Jane Farmer (left) and Marietta Chapple (right) accept a donation from Sarah Locasio, Kelsey, Melissa and Casey Thorpe, and Courtnery Lefevre. The young ladies acted as coat check at the recent CL Rotary Club auction and donated their tips (over $300) to Turning Point!
April 30 2009 | Volunteers | No Comments »
We are still having server issues but hope to be back online soon!
Meanwhile, May 10th is our next E-Newsletter so drop a line to JKvidera@McHenryCountyTurningPoint.org and we will make sure you get added to our mailing list.
April 30 2009 | In the news | No Comments »
We’re having some issues but I just wanted to check in and thank everyone who attended the Suitcase Auction Friday night and welcome those newcomers who stopped by after hearing about us that night! We’ll be back to our regular posting schedule ASAP!
April 27 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
The Men’s group from Light of Christ Church in Algonquin had a “Day of Service” at Turning Point, working on the grass, flower beds, trees and grounds at the Woodstock Domestic Violence agency.
This is the third year the Men’s Group has had a clean up day at Turning Point and this year, 16 men participated in the event. The group took out a dead tree, laid mulch in the flower beds, trimmed hedges and painted, among other chores. The group was lead by John Wright, who has organized the clean up day for all three years. Light of Christ church was honored for its service to Turning Point with the agency’s “Partnership” award in 2008.
These are some pictures of the group, hard at work.
April 20 2009 | Volunteers | No Comments »
Turning Point is lucky to be the beneficiary of cell phone drives from time to time. There are collection boxes in the Village Halls of Lakewood and Cary and also in the McHenry Library. And, periodically, people stop by our offices on Route 14 outside Woodstock to drop off a phone to us directly. I’m sure people wonder “Are these phones really worth recycling?”
The answer is YES, absolutely! As we say in our periodic press releases asking for used cel phones: “This Cell Phone collection produces multiple positive effects: Donors can eliminate the clutter of non-working phones from their home and also help to support Turning Point, as well as keep these phones from ending up in land fills where their electronic components can be hazardous to the environment.”
Today we received notification that for the first three months of 2009, Turning Point has received $1392 for cell phones we have submitted for recycling! WHOO-HOO! Keep those cell phones coming!
Consider a cell phone drive:
You can call JOE at (815) 338 8081 to set up a cell phone drive.
April 20 2009 | Events and Fundraising | No Comments »
Fair Diddley is Sunday May 17th on the beautiful Woodstock Square! You can go, have a great day and help Turning Point all at once! Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Kenning is looking for volunteers to help with the event- we need people to stroll the fair selling shopping bags and raffle tickets, or to work in the bakery serving refreshments. Contact Jennifer for more details! Call (815) 338 8081 or E mail her at JKenning@McHenryCountyTurningPoint.org.
April 18 2009 | Events and Volunteers | 1 Comment »
“ Below are Congresswoman Melissa Bean’s (IL-08) funding requests for FY2010. As part of her commitment to increase transparency in government, Congresswoman Bean in previous years has posted a list of all funding secured in appropriations bills. This year, Congresswoman Bean is posting a list of all funding requests, earlier in the Appropriations process. The projects and amounts requested do not guarantee funding. After requesting priority projects, the House Appropriations Committee considers requests from all Members of the House and decides which projects get funding and at what levels. Therefore, the list of funding requests below cannot be accurately used for a year-to-year comparison against previous lists.
Law Enforcement Advocacy Partnership (LEAP)
Keep your fingers crossed. Or better yet call your congressman and urge this request be granted
Rep. Bean’s website (and full list of her requests) is here.
April 17 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
McHenry’s Jessica Brannam is a mighty impressive young lady- she’s 18, she’s a race car driver and she’s winning for Turning Point! Jessica came to take a tour of Turning Point in 2005 after hearing about the shelter, and decided to donate her race winnings to help Open the Doors. Since then, she’s been a tireless supporter. Maybe you met her at the Radiothon when she came out (in the rain) with one of her cars and signed autographs. Race car driver’s suits are usually covered with patches & logos of their sponsors and supporters- Jessica wears a Turning Point logo on her suit!
As Executive Director Jane Farmer said to the NW Herald back in 2006, Jessica’s support of Turning Point is “Amazing! We can talk to kids at Turning Point, and here is someone who cares about what goes on with you, and she’s 15.”
We were thinking of Jessica because she sent in some more winnings and also because her racing season is starting up. You can see her racing schedule and learn a lot more about this remarkable young lady at her website, here. As she says “I may be small…but I can HAUL!”
April 16 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
The Point, Turning Point’s monthly newsletter, will be arriving in your E-mail inbox tomorrow. It’s your connection to what is going on at TP. This month we’ve got an impassioned message from TP executive director Jane Famer about violence in our area, updates on the Suitcase Auction (April 24th) and even a recipe for you- you’ll have to read the newsletter to see how that fits in!
What’s that you say? You don’t get The Point? You must feel awfully left out! Drop a line to JKvidera@www.mchenrycountyturningpoint.org and we will sign you up!
April 09 2009 | In the news | No Comments »
