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Bon Appetit Meal program

Cook and assist at community meal program.

winter survival bags

Purchase and distribute winter weight sleeping bags, blankets, hats, mittens and more to needy community residents, some who may be homeless.

We donated four bookcases – two on the chemo floor and two to the radiation suites – to our local Cancer Center. Every month we go back to fill up the bookcases with more books and puzzles. There are leaflets telling people about Altrusa, with a QR code they can scan to our FB page. We also have signs telling them that they can “Read a book, Leave a book, Love a book, Keep a book”, as we want to encourage the sharing of the books throughout our community

Days for Girls

Days for Girls (DfG) has been an Altrusa project for the past six years. There are two established DfG teams in the Greater Kansas City area; one in Shawnee, Kansas and the other in Liberty, Missouri. The Liberty, Missouri DfG location is also a regional collection point for DfG. Club members are encouraged to continue to support the Shawnee, KS and/or Liberty, MO DfG teams which meet on a monthly basis.

Christchurch City Mission Women’s Night Shelter/Walsh House

In Christchurch the City Mission run Women’s Night Shelter and Walsh House both provide accommodation for homeless, abused or otherwise disadvantaged and marginalised women. In respect of the Women’s Night Shelter Altrusa Christchurch provides seven – ten pairs of pyjamas a month for women entering the Shelter. This facility began around the time of the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010 when it was realised there was no night shelter for women – although men had had a facility for many years. The pyjamas are bought at sale prices, when available, and are mostly track type bottoms with T-shirt tops so they can be worn during the day if necessary. The women, on entering the Shelter, have a shower and new pyjamas are provided. Shelter staff have let us know that the women are so grateful and cannot believe that people unknown to them make them feel valued once again. Altrusa Christchurch also runs a “Christmas Boxes” project wherein we provide both the Shelter and Walsh House with gift bags for each of the women in their care at Christmas. These items are often the only Christmas gift the women receive.

Pamper Packs for Women

Fifty Pamper Packs for women were purchased commercially thus supporting a local business and were delivered to various organisations within our community for women going through a tough time. We chose Rest Homes, District Nurses, a Disability group, Social Services, who at their discretion gifted the pamper packs to worthy recipients.
We were told that some of the recipients were in tears after receiving their gift and that it was so rewarding to be remembered. The small things we take for granted often really make a difference in another person’s life.

Cuddle Hearts

This was such a heartwarming project for us during 2022, knowing the need is for 3000 hearts annually in our wider region meaning 1000 of our little babies are vulnerable at birth and these hearts assist in bonding when real ‘cuddles’ are not possible.
Cuddle hearts strengthen the bond between mums and bubs while at the unit as many babies are unable to be cuddled. A set of 3 hearts are given to each newborn. The smells of both the baby and mother are absorbed into the heart and then swapped over.
It was by chance a member saw this need in our community so investigated further bringing an example of a cuddle heart to a meeting and so this project was born!
The hearts are made from 100% cotton fabric with no embellishments/filling and to a very specific size, the reason being is to prevent them being lost in bedding and hindering tubes etc attached to the baby.

Days for Girls

Our DfG project commenced in 2018 and still continues in 2023. After hearing at a District Conference, how girls in some overseas countries very rarely have access to feminine hygiene products and sit on cardboard each month we started planning to include DfG as a hands-on project for our club. Sewing days are organised inviting along not only Altrusans but our community as well to help us cut, match, stitch, press, overlock, glue and sometimes unpick! It is fantastic to have our community help us which has led to some helping with other projects too! We have donated underwear, soaps, facecloths, money alongside feminine hygiene products to our own community helping overcome period poverty for struggling families locally

At Your Service Meals on Wheels

The club supplies the Meals on Wheels (MOW) Food Delivery Service, primarily to the elderly treats at Easter and Christmas.
At Easter the club gather Easter Eggs, cellophane packets and ribbons, putting together a small pack of chocolate eggs to be distributed for the Easter MOW delivery.
At Christmas time members bake Shortbread biscuits, up to 100 packages of six, and tie with a ribbon. These are added to the Christmas Meals delivered by MOW. These are very much appreciated by the recipients