Shelter Snippets
Volume 5 Issue 8September 2011
In This Issue
Supplies Needed
VolunteerSpot
Chili Cook-off time!
Shout Out Goes To...
Volunteer Needed
Supplies/Items Needed

 
Clothing:
Men's t-shirts, boxers, socks

 

Women's sport bras, underwear, socks

 

Cleaning supplies: Windex, Pine-Sol, Bleach, Swiffer dusters, Clorox/Lysol Cleaning Wipes, cleaning rags (time to cut up your old t-shirts!)

 

Snack items: individually wrapped snack crackers, pretzels, cookies

 

Paper products: toilet paper and full-size aluminum disposable pans

Coffee set up: We are out of coffee and appreciate any donations. Also, we need creamer cups, sugar and sugar packets

Miscellaneous: CD player needed for use during our weekly Yoga activity. In addition, we need silverware, deodorant and cash donations to purchase addtional plastic bowls for our food service program.

Change in Shelter Volunteer Slots

 

Effective immediately, the early shift (6-7:30 am) will only be available Monday through Thursday in the men's dorm.

 

VolunteerSpot 

 

The October, November and December shelter schedule for volunteers who work with our residents is now posted.  Please log onto VolunteerSpot and sign up for your favorite days!  Thanks so much!!

 

Friendly Reminders 

 

Please remember that if you are volunteering in the evening and you park your vehicle in the Miller's parking lot adjacent to Safe Harbor, you must place a Volunteer Parking Pass inside the dashboard.  This will prevent your car from being towed.

What a Deal!

 

Specials abound at Dollar Stores, Big Lots, Christmas Tree Hill and Bottom Dollar when you are interested in purchasing items off our "Needs List".  Many times, brand name cleaning items are just $1 but they make a huge difference to our budget.
Greetings!
We hope you all had a wonderful and safe summer! We are so grateful for the volunteers who were able to squeeze in time at the shelter between vacations.
 
We hope that if you have taken off during the summer months, you are ready and willing to come back to Safe Harbor!  Believe us when we say "we missed you terribly!".  
 
As the holidays approach (yes, we actually start planning for them now!), we are always so grateful for the many volunteers who wish to serve Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.  Generally, we receive over 100 phone calls offering their time on these two days.  Fortunately, over the past several years, we have dedicated volunteers who have prepared and served dinner on these days. 
 
If you have friends or family members who would like to provide or serve a meal around the holidays, please consider a different day.  Call Tariya at 610-696-9016 to set up a day and thank you in advance for your thoughtfulness.
 
We have a  lot of information contained in this month's Shelter Snippets, so I hope you can all take a few minutes to read over all the good things happening at Safe Harbor!
Chili Cook-off time!

 

Safe Harbor will be represented at this year's Chili Cook-off on Sunday, October 9!  Tariya Edwards, Food Services Director will be cooking up her famous chili and serving to the hundreds
thousands of people who will be at the festival.
Birthday celebration clip art

 

We need volunteers to help serve the chili, walk back and forth to the shelter with fresh pots of chili, set up and take down the booth and hand out brochures. 

 

If you can help a part of the day, please e-mail
Patty.  Patty will schedule you a time slot we need you for.

 

Let the best chili win!  Be sure to come out and vote for Safe Harbor! Tariya is working hard to get that first place award this year.  We were so proud that her chili last year won Safe Harbor second place!
Shout Out Goes To... 
  • Activity volunteer, Sarah Rogers wrote a grant to Kripalu Professional Associations to teach yoga to Safe Harbor residents. We are so proud to announce that Sarah was awarded $500 and will teach yoga every Wednesday from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the women's dorm! 
  • Josh Baumann, Eagle Scout, refurbished
    (cleaned the rust and spray painted) the metal legs on all the chairs in the dining room and men's dorm for his Eagle Scout Project!
  • Senior nursing students from Delaware County Community College give blood pressure and blood sugar checks to people attending our community lunch.  Led by Terry Berkman, the students will be coming in a few times each month to offer this service and plan to offer educational programs to attendees if they are interested.
  • Bill A. of Preferred Sportswear in Collingdale has committed to donate overstocks and imperfect t-shirts, golf shirts and hoodies to the residents and lunch attendees of Safe Harbor. Thank you to volunteer, Sue Shanko who has shared the needs of our shelter with her friend!
Volunteers Needed
  • Glenn Fricke, Executive Director is in need of a volunteer to work in the shelter office Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 12noon to 4:00 p.m.  Your responsibilities would be to answer the phones, file paperwork, scan historical documents and assist in any other project available.  Please contact Patty at 610-692-6550 if you are interested in this position.
  • Safe Harbor has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the Old Fashioned Christmas parade Jingle 5k run proceeds on Friday, December 2. The race takes place every year before the parade and occurs in the West Chester borough.  Volunteers are needed to assist with the race.  Please E-mail Mark Yoder at the West Chester Chamber of Commerce to volunteer your time and show your support of Safe Harbor!
 
Safe Harbor's fourth annual golf outing is right around the corner!  Please join us Monday, October 17 at Radley Run Country Club "fore" an enjoyable day of golfing.  Cost is $175 per person or $650 for a foursome.  You may send in your reservations with a check payable to "Safe Harbor of Chester County".  Please include all the names in your group.

 

Don't miss out on great prizes, goody bags and a lovely dinner all the while supporting Safe Harbor.

 

Sponsorships are still needed.  For a list of sponsorship opportunities, please contact Marc Ernest, Treasurer, Board of Directors

 

 

The official registration and financial information of Safe Harbor of Chester County, Inc. may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. We are a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization.