Sunday, September 6, 2015

SPRING/SUMMER ROUND UP!



Children are back in school, Ohio State football begins tomorrow night, and Halloween items are stocked on local store shelves.  The Spring/Summer of 2015 is officially over!  Do you think, like I do, that the days went by way too quickly?  



Our Betty Brewer’s volunteers were very busy these past months!  While continuing their weekly one-on-one visits to long term care facilities brightening the lives of lonely residents, they had the opportunity to take part in the following: 


MARCH
We attended Westminster Thurber Community’s annual “Tools for the Servant”.  This year’s topic was “How Can a Church Help Older Parishioners Manage Change?”  Thank you to Westminster Thurber Community for inviting us every year to what is always an inspiring program. 



APRIL

 


We had our first Volunteer Potluck. Since our volunteers learn so much from each others experiences, we decided to have a casual get together at the Ironwood Club House with food and fellowship with no guest speakers. Thank you to our volunteer, Judy Bline, for arranging the use of the club house. The potluck was such a great success we have added it to our yearly calendar of events.

JUNE

This year’s annual Volunteer Appreciation luncheon theme 
was “You are the Rainbow in Someone’s Life”.  Thank you 
to Wesley Ridge Community in Reynoldsburg who hosted 
our luncheon this year and helped us honor our volunteers 
who give so much to the residents they visit.

Every few years we have our luncheon at a different facility so the volunteers can discover what is available in our area. In past years our luncheon has been hosted by Kensington Place and Westminster Thurber Community.  



 AUGUST



Betty Brewer’s Angels had a booth at the Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival!   

Janet Barr and Eileen Ratliff, two of our volunteers, did a fantastic job co-chairing and organizing this event.


Janet and Martha
 
In addition to Janet and Eileen, we want to thank Chris and Thomas Vollmer, Bev and Herb Scholes, Drussane Saulis, Peggy Shields and Martha Plumley for working so hard to make our booth a success.  In addition to setting up the booth, they distributed brochures, flyers and special Betty Brewer’s Angels fans while talking to festival visitors about Betty Brewer’s Angels.  



Also in August we were proud to partner again with Macy’s  “Shop for a Cause” 



and Faith Lutheran Church’s “Cause of the Month”.  (http://faithwhitehall.com/)  



Both of these partners donate needed funds to help keep Betty Brewer’s Angels operating. Thank you Macy’s and Faith Lutheran!     




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We pleased to be able to provide ongoing training and fun events for our volunteers because they all have such big hearts and caring spirits.  They ARE the rainbow in others lives!  Thank you to them and all the people who help make our volunteers’ mission a reality!



Are you interested in learning more about Betty Brewer’s Angels or
would you like to attend one of our events as a guest?  Please contact
Cheryl L Newman at 614-309-4677 or email at bettybrewersangels@wowway.com.  We would love to hear from you!







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