We popped open a Rubbermaid filled with crayons and the comforting smell of childhood encompassed us all! AHS Key Club volunteers, a Middle School Volunteer, and a few grownups alike all made a comment about that smell! We were suddenly all back in time to 'play mode'! VLC hosted a Bookmark Making Project at the Waukesha Library on Saturday September 25th. It was a kick off to the Waukesha Reads Program and an opportunity to bring awareness to their community project...collecting children's books in Waukesha businesses for the VLC Children's Free Library! VLC established this library, and we have been getting over 1,000 books into the homes of children in need each month for over 1 year! Studies have shown books in the home creates better readers, more successful students and citizens! Almost every single child who walked through the doors of the library that morning stopped and made a bookmark for themselves and one to share at the VLC library! Stickers, rubber stamps, markers, weaving, watercolor paints, yarn, ribbon, and of course crayons entertained us for two hours...we were all kids helping kids! Thank you to the volunteers for their help and to donors for dropping off art supplies for us to use. In case you missed it there was an article in several of the area newspapers about the project and library at; http://www.waukeshanow.com/news/130660408.html
The Oconomowoc Family who needed your help; requests were so specific....but that did not stop VLC from coming through! The father has been battling Stage 4 Cancer the past year and will be a little more comfortable because you read the story and decided you could help! An absolutely beautiful navy leather recliner, an air purifier, and a queen bed were shared, and our friends at Hearts for Families stepped forward to help the children with winter gear, and their utility bills between now and the end of 2011.
A Share Meant to be: A call from a donor with a couch and chair to share, but VLC had no room in the locker. The same afternoon, a caseworker called with 2 little boys, and no living room furniture! A volunteer with a trailer picked then up and delivered directly!
The Oconomowoc Family who needed your help; requests so specific....but that did not stop VLC from coming through! The father has been battling Stage 4 Cancer the past year and will be a little more comfortable because you read the story and decided you could help! An absolutely beautiful navy leather recliner, an air purifier, and a queen bed were shared, and our friends at Hearts for Families stepped forward to help the children with winter gear, and their utility bills thru 2011.
A Caseworker with a client in a very small apartment and nothing in the living room picked up a loveseat and side tables at the VLC locker to share with the family, and delivered them herself!
We popped open a Rubbermaid filled with crayons and the comforting smell of childhood encompassed us all! AHS Key Club volunteers, a Middle School Volunteer, and a few grownups alike all made a comment about that smell! We were suddenly all back in time to 'play mode'! VLC hosted a Bookmark Making Project at the Waukesha Library on Saturday September 25th. It was a kick off to the Waukesha Reads Program and an opportunity to bring awareness to their community project...collecting children's books in Waukesha businesses for the VLC Children's Free Library! VLC established this library, and we have been getting over 1,000 books into the homes of children in need each month for over 1 year! Studies have shown books in the home creates better readers, more successful students and citizens! Almost every single child who walked through the doors of the library that morning stopped and made a bookmark for themselves and one to share at the VLC library! Stickers, rubber stamps, markers, weaving, watercolor paints, yarn, ribbon, and of course crayons entertained us for two hours...we were all kids helping kids! Thank you to the volunteers for their help and to donors for dropping off art supplies for us to use. In case you missed it there was an article in several of the area newspapers about the project and library at; http://www.waukeshanow.com/news/130660408.html
