Service
Kaneland W.I.N.S. is excited to provide the
opportunity for women to come together and serve the communities in
which they live and/or work. We do this by adopting a service project
for each of our monthly meetings. Our attendees can donate much
needed supplies for the service project. We also hold a 50/50 drawing
each month – half of which goes to one lucky attendee and half of
which goes to a scholarship fund to be awarded each Spring to a female
Kaneland High School Senior who will be attending Waubonsee Community
College the following fall. This combines our service mission
with our mission to provide personal and professional development to
women of the Kaneland area.
Over the course of the years
through our members’ and guests’ generosity, we've donated more than
$1,000 to charities including:
- The Crisis
Pregnancy Center
- The Center for
Rural Psychology
- Holiday Spirit
(though Kaneland School District)
- Habitat for
Humanity
- Special Olympics
- Countryside Food
Pantry
- The American Red
Cross (to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina)
- Breast cancer
research
- The Good
Samaritan Fund (programs helping people struggling to make ends
meet)
- Conley Outreach
Community Services
- Elderday Center,
Batavia
- Fox Valley
Wildlife Center, Elburn
- Kaneland School
District
- Mutual Ground
- The Girl Scouts
- Impact Program
(assisting the elderly with home repairs they cannot make
themselves)
- Pregnancy
Information Center, Aurora
Through our monthly service projects, we’ve also donated:
- A carload of
baby equipment and supplies to the Crisis Pregnancy Center
- Boxes of pet
food and supplies for Anderson Animal Shelter
- Boxes of office
supplies to Habitat for Humanity
- Over 125 books
to McDole Elementary during its first year in operation
- Four large boxes
of toiletries and paper products to Lazarus House (homeless shelter)
- 40 boxes of
homemade cookies to Elderday Center in Batavia
- Over 60 warm
winter items for adults (hats, gloves, scarves, coats and socks)
- Over 20 bags of
groceries and non-perishables to the Kaneland Area Food Pantry
- 50 professional
suits/outfits for Dress for Success (disadvantaged women)
- Camp
scholarships for three girls to attend summer camp
- Jewel gift cards
- Eight large
boxes of pampering items for Mutual Ground (battered women's
shelter)
- School supplies
- Food for the
Countryside Food Pantry
Local charities wishing to be considered for
Kaneland W.I.N.S. service projects should contact
Service@KanelandWINS.org.
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