It's Time to Register for Women's Service Day 2010!

Our sign-up page is now live, so you can register to participate in Women's Service Day 2010, scheduled for September 30. Be sure to spread the word to your friends, family, and co-workers--women over 18 are invited to participate in this day of service to women and children in the Holland and Zeeland community. And remember to register! Because we need to plan with agencies for volunteer projects for all participants, this event is first-registered, first-to-serve.

If you'd like to understand more about this community service event...
... How to sign up to receive ongoing communications, including early notification of the 2011 event date.
... Our current list of participating agencies for the 2010 Women's Service Day
... Read about last year's event if you'd like to know more about what to expect. We'll distribute and post an agenda for this year's event as soon as plans are finalized.
... Meet the planning team, which looks, two years later, even younger than we do in this 2008 photo.

Looking forward to seeing you on September 30!

Where We'll Serve on September 30

These are the agencies for whom we will paint, nail, sort, cook, clean, organize, assemble, tote, rake, and more as part of Women's Service Day 2010 on September 30:

• 70x7 supports women (and men) coming back to communities and families from jail/prison and overcoming addictions. Their services include relational support and programs to sustain mentoring and transitional living programs, employment services, addiction recovery, and leadership.
  
• Camp Sunshine provides a camping experience for persons with developmental disabilities in an inclusive environment that embraces their recreational, emotional, physical, spiritual and relational needs.
  
• Center for Women in Transition creates and sustains an environment that enhances the voice, opportunities and strength of women and girls in Allegan and Ottawa Counties.
  
• Community Action House feeds and clothes families, provides housing, and equips community members with skills and resources for sustainable living.
  
• Evergreen Commons brings together in one place both leisure
  activities for seniors and the coordination or delivery of services that address many aging related needs of seniors and their families, such as respite care, nutrition, home safety, and the assistance of social workers.
  
• Girls on the Run educates and prepares girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.
  
• Good Samaritan Ministries uses the power of relationships to effectively meet the needs of the poor.
  
• Holland Rescue Mission develops and delivers programs of excellence for the homeless and less fortunate.
  
• Hospice of Holland offers comfort and relief to soothe the body, counsel and support to quiet the heart, and resources of faith to strengthen the spirit toward the end of life.
  
• Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity builds housing with partner-owners, based on the principle that everyone deserves a decent place to live and that our community is a better place when that occurs.
  
• My Sister's House is an adult foster care facility sponsored by the Holland Deacons' Conference.
  

We'll also have a donation drive, silent auction, and raffle, the proceeds from which will benefit an agency supporting women and/or children in West Michigan. Stay tuned! We'll announce which agencies just as soon as we've completed our investigation.