Hope Church women are invited to participate in Women’s Service Day to offer a whole or half day of their time in support of local programs to benefit women and Children. Women’s Service Day is an opportunity for women to offer their time, skills, and talent to nonprofit organizations in the Holland/Zeeland area, to increase awareness of issues for area women and children, and to network among women in our community.
The one-day annual event, which is organized by a group of women in our community (including Hope Church’s Lois Maassen, Kallie Spidahl, and Angie Griffore; Marcia Davis, Cindy DeGraaf, Sue Gadbois, Cheryl Murdoch, and Carrie Ypma), is in its twelfth year. Hope Church will again provide the host location for the mid-day meal, as it has for the past ten years. Like last year, Women’s Service Day 2013 will focus on building community in the City of Holland. Volunteers will be working at Nuestra Casa (a new neighborhood center in Westcore Neighborhood), and at a number of nonprofit organizations in Holland.
In the past, we’ve cleaned and organized, painted and finished, landscaped and weeded, cooked and baked, washed windows, assembled lesson plans and materials, organized and led after-school activities for middle school girls, made cards for families with loved ones who are terminally ill or living in nursing facilities, and prepared a building for construction.
This year’s event will be held on Thursday, October 3. To get involved, register online, or for more information, visit our website, WomensServiceDay.com or Facebook page. You can also help us expand our community network by inviting your sisters, friends, mothers, grandmothers, aunts, daughters, partners, and colleagues (aged 18 and older).
If you’re not able to commit to a work crew that day, you can still help by providing kitchen assistance the day before or the day of the event; by donating handmade arts, crafts, or culinary products for the auction and raffle that will this year benefit the Nuestra Casa project; or by participating in the donation drive, which will support Nuestra Casa programs with supplies and equipment. Contact Angie Griffore directly (agriffore@hopechurchrca.org) if you’d like to explore any of those options.