We are pleased to announce that we have recently converted the resident computer room into a modern WiFi Internet Lounge! Stop on by the lodge and have a cup of coffee or tea while you surf the Internet WIRELESS on one of our laptop computers available for check out! Or just come in to relax and read the newspaper or catch up on news on our flat screen Tv!
We just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who attended our annual holiday party last night. We had a great time visiting with many of you and hope that the evening was enjoyable for you as well.
We know that the holiday season can be both stressful and busy... Let us make it easier!
We are pleased to offer a complimentary gift wrapping service here in the Lodge. Just drop off your gifts (limit three per resident) and we will call you once the gifts are wrapped and ready for pick up!
Hello, my name is Averie.I am a sixth grader at St. Aloysius grade school.Every fall each student in my school completes a Social Justice service project.This year, for my project I am holding a book drive for women and children in need.If you would like to donate any new or used women’s and/or children’s books, there is a drop box in the lodge.Books are being collected now through November 30th.On December 1st, they will be taken to the Women’s and Children’s Free Restaurant (WCFR) for distribution to the restaurant patrons.Thank you very much for any contributions you are able to make.
Sincerely,
Averie
Women’s & Children’s
Free Restaurant
Information about the WCFR:
Since 1988, the Women’s and Children’s Free Restaurant has been serving the needs of low-income women and children from their location at St. Paul’s UnitedMethodistChurch at 1620 N. Monroe St. The WCFR promotes good nutrition and healthy eating habits throughout their programs. It serves three meals a week, using real plates and utensils, instead of plastic. Servers take meals to guests seated at tables as they would in a restaurant. After serving meals, servers sit with guests and converse.
Over 100 guests and visitors attend dinner at on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and about 150 to 200 come at on Fridays.
In 2004, the Friday Take-Out Program began. It addresses hunger over weekends when the restaurant and most agencies are closed. After the Friday meal, guests can pick up fresh fruits and vegetables at a fresh food market in an adjacent dining room. Volunteers accompany “shoppers” offer cooking tips for foods selected. Guests take fresh, prepared, or packaged food home.
Two of the volunteers at Women’s & Children’s Free Restaurant have committed to providing books for both the women and the children that come to the Restaurant.They beg, borrow (oh, no stealing) and solicit books wherever they can.The books are kept on a bookshelf and the diners can take books home with no obligation to return them.It’s just the hope that having the books available will encourage our patrons to read and perhaps even pass the books on to their friends.They are always in need of donations – used, new or whatever can be obtained.
