Fellow Downtown Rotarians,
During the upcoming District Conference, "Rotary: Making a Difference", on Friday, July 27th, Rotary will be putting together 400 “beginning bags” for Magdelene Omaha/Thistle Lights.
Magdalene Omaha/Thistle Lights is a survivor-led program of healing, recovery, and economic empowerment for women who experienced sex trafficking/prostitution, abuse, and addiction (
http://magdaleneomaha.org/). These new beginning bags will provide three days of much needed personal supplies for the women in this program.
After speaking with those who are organizing this project for the District Conference, it’s been recommended that Downtown Rotary focus on donating new bath towels and washcloths.
It is preferred that the towels and washcloths not be a white color. However, as long as they are new towels and/or washcloths, Magdelene Omaha/Thistle Lights will accept them.
At Downtown Rotary’s July 18th and July 25th meetings, there will be a container available for people to place donated items in for the Magdelene Omaha Project.
If you wish to make a monetary contribution, please make your payment payable to the Downtown Rotary Club of Omaha. You can write a check or make donations to Leigh Sittenauer at the meetings (and make sure the memo line notates the Magdelene Omaha project), or you can mail a check to the club address at PO BOX 964 Elkhorn, NE 68022.
You are welcome to donate other items, as well. Below is a list of other items that are needed (all items should be new and can be travel-sized where applicable):
· Shampoo
· Conditioner
· Shower Gel/Soap
· Deodorant
· Toothbrush
· Tissue Packs
· Band-Aids
· Cotton Swabs
· Pain Reliever (40 count minimum)
· Lotion
· Neosporin (or the generic equivalent)
· Hand Sanitizer
· Emery Boards
· Notebooks (new)--with perforated edges that can be neatly torn out to be used to write a letter
· Toilet Paper
· Large “Sleeper Shirts”
There will be other opportunities for the club to get involved in the fight against human trafficking, but this is a start.
Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.
Thank you, everyone! I hope we can help gather enough items to meet the desired goal - I’m certain we will.
Dan Esch
(402) 301-9290