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WHAT IS WAKE UP AMERICA
PICKLEBALL TEAM
PART OF THE DAY OF CARING CHARITIES
have the time nor the resources to fully develop food sources. Wake Up America is fiatllA few weeksThe ago,Pickleball my husband, I rode aalternative TeamJohn, will beand sponsoring “Spring Carnival” event on Saturday, April 20th, ing this void with a network of volunteers. with two of thethe volunteers of Wake Up America. Clubhouse. The evening will include carnival games, light snacks, music, dancingtoand Wake Up America has been established actaas They had just come from Pepperidge Farm in Port link6:30 between thePM, supplier with leftover event. BYOB. The event will runthe from to 9:30 with doors opening product, at 6:00 Charlotte. Theysocial had picked up about forty bread and the nearby agency that can best use or distribtrays with bread that would have been tossed in PM. We hope everyone can join us for an evening of fun and companionship. Please see the the garbage. We stopped at our local Publix and ute the donation. Wake Up America is primarily poster in the Clubhouse. If you have aa question, contact:network, Diane Gibson, 603-244-0536 transportation recruiting and organizpicked up more food items that would have been tossed in the garbage, if Wake Up America didn’t ing volunteers who pick up food from donors and pick it up. From there we went to St. Vincent de deliver it to agencies that feed the hungry. So, why am I making a report on Wake Up Paul off Edison in Ft. Myers. There wereAllvolAttention Tara Woods Golfers: America?? Because you have been donating to it unteers unloading our truck, along with our two There will be a golf meeting at the Clubhouse on Saturday, 27th, to make sure your for over twenty years.April I wanted drivers. There were three other trucks unloading very generous donations went to a worthy cause. at 9:30 be AM, to discuss the upcoming Golf League. food too. The people that would receiving this John and I were very impressed and quite sure anywere questions food were already liningPlease up. bring There manyto the meeting for discussion. your donations have been very well spent. All the older folks, women with small children, and Look forwardsome to seeing everyone money theythere. get from Day of Caring goes to their men. And, but for the grace of God, it could have two vans and trailers for gas, insurance, and mainLarry Baldwin • 913-945-0016 been me. It was 8:00 AM. That was the end of tenance. They pick up food seven days a week, the volunteer day for Wake Up America for that taking Christmas and Easter off, from six Publix day. It was a very good start to my day. stores and Pepperidge Farm in Port Charlotte. This great organization was started in 1992 by They have sixteen different places where the food Norm Poitres, whoGet still lives in moving Lake Fairways. your body in the Clubhouse with Richard Simmons!! is distributed. Their only other means of income, Wake Up America is a tax exempt, private non- is Pine Lakes Men’s and Women’s groups and indiMeets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:00 AM: - CARDIO 8:00 - 8:25 AM -TONING 8:25-8:40 AM profit organization, founded to help eliminate food viduals. They have forty volunteers, mostly from (bringDaily, weights or water bottles) 8:40 - 8:50 AM (bring a mat) - BALANCE 8:50-9:00 AM waste. grocery stores throw- FLOOR away thousands Lake Fairways and Pine Lakes. None from Tara of pounds of nourishing, high quality and edible Woods. They could always use more volunteers, Meets and Thursdays at 12:45 PM: per- CARDIO 12:45in-1:10 - TONING PM food. TheTuesdays waste occurs with unsold produce, especially the PM summer. This 1:10-1:25 is easy volunteer ishables, products shelf life,1:25-1:35 and work, (bring weights or with wateroutdated bottles) - FLOOR PM (bring mat)hours - BALANCE 1:35-1:45They PM are just aafew in the morning. day-old bakery goods. Unfortunately, even as the more than welcome to have you ride along to see Come forhomeless all the sessions one of the segments that you are interested in. number of hungry and peopleor increases, them in action, or better yet, volunteer to help!! the amount of government funds is diminishing. For more information contact Lynn Makia 513-476-2465 or Barb Simonson 541-840-4430 Neither social service agencies or small suppliers Chris Olson
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