SERVICE ABOVE SELF OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEK - Friday, 11/17/23...Illuminate Northbrook, southwest corner of the Northbrook Village Green, 4:30 - 7:30 PM. Set-up, Serving, Tear-down Shifts. We serve hot chocolate to community members and give out special mugs from the Village when people bring coats for our Coat Off Your Back collection barrels. We have four volunteers so far, we need more. Then on Saturday, 11/18/23 there will be coat sorting at Holy Cross Church, 724 Elder, Deerfield, 8:30 AM followed by a joint meeting with the Rotary Clubs of Northbrook, Deerfield, and Glenview AND Governor Mary Bak at 10 AM. COMING UP... Monday, 12/04/23...Study Buddies Dinner at Youth Services, 3080 West Lake Ave., Glenview, IL, 5:30 - 7:15 PM. This will also be the day when the Operation Santa gifts will be given to the children. We need 8 volunteers. Friday, 12/15/23...Operation Santa Claus at the Green Bay Early Childhood Center, 2100 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL, 7:30 - 11:00 AM. We need six volunteers. On-going events: Coat Off Your Back, now through 12/15/23...Collection bins are all around town. Please donate some new or gently used coats, and share this project with your friends and neighbors. Our goal is to collect, and very quickly sort and distribute, at least 1,000 winter coats. Also, contact Jodi if you would like to volunteer to help with the sorting of those coats (mostly on Saturday mornings in the Deerfield Free Store). Operation Santa Claus, now through 11/27/23 (for donations and gifts). We brought it back because many of you asked for it, and now we need your donations or requests for wish lists to make it a success (and to make sure that not even one child is left out). Reach out to Gary for details or see guidelines he attached to a recent email. |
