. This is an ongoing project.
Local VA serves about 400 homeless veterans. They need hygiene items of towels & wash cloths. 30 of each item purchased, tagged & given to coordinator for homeless VA veterans. This will improve the veteran’s ability to keep clean & hopefully prevent some illnesses.
Clean up the garden space & power wash side walks at the Temple Community Clinic ( a local clinic serving the local people in need of health care but have no insurance).
Rummage Sale: members donate gently used items to be sold locally with the proceeds going to the club for project funding.
Membership drive: a table will be set up at the site with our display board & Altrusa information.