Vernon Township Woman’s Club members Elaine Hossfield, Day of Service chairwoman; Karen Breese; and Lisa Mills construct boxes for shipping. (Photos provided)
Seated are Vernon Township Woman’s Club members Karen Breese, Lisa Mills, Deb Fegnan, Lisa Thomas and Meg Gleason. Standing are Elaine Hossfield, Day of Service chairwoman, and Maria Dorsey.
Volunteers packing backpacks are Fran Gialanella, Vernon Township Woman’s Club co-president; club member Karen Szepietowski; Phyllis Chanda, Roxbury Woman’s Club president; Karen Jeisi, Highlands District vice president; Barbara McCloskey, president, New Jersey State Federation of Woman’s Clubs; and Nancy Levy. corresponding secretary, NJSFWC.
Volunteers sorting donated baby items are Elaine Hossfield, Fran Gialanella, Karen Breese, Lisa Mills, Karen Jeisi, Maria Dorsey, Nancy Levy, Meg Gleason, Deb Fegnan and Connie Rosniak, president of the Thursday Morning Club.
Members of the Vernon Township Woman’s Club hosted volunteers from clubs throughout the Highlands District of New Jersey on Monday, Jan. 20, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
They took part in a National Day of Service project with items collected by clubs throughout the district for the benefit of the Center for Family Services in Newton.
The items included essentials for newborns and babies, welcome baskets filled with household products for the domestic violence program, and backpack care kits for teens and young adults who are couch-surfing or living on the streets.
The district collected and donated 1,806 items valued at about $5,795 to families in need.