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Artesia Altrusans partnered with the local girl scout and boy scout troops to collect and distribute non-perishable food items. Members were given permission to set up a donation station in front of the local grocery store. Flyers with specific food needs were passed out to patrons as they entered. Girl scouts were on hand to help pass out flyers and organize donations. They also took the opportunity to sell cookies! This increased the number of individuals who stopped – everyone loves Girl Scout cookies! Donations were collected from 9 AM until 4 PM on Saturday. All goods were distributed and taken to three different local food banks. The Boy Scouts came and helped Altrusans unload all of the products.
In total, over 1,000 pounds of food were donated. Benefitting three different local organizations that, collectively, serve over 3,000 residents. Artesia Altrusans look forward to this event every year. Spending time with the Scouts gives us a boost of energy and includes them in an opportunity to serve.
In the past, we have also partnered with local schools, who did their own canned food drives and then donated all of their collected items to our Club. The main benefit is allowing children to serve their community, building stronger leaders for the future.

Second Grade Literacy Incentive Program

Altrusa International Club of Clovis, NM has partnered with the District Attorney’s office supporting an attendance incentive program. Our club will extend this literacy incentive to 2nd grade students achieving promotion with steady attendance. Book selections will be made as guided by a certified librarian and 2nd grade teacher. This incentive program is for students promoted to second grade, and will occur at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. This project will involve a majority of club membership. It will target low-income at-risk students attending Title 1 Schools through use of books and an arts integration literacy activity to enhance the attractiveness of the books given to the students. Several of our club members are teachers, and see the need to foster literacy and attendance through personal classroom experience. We will enhance that focus by providing a literacy component tied to school attendance.

Pill Bottle Program

Help improve the quality of our environment and health care in hospitals and health clinics in developing countries by saving and donating basic medical supplies such as pill bottles. In developing countries, medicines are often dispensed into hands, leaves or any other available containers. Recycling only a portion of the millions of plastic prescription vials, stock bottles, and liquids bottles that are used by pharmacies each month results in significant energy conservation and greenhouse gas savings.

Books for Elementary Schools

Every kindergartner in the two local elementary schools received a book to take home. Altrusans presented the books to the students and discussed Make A Difference Day an annual community service event and the importance of literacy needed to be successful in life.

Cookies and fruit snacks were served at the event.

Teacher Appreciation Breakfasts

Altrusans prepare buffet breakfast spreads for elementary, middle, and high school staffs during Teacher Appreciation Week in early May. The valley Career School and alternative high school staff receive cakes from our local bakery in thanks for their efforts.

“I Like Me!” personalized books for Kindergartners

Every kindergartner in the local elementary receives a book personalized with their name, teacher, school, and friends. Altrusans present the books in an assembly where the kids get a chance to “read” the book with assistance, and find their names, friends, etc., on the pages. At the end of each book is a spot for a personalized message from their teacher and a photo page for their kindergarten photo.

Annual Altrusa Book Giveaway

Hundreds of books are donated by Altrusans, friends, and neighbors, and Friends of the Library, then displayed in the Palisade Town Plaza. The books are free and people are encouraged to take as many as they can carry away, often in bags and boxes. Remaining books are donated to nursing homes, alternative schools, and the Salvation Army, with children’s books taken to the County Health Dept. Some are added to Palisade Altrusa’s Little Free Libary.

Christmas Food and Gift Baskets

Altrusans partner with the club’s Foundation and Salvation Army to provide food boxes and gifts for approximately 40 needy families. Local schools (elementary, middle, and high) collect non-perishable food, the grocery store supplies potatoes and carrots, the elementary Natl Elem Honor Society students sort and box food, Altrusa shopping teams buy gifts and grocery gift cards. Restored bikes are added. Distribution is by anonymous pickup, staffed by 2-3 people.

Lunch Lizard Summer School Lunch Program

Altrusans partner with School Dist 51 and Western Colorado Community Foundation to provide nutritious summer lunches for anyone 18 years or younger on the Palisade route that includes three stops. Tuesdays are Altrusa days with Altrusans handing out books and key-chain collectibles along with the lunches. Approximately 550 meals were served by Palisade Altrusans in the Summer 2018 program.