Take a look at how members are engaging their communities for CCA. Thank you Ladies! You are awesome! Please keep us posted and remember to take pictures!
Feature Story (from CCA email newsletter) -On April 28, the CCA Charity League hosted their Second Annual High Tea. They knew that the event would bgring awareness to the league and to CCA, but they never expected the impact it would have on one of the attendees…
This year’s tea hosted 210 guests (nearly double the inaugural year) including several of CCA’s Service Directors and the new President, Ron Batts with his wife and daughter. Sitting at one of the tables was a young woman who was a friend of a friend that just wanted to attend a tea. She didnt’ know what organization was hosting. As Yvonne Booker, CCA’s Director of Vocational Services spoke about CCA programs, this young woman burst into tears. She shared her story with those at her table. When she was a teen, her family had fallen on hard times. Her mother had sought the help of CCA. She recalled going to the Christmas Toy Store and helping her mother select gifts for her younger siblings. She said that if it werent’t for CCA, they wouldn’t have had a Christmas that year. She was very thankful.
Through ticket sales, silent auction and a raffle, the tea raised nearly $4,000 for programs that the Charity League supports like Toy Store for Teens, Back to School and Adopt-a-Shelf, but the biggest impact of that day was the reminder of every life that it changed bgy what we do here at CCA.
Current and upcoming Member Efforts:
A tremendous THANK YOU to all our Tea committee chairmen and committee members for your dedication and hard work pulling off such a tremendous effort without a hitch! You ladies never cease to amaze us! A BIG thank you to our MC and speakers, Stephanie Laubacher, Mr. Ron Batts, Yvonne Booker and our Tea Captain. The awareness that events such as this bring to CCA has effects that will ripple into our community for a long time to come.
St. Phillips Catholic Church of Lewisville will be collecting paper goods for the pantry again this July. Thank you to Stephanie Laubacher and her daughter, Chelsea for keeping the members of your parish connected to the needs of CCA.
Lisa Bare has scheduled a paper goods drive at Flower Mound Methodist Church for the month of June to stock our Adopt-a-Shelf at the CCA Pantry. Thank you for your efforts Lisa!
Thank you Connie Hardy and Jennifer Destefano who are working with members of Bent Tree Bible Church to coordinate a paper goods drive to benefit CCA this summer.
We appreciate all our CCACL Season of Hope attendees and especially our CCACL Table Captains. The Charity League helped to fill 15 of the 45 tables that evening! Our table captains were LeAnne Jennings, Lisa-Marie Thompson, Marilyn Havonec, Anita Green, Dorothy Zemler, Paula Vierling, Alarice Vann and Dianne Hickey. CCACL table guests were Alicia Barker, Amanda Beasley, Chelsea Burleson and Kevin Blacquiere, Shannon and Bruce Bordelon, Jennifer and Hank Chavers, Anita and Ray Didier, Susan and Jim Gauthier, Stephanie and Pat Laubacher, Sheri and Dough Martin, Amy and Orlando Pope and Glenda Smith.
Thank you Alarice for submitting CCA as a potential recipient for multitudes of donations at the 2012 Spring Women’s conference. Let’s all be in prayer that CCA is the charity of choice. This would be such a blessing!
The Bridlewood Homeowners Association held a fall festival and asked guests to help support the CCA Food Pantry by bringing non-perishable food items instead of bags of candy!
Thank you to Dianne Hickey and her Bunco group who collected a donation at their last gathering to give to CCA. Spreading the word of CCA’s good works is our mission and no group is too big or too small. Thank you Dianne!
Sutera Spa held a Holiday Open House with proceeds from raffle ticket sales benefitting CCA. Thank you Susan Gauthier for your influence in this event!
First United Methodist Church of Lewisville collected donations during their annual Halloween luncheon to benefit the CCACL Adopt-a-Shelf program. Thank you LeAnne Jennings for coordinating this effort within your church community.
Sara Parnell held a Gold Party with all proceeds benefiting CCA. Thank you Sara for your monetary contribution and the many packages of paper towels for the Food Pantry hygiene shelf. Your efforts are helping to spread the word about what CCA does to support the community!
The Women of Flower Mound selected CCA to be the recipient of a $1,000 donation. This is a result of Carol Hoffman‘s efforts to highlight CCA as a worthy benefactor. Several members of the Charity League were in attendance to accept this valuable gift.
Thank you to all our ladies who volunteered hours of their time for the CCA Back-to-School store. Our Angels and their families were able to make a great start to the new school year with the help of CCA’s annual Back-to-School store. Charity League members assisted the angels with selecting new outfits for the children and collecting the needed classroom supplies they needed for the first day of school.
Thank you to Stephanie Laubacher for connecting with Kohl’s to secure $500 for CCA through Kohl’s Cares Program. Stephanie enlisted the help of fellow members Alicia Barker, Alicia’s daughter Hannah and Susan Gauthier to a private early morning shopping spree to purchase items for the Back-to-School store. After all the discounts were taken and Kohl’s Care donation was made to CCA, the ladies were able to purchase $1,350 for only $35. That’s power shopping!
Thank you to Jeannie Moore and Sara Parnell for taking time to share your gift of companionship and creativity with CCA’s Golden Angels during the month of July. What a fun time working on a craft together!
Thank you Dorothy Zemler for connecting with Rockpointe Church and collecting over 200 pairs of shoes for CCA ReSale’s upcoming shoe event. Wow! Be sure to thank all those Rockpointe ladies every chance you get.
St. Phillips Catholic Church once again held drives for our adopted shelves during the months of July and January. Thank you Stephanie Laubacher for coordinating this major effort.
1st United Methodist Church is currently holding an ongoing paper goods/hygiene drive for our adopted shelves. Thank you LeAnne Jennings for coordinating this major effort.
JWA Associates of Dallas held a company wide drive appealing to employees and clients to contribute to the needs of CCA. This major effort resulted in a mass donation of paper goods and cleaning products for our adopted shelves as well as multiple receipts of clothing and household items for the ReSale stores. Thank you Terry and Rick Lust for coordinating and following through with JWA and their generous efforts.
Thank you Alarice Vann for connecting CCA with your friend, Debbie Spearman of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co – this company has generously made a $1000 donation to CCA.
Thank you to all our ladies who worked so diligently to assure a fantastic fundraiser for CCA. Our first Spring High Tea was a huge success this past year that could not have been achieved without the help and support of our entire group. Special thanks for our wonderful Tea Committee and our generous auction donors. Together we raised over $4000 to be donated and put to good use for our favorite CCA programs.
Thank you Terry Lust for organizing paper drives with 3 Girl Scout troops. These 2nd graders will bring donations for our shelves and take a tour of CCA (with Terry as their tour guide).
Thank you Susan and Jim Gauthier for securing donations earmarked for CCA through several of Bank of America’s corporate employees and United Way.
Thank you Jeannie Moore for hand-crafting beautiful blankets for 6 very lucky CCA seniors.
Bible Study Community Project – Thank you Alicia Barker for organizing a drive with your Bible Study group for our adopted shelf. Also thank you for contacting Hope for North Texas about a donation drive. Let’s pray they see the worthwhile need and agree to help.
Thank you Anita Didier for organizing donations made by the Ladies Precept Group at Crossroads Bible Church in Double Oak. Feminine products were collected for our shelves.
Thank you Sherri Martin for coordinating a drive with your Bible Study group to collect for our adopted shelves.
Thank you Paula Vierling and your Village Church Home Group for collecting for our shelves at your weekly meetings.
Thank you Sharon Smart for highlighting CCA at your networking meetings. Anyone bringing an item for our adopted shelf receives a reduced entry.
Thank you Taylor Walthall and her Girl Scout troop for adopting the hygiene shelf and collecting donations at each meeting and event. Thank you for serving in the pantry too. What a great group of young ladies.
Please keep us updated on all individual efforts. Let’s keep them coming and have something in the works at all times. Every event is meaningful, large or small.
Previous Events:
Christmas Party – Thank you Carol Hoffman for hosting our group’s first Christmas Party. We thoroughly enjoyed celebrating the joy of the season together and the end of our first year as a new organization. We have so much to be thankful for. Our gift exchange from CCA ReSale was such fun and the holiday food was spectacular! You are quite the fabulous hostess!
Thank you Tina Henderson for collecting for our shelves at your Christmas Party. From the picture we see you had quite a fantastic response from all your guests.
Thank you Karen Sefcik and Ebby Halliday Realtors for your recent book drive for CCA and donation to the pantry.
Thank you Marilyn Hanovac and Stephanie Laubacher for coordinating the Belk Charity Fundraiser. Thank you too, to all the ladies who helped sell tickets and purchased some (you know who you are). We appreciate your generous donations. The Belk Sale has grossed over $1100 so far with more to come. Fantastic!
Toy Store Drops - Thank you Carla Horton for coordinating drop-points at each of the 3 local Schlotzky’s restaurants for CCA’s Holiday Toy Store. Also for assisting in the hiring of 10 CCA angels for holiday employment at JCPenney. Way to go!
Thank you to all the ladies who participated on our first Christmas Jar program for an Angel in need. The stories shared were heart-warming.
Thank you Flower Mound Rotary and Marsha Thomas for hosting a Community Christmasfest benefiting several charities including CCA.
Thank you Sutera Spa and Susan Gauthier for choosing to benefit CCA again this year with a Holiday Open House. Proceeds from raffle tickets benefit our Teen Toy Store efforts – $320 has been donated.
A Heartfelt Thank you to all our Season of Hope participants and Volunteers. We’ve been highly commended by the President of CCA for our efforts with this extremely significant event. Mr. Scott Orr expressed his gratitude for our strong support and warmth in assuring each guest had an exceptional experience. Thank you to our participants for your generous charitable donations for the works of CCA. The extremely exiting news is that the event goal was met for Season of Hope 2010. Hooray!
Thank you Terry Lust for hosting all our members for an evening of delicious food and fun with great friends! We had a fabulous time getting to know each other better and enjoying the company of all our fantastic ladies.
Thank you Anita Green for once again offering a percent of your business proceeds to CCA.
Thank you Marilyn Hanovac for initiating a drive with Lewisville ISD employees. Thanks too for collecting for our shelves at your birthday bash!
St. Phillips Catholic Church Pantry Drive – Thank you Stephanie and Chelsea Laubacher for organizing and coordinating this major effort to benefit our adopted shelves. The summer drive was phenomenal. Wow! 1000 lbs. of personal care and paper items! St. Phillips is planning a drive this winter too. Fabulous! That’s making it happen for our CCA angels! We need only a few major endeavors like this one to fill our shelves each month for the year.
Faith Lutheran Church Toilet Paper Drive – Thank you Carla and Blake Horton for organizing this 3 week event last spring collecting over 1600 rolls of toilet paper. Way to go!