Ongoing projects include, but are not limited to...
Out on a Whim, a "paint your own" pottery studio in Glen Ellyn, has again agreed to partner with us for our fall fundraiser! Adorable keepsake ornaments will be available for $20.00, and GEJWC will receive $5.00 from each ornament sold.
This year two ornament designs are being offered - one personalized and made using your children's fingerprints and one reading "Happy Holidays 2011" with a festive holiday design. Both are great for holiday gift giving!
Cooks are needed to help prepare a Thanksgiving feast for the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company! Robin Schilling will coordinate this event. More details will be forthcoming, or you may reach out to Robin directly to volunteer your time, schilling.robin@yahoo.com.
This is one of our biggest fundraising initiatives of the year, and what fun it is! For those new to GEJWC, Jolly Grams are letters from Santa. Hardcopy and electronic forms will be provided for us to distribute to friends and family who may be interested in purchasing a letter for a loved one - personalized with a few details to make it "authentic" and postmarked from the North Pole*!
Cathy Basso, event coordinator, will be looking for many volunteers to personalize these letters and get them out in time for Christmas. Cathy has spent a lot of time automating the process to make it fun and easy for all those who help. Any time you can offer toward this event will be appreciated!
Order forms must be submitted by a certain date to allow time for North Pole postmark processing. Please see Jolly Gram page for more details.
Volunteers are needed to help with the myriad of details that go into making our Christmas Baskets event successful. Details that need attention include family adoptions, toy drive, food drive, toiletry drive, wrapping party and delivery of the baskets. Please think about where you may be able to help! Please see Christmas Baskets page for more details.
This is a private, not for profit agency that offers a variety of services to help people, aged 60 and over to thrive in the community. GEJWC services many of these seniors as “nutrition volunteers” delivering hot meals and checking on their well-being during many scheduled routes every month.
The YWCA offers services in the areas of counseling, sexual assault services, employment and child care. They touch the lives of more than 22,000 DuPage County women and their families. Juniors assist this organization based on their needs. We have made care bags to help the children transition into a new living environment and have provided books, a table and toys for the waiting room. This project will be based on the needs each year.
Glen Ellyn Homeless Shelter – We contact PADS personnel and find out their needs and see how Juniors might be able to service the homeless. This year we made lunches for 50 people and delivered them to a local church. This project will be based o the needs each year.
Every spring, juniors plant flowers for the village of Glen Ellyn in our designated location across from Starbucks on Crescent. We plant the flowers in late May.
The Center and School is operated by The Illinois State Board of Education. The primary goal of the Philip J. Rock Center and School is to help people who are deaf-blind achieve maximum independence based on their individual potential. GEJWC provides “birthday treats” to their children as well as providing for other needs as requested.