10th Annual Day of Caring
September 12-13, 2008
Blood Drive, Food Drive, Agency Projects
Blood Drive
Friday, September 12, 2008
8:00am - 7:00pm
Trinity Friends Church 605 N Franklin St
Van Wert, OH 45891
Quota: 400 pints of blood
Each presenting donor receives a t-shirt!
Light meal and snacks served to donors
Potential Blood Donors must be at least 17 years of age and weigh at least 110 pounds,
and have not donated whole blood for 56 days prior to September 12th, 2008.
Walk-Ins accepted as time allows, appointments suggested!
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT ONLINE:
(Sponsor Code: vwdoc)
or call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE
(1-800-448-3543) to schedule an appointment
Join Red Cross Racing and earn rewards at
redcrossracing.com from now until 01/19/09!
INDUSTRY BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE In addition to the regular public blood
drive, to get companies to encourage their
employees to donate blood,
an industry challenge is issued to get the most employees per company
participate.
This is based on % of participation of the total number of employees. Therefore, no business is too small to participate. The winning industry will receive the traveling plaque and has
bragging rights for 1 year.
Businesses receiving the plaque in the past include Eaton Corporation and
Central Insurance.
Food
Drive
Barrels will be collected on
Friday, September 12, 2008
The food collected helps stock the
Salvation Army's food pantry,
which provides food to needy local families.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS!
Quota: 25,000 non-perishable
food items
Needed items include the following:
Canned Meat
Canned Fruit
Canned Vegetables
Boxed Macaroni & Cheese
Pasta
Pasta Sauce
Peanut Butter
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Deodorant
Bar Soap
Shampoo
Disposable Diapers
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels
Napkins
Laundry Soap
Dish Soap
PLEASE AVOID
PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS OR ITEMS IN GLASS CONTAINERS
Collection barrels will be placed in the following locations
during the week of August 25, 2008 to begin food collections:
INDUSTRIES:
American Electric Power
Braun Industries
CSP (Budd Co)
Eaton Corporation
Eisenhauer Mfg
Elmco
Federal Mogul
Greif Brothers
KAM Mfg
Kennedy Mfg
Life Star Rescue
National Door & Trim
Teem Wholesale (OHIO CITY)
Teleflex
Tecumseh Corrugated Box
Van Wert County Hospital
SCHOOLS:
Horace Mann
Franklin
Jefferson
Washington
Van Wert High School
Ohio City
Thomas Edison Center
Vantage Career Center
St Mary's
Lincolnview Schools ***
Crestview Schools
BUSINESSES:
Ace Hardware
CVS
Derry's Health Mart
Ramblers Roost (MIDDLE POINT)
StateWide Ford
Taylor's Auto Sales
Times-Bulletin
PROFESSIONAL:
Foster Chiropractic
Drs Johnson & Adams
Dr Roger Okuley
BANKS:
Citizens Bank
First Bank of Berne
First Federal Savings & Loan
first financial bank
US Bank, Convoy
US Bank, Van Wert
Van Wert Federal Wells Fargo Bank
OTHER:
Van Wert
City Building
Van Wert Manor
Wee Care Learning Center
*** Please Note: Due to Lincolnview Schools not beginning classes
until September 8,
barrels will be placed at Lincolnview from September 8-23 for food
collection.
SERVICE CLUB FOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE
In addition to the regular public food drive,
a food drive challenge is held each year among local service clubs.
Past participants include Kiwanis Club, Optimist Club, Rotary Club, and
Sertoma Club.
The service club that collects the most food items per capita will
receive
the traveling plaque and has bragging rights for 1 year.
This is a friendly competition between the clubs to promote and support
the food drive.
All service club food items must arrive at the Salvation Army
before 1:00pm on Wednesday, September 10, 2008.
2008 WINNER -
ROTARY
7,866
total food items collected by all clubs!
Rotary Club -- 61
items/member
Van Wert Service Club --
56 items/member Van Wert Optimist Club did not participate in the
challenge
This is a friendly challenge between service clubs and
the real winners are the people in are community who are
struggling to put food on the table.
This is a great start for the Day of Caring food drive.
Anyone wishing to contribute food items can drop them
off at
the Salvation Army, 1180 S Washington St, on Friday,
September 12, 2008
Congratulations to the
Rotary Club and a big THANK
YOU to all who participated!
PAST SERVICE CLUB
FOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE WINNERS:
2008 - ROTARY
2007 - VAN WERT
SERVICE CLUB
2006 - ROTARY
2005 - SERTOMA
2004 - KIWANIS
Agency
Projects
Saturday, September 13, 2008
The United Way of Van Wert County will be teaming up with local businesses &
groups
for United Way Agency projects. Fifteen projects were completed in 2007.
Previous Project Photos
Van Wert County Hospital employees work
on the American Red Cross disaster vehicle
Van Wert City School staff paint and
clean
at Wee Care Learning Center
The 2006-07 Chamber Leadership Class
works at Habitat for Humanity's new home
2008
DAY OF CARING AGENCY PROJECTS PARTNERS STILL
NEEDED - PLEASE CALL 419.238.6689 IF YOU CAN HELP!
