2023 Highlights
FRIENDS of LANCASTER CHILDREN'S HOME CLUB
January 1 through December 31, 2023 TIMELINE
JANUARY:
1/17/23: Board Meeting: Domenica English's Home
1/24/23: FLCH Monthly Meeting: Guest Speaker- April Joplin & Annette Deese LCH
1/25/23: FLCH Donation Table @ Cellar Dwellers Meeting - Donations $400
FEBRUARY:
2/17/23: Board Meeting: Georgette Presto's Home (Discuss D&O insurance)
2/16-2/28/23: Mini-Drive for FLCH (Items used on a daily basis) paper towels detergent and health & beauty items. 3 Carloads delivered on 3/03/23.
2/28/23: FLCH Monthly Meeting. Made Leprechaun craft & candy bags.
MARCH:
3/17/23: St. Patrick's Day Dinner, Gift bags with Leprechaun Craft delivered
3/28/23: FLCH Monthly Meeting. Created Easter Gift Bags.
APRIL:
4/1/23: Cupcake/Muffin Sale at Craft Sale held at Lodge (Proceeds: $605.70)
4/4/23: FLCH Board Meeting: Georgette Presto's House
4/5/23: Large delivery of many items to LCH: Monetary donations, FLCH Easter Gift bags; Four large bags of Easter candy; 22 hand-made shoulder bags donation; 9 Easter-themed rope baskets.
4/15/23: Bocce Ball Club hosted boys for lessons, play and lunch in Sun City
4/22/23: Bocce Ball Club hosted girls for lessons, play and lunch in Sun City. Bocce Ball Club provided sandwiches, soda, chips, etc.
4/25/23: FLCH Monthly Meeting.
MAY:
5/05/23: Woodworkers Guild created & delivered 6 each 66" round tables to LCH.
5/20/23: FLCH Bake Sale at SCCL Yard Sale (Proceeds: $539.50)
5/23/23: FLCH Monthly Meeting - Guest Speaker: Jane Gregor from Healthshare
5/26/23: Memorial Day Meal delivered to LCH
5/30/23: Board Meeting at GP House to discuss club reset and 501c3.
JUNE:
6/1/23: FLCH'S Annual Picnic at LCH - Activities: Game Truck/Pizza Truck. All children & Staff Attended. Donated some games & Baked Items
6/6/23: SCCL Tennis Club hosted boys and girls of LCH with tennis instruction and games, after a light dinner provided by Tennis Club. (Claire Snider)
6/27/23: FLCH Monthly Meeting
6/29/23: July 4th. Meal Delivered to LCH
6/30/23: SCCL Sport Fishing Club hosts LCH Boys for Fly Fishing Lessons. FLCH supplied lunch for boys, staff and men of club. (subs, chips, cookies, soda)
JULY & AUGUST, NO MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS.
JULY:
7/19/23: Delivered 2 twin sheet sets and 5 pillows to LCH. Donated by a friend of Cindy Butterworth
AUGUST:
08/02/23: Adventures in Art with LCH (Wed.) 5 – 7:30 pm *Girls could not come.
08/08/23: Adventures in Art with LCH girls (Tues) 11:30 – 2 pm, with light lunch.
08/12/23: Table Tennis with LCH girls (Sat) 11:30 – 2 pm with lunch
08/21 – 08/30/23 School Clothing Drive. Collected checks made out directly to LCH for a total of $ 1,985.00.
SEPTEMBER:
09/26/23: Membership Meeting
09/30/23: Bake Sale at the SCCL Art & Craft Show. Proceeds $364.25 plus one check made payable to LCH for $20.00, for a total of $384.25.
OCTOBER:
10/06/23: LCH will pick up 8 each. 72" round donated dining tables from SCCL HOA. Our old tables being replaced. Tables picked up on 10/06/23.
10/24/23: Membership meeting. We will create and pack Halloween Gift Bags, filled with candy and booklets, for delivery to LCH on 10/27/23, along with a Halloween meal created by our wonderful members.
NOVEMBER:
11/17/23: JoAnn Aiello delivered 55 1-lb. canned hams, donated to LCH by Greg and Buzz of ALC, during their annual ham donation collection. She also delivered various items collected over time, such as soap, toiletries, scrunchies, and pens and pencils.
11/28/23: Final meeting for 2023. We plan to provide a brunch for our members. We will also be collecting Gift Cards and checks, along with throws and candy for LCH Christmas Gift Bags.
DECEMBER:
11/17/23 to 12/15/23: Collected and delivered to LCH $1,080.00 in checks and gift cards. (Checks made payable directly to LCH). 24 gift bags containing Blankets, words books, pens & pencils, lanyards. Other items, such as health & beauty items, socks and 2 ribbon blankets were also delivered.
12/28/23: Holiday party in lodge ballroom #3 for LCH boys, girls & staff. working with ACL members, for games, food, and music, along with our members, who also provided hot pasta dishes, salad, rolls, a veggie dip plater, drinks and desserts. ALC (Buzz Sinclair) supplied chicken fingers. Our members also provided gifts of hand-made wood pens and hand-made baby bears. ACL women supplied Christmas cookies tins to take back to LCH.