Deliveries & Pick Ups for January's Clients!

This beautiful crib along with the drop leaf table and chairs were delivered to a single mom and her baby. This was the client who walked to her 2nd shift job whom you shared a winter coat, boots, and Christmas gifts with in December! This mom told the caseworker that in all her life... as a child, and as an adult...she never had 2 such beautiful pieces of furniture in her home!

A white metal twin bed, and a beautiful wood framed twin bed, sheets and comforters were donated and shared with 2 little girls...both named Ashley! One caseworker shared "This mom could never have gotten a bed on her limited income. The bedroom looks just beautiful!" The other caseworker said " My Ashley, age 6, has been so excited about her new “Big Girl” bed that she received from your wonderful group of people. She especially loves the blue quilt adorned with butterflies! We cannot thank the Volunteers of Lake Country enough for your tremendous generosity." And...2 more deliveries were made today! One to January's Client, a young couple and their new baby who moved from her parents home into an apartment of their own. We shared boxes upon boxes of donated kitchenware (utensils, pots and pans, bakeware etc...), the wooden table & chairs above, lamps, linens, nightstands, and living room tables! The 2nd delivery was to a single mom with 4 children. A beautiful metal bunk bed, mattresses, sheets, comforters. They were so excited about having the bunkbed...no longer sleeping on the floor, and the couch, that they were painting the bedroom when we arrived, and decided to finish the paint job, and then set up the bunks themselves!

Volunteers of Lake Country Provide Christmas for 122 Children!

Volunteers of Lake Country were invited to sponsor a child this Christmas as the November/ December Project. Members of our group seemed to love this project. We matched their requests (# of children/ages) with families in need. They called the mom's and received the child's wish/need list, shopped and delivered the gifts to the families. 122 children were sponsored by VLC members! 122 children that may not have had Christmas! The Executive Director of Christmas Clearing Council said, "No group, in our 60 year history has ever sponsored as many children for Christmas!" Talk about the generosity of strangers.... We received many wonderful emails about this first time experience for families, here is just one:
"I found sponsoring to be an extremely rewarding experience! I will definitely do it every year! Not only was it wonderful to see the children that I was helping, but it was an amazing experience to sit and talk with the mother. I think it gave her hope to hear how I had come through some of the bad times in my life. I know the both of us had a better Christmas this year! Thank You so much for making this possible!"