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Dozen Days of Delightful Deliveries Once again, Lubbock Meals on Wheels completed the Twelve Days of Christmas Project. Thanks to the hard work of various schools, businesses, organizations, and individuals, the clients of Lubbock Meals on Wheels received a different special treat on each of the twelve working days prior to the Christmas holiday. Items included calendars, puzzles, edible goodies, as well as personal and household necessities. Pets were not forgotten as each animal on the Pet Program received a Christmas treat bag. Thank you to all the volunteers who made these extra special deliveries, and thank you to the following groups for giving our recipients a treat to look forward to everyday: Louise Albus All Saints Episcopal School Altrusa International Inc. of Lubbock AT&T Telephone Pioneers Norma Baumann Bowie Elementary Christ The King Cathedral Women’s Organization Craig,Terrill, Hale & Grantham LLP Delta Theta Chi Martha Edwards Evans Middle School NJHS FCCLA Coronado High School First United Methodist Church Choir GS-TOP Staff: Maye DeAnda GS-TOP Alumni: Janis Vaughn GS TOP Alumnae Association Girl Scout Troops 6130, 6311, 6318, 6377, 6401, 6420, 6428, 6451, 6471, 6477, 6749, 6756, 6767, 6839, 6891, & 6905 Girl Scouts Blue Sage Service Unit Grace Home School Barbara Gradel Hand and Foot Angels Debbie Herring Janet Hildreth Martha Hyde Ivey Gardens Dr. Andrew Johnson Knights of Columbus Assembly 3098 Lee Ruth Krieg 2 You can can help help! Dee Moyes Mullin Hoard & Brown LLP Oakwood Baptist Church The Master’s Class Phillips & Associates Corinne & Bob Pollak Prairie Grass Service Unit Loretta Prestridge Redbud Baptist Church WOM Sue Richards Ginny Riggs RSVP Comfort Corps Sanford & Tatum Insurance Agency Karla Schmidt Scrappin Hearts Dr. Zuhair Shihab, M.D. Helen Smith John Robert Smyer, M.D. & Staff South Plains Academy South Plains Professional Florist Association Sawyer Swords Dorris Tilson Trinity Sunday School Class Lakeridge United Methodist Church United Supermarkets Ruth Walker Dr. Edwin Wentz Pat Wilcox Twilla Williams Judith Wilmington Please bring recyclable aluminum cans to Lubbock Meals on Wheels. Regular trips are made to recycle these materials, and the money received provides funds for programs. You can help the environment and Lubbock Meals on Wheels by bringing your aluminum cans to 2304-34th Street during office hours, Monday – Friday, 8a.m.-4:30p.m. Meals on Wheels January 2012 Clean Out the Clutter! Ready to get a jump start on your spring cleaning The Annual Garage Sale that benefits Lubbock Meals on Wheels will once again be hosted by Metropolitan Rotary with the assistance of the originators of the event, Delta Theta Chi. Thanks to these partnerships, the event is able to continue, and both Lubbock Meals on Wheels and Metropolitan Rotary’s projects will benefit from the effort. The sale is scheduled for April 27th & 28th, but thanks to the generous donation of some storage buildings from Affordable Storage, items will be accepted from now until the event. Please only contribute items that are clean, in working order, or gently used. We will not accept old style televisions or CRT computer monitors. The location of the sale will be announced soon. If you have anything you’d like to contribute, please call Metropolitan Rotary at 806-535- 5295 and leave a message or e-mail them at garagesalepickup@gmail.com. Hot Doggers Deliver Hot Meals Lubbock Meals on Wheels welcomed the Oscar Mayer mini Wienermobile during their week in Lubbock last fall. They participated in a variety of events while in town celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Wienermobile. The two “hotdoggers”, Tyler Mielke and Itzel Cruz, took time out of their busy schedule to deliver meals two days in a row. Our staff and recipients enjoyed meeting the hotdoggers and seeing the one and only mini Wienermobile! So Many Thanks Many groups, organizations, clubs, businesses, schools, and individuals made generous donations throughout the holiday season, and we are truly grateful for their support. Space limitations prevent a complete listing of all the names, but that does not mean our appreciation is any less. To all who were kind enough to bring monetary and other donations or supported us through the purchase of pecans, quiche, ornaments, Santa letters, or engraved bricks please know that your gifts made a significant difference in the lives of the homebound, elderly, and disabled right here in our community. On behalf of Lubbock Meals on Wheels’ Board of Directors, staff, and recipients, thank you for your commitment and support.
This is just a small sample of the many kind thank you cards, letters, and notes that Lubbock Meals on Wheels received during the holidays from our recipients or their family members. We also received numerous phone calls expressing gratitude for all the holiday extras. We would like to share these kind words with all of our donors, volunteers, and the many other people who made the holidays very special for our clients through their gifts for the Twelve Days of Christmas Project, the Santa to a Senior Program, the Senior Food Box delivery, the Weekend Meal Program, the Pet Food Program, and the Hot Meal Program. Everyone Can Make a Difference Thank you to Community Christian Church for their hard work and incredibly generous donation of $6,468 from the Holiday Extravaganza they held in November. Thank you also to Apple Country and Metropolitan Rotary for their donation of $1,500 from the annual Apple Butter Festival. We are thankful for Mark McCall Photography’s donation of $150 and 115 cans of food from their Halloween Photo Shoot. Thanks also to the South Plains Food Bank for the senior food boxes sent to 395 of our clients. Our gratitude also goes to Home Instead Senior Care and all the individuals that supported the Santa to a Senior project that benefited 292 of our clients. Thank you to Raising Canes (photo) and customer Fred Dickson for donating $1,000. We also appreciate Tod Anderson and Anderson Fence for their help installing gates in our garden area to allow storage of our funnel cake booth. We are grateful to the Backyard Mission volunteers that repaired our greenhouse roof after a terrible wind storm. Thank you also to Industrial Molding (photo) for raising $2,500 for us through their employee walk. Our appreciation also goes to the Tumbling Tumbleweeds RV Club (photo) for their generous donation of $301 from their members’ Christmas party. Thank you also to the Texas Tech Men’s Basketball team for delivering meals and donating tickets for our staff and volunteers. We appreciate Lady Raider Basketball for hosting our staff in the President’s Suite as we watched the Lady Raiders beat Louisiana-Monroe. We also owe a huge thank you to all of the volunteers that not only delivered the hot meals but all of the extra items for the 12 Days of Christmas, the senior food boxes, and other various donations of gifts and food. Finally, thank you to long-time volunteer, Tommy Wright (photo), for celebrating his 85th birthday with a party that raised $820 for Lubbock Meals on Wheels! These are impressive examples of what small groups of people can accomplish when they work together. If you have a group that would like to make a difference this year, please keep Lubbock Meals on Wheels in mind. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead New Year Brings Changes Thank you to April Weems for serving as Board President in 2011 and to Norval Pollard for his many years of service. We look forward to working with Chris Ritter who will serve as Board President in 2012, and our new board members Scott Northam and Susan McEndree. 2012 Meals on Wheels’ Board of Directors: Chris Ritter, President April Weems, Past President Brent Guinn, Vice President/Treasurer Christina Styers, Secretary Jacqui Neal House Barry Johnston Dana Madison Susan McEndree Teresa McLean Scott Northam Natu Patel Jamie Thomason Mandy Tomlin Please let me express my thanks and appreciation for the wonderful service you all render to those of us who are homebound! I also have enjoyed the “Twelve Days of Christmas” and wish there were some way to thank all of the merchants and organizations for the time, work and money spent on making our holiday a lot more fun by sending the gifts, candy, popcorn, etc. Sincerely, Billie Thank you so much for the good food and small gifts you all have been bringing. It brightens my day. Best Wishes, Truda Thank you so much for the Birthday gifts…a huge cake, I still have more to eat. I gave away a little bit but I ate a little bit. It was nice. A stuffed animal, it is fun. Candy, it tastes good – I will eat it all! Thank you very much, Jessie My husband and I and family would like to thank you, thank you, thank you for all the gifts given to us. We never expected all the warmth and love that you all showed to us this Christmas. We felt all the love and compassion that came from all organizations involved. No words can express the way you all made us feel. My prayers and thoughts will always be in our hearts! Love, David, Margarita, & Elias Thank you for being the best part of my day. I love the Christmas gift. I wear my gloves all of the time. Peggy I want to say Thank You for volunteering at Meals on Wheels. My disability is C.O.P.D. (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and Fibro Myalgia Syndrome, which means my energy level is low and I am in pain all the time, even with medication. I appreciate you bringing me a warm lunch, more than you know. I am also grateful for those few moments that you share out of your day with me. My quality of life is better because of you, and Meals on Wheels, which has also made my Christmas very pleasant this year. I don’t know all the names of the volunteers that come to my home, however that is not important, you are Angels…here on Earth. Sincerely, Lois On behalf of Lubbock Meals on Wheels’ staff and recipients, thank you very much to all of you who helped make the holidays special for our clients. Meals on Wheels January 2012 3
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