August's Project- Food Drives for 3 Food Pantries!

How can 1 person make a HUGE difference by sharing just 2 hours of time?  When you mulitply it times 36 volunteers...sharing 72 hours of time and adding 100's of customers!!!   VLC ran a Food Drive for our area Food Pantries who are always in crisis in the summer months!   Thanks to the volunteers who stepped forward this month, we were able to staff 3 Food Drives...at 3 different grocery stores...for 3 differend Food Pantries this past Saturday August 25th!  A million thanks were shared with the individuals, couples, families, and groups who worked at the drives for the Hartland, Pewaukee, Oconomowoc Pantries and the Lake Area Free Clinic and to the generosity of the customers!   SUV;s full of food along with $1,600.00 in cash donations were shared.   That's making a difference in the lives of families struggling in our own LC communities!   To those who have not yet takend a turn at a drive...give it a try...it feels so good!

Julys Project- Drive for School Supplies for Children in Need!

A special thanks to the 40 volunteers who passed out fliers or wore one of the

Racing Sausage outfits at the VLC Drive on Saturday collecting school supplies

We staffed 3 stores for this drive, the Hartland Walgreens and the Pewaukee

and Waukesha Wal-Marts.   40 strangers, who all showed up...made new friends

with other volunteers on their shifts....and  with smiles on their faces, and love in
their hearts asked strangers for their help in providing an estimated  $5200.00 in
supplies were collected!  I hope you can picture the joy in the eyes of the 2,000
children qualified for help and who will receive a brand new backpack filled with
all the supplies needed to start their new school year....and the relief in their
parents eyes thanks to you!  

July Delivery- Parents Place

We were contact in July by Parents Place.   It is a family resource center for the Prevention and Protection of Abused Children.   They have an incredibly facility where parents can come for counseling,  parenting classes, and group meetings.  They were looking for some furnishings to warm up some of the meeting areas.  VLC shared the leather couch and loveseat, dining table, and some framed prints with them...thanks to you!