The ywca at Lakeview Park is having its Annual Holiday Luncheon on Tuesday, December 8th at 11:30am. I writing to inform you all of this event for two reasons.
1. There is a silent auction of over 80 different Gift Baskets. The Gift Baskets are on display in the lobby and anyone can come in at anytime to browse around and bid on them. So, if you are still looking for gifts this year, come check out the baskets! They are fabulous and each one has it's own 'theme' and is unique.
2. The money you spend on these gifts will be going to a GREAT cause! The ywca is the LARGEST provider of homeless shelters in the Peoria area. The ywca is the ONLY homeless shelter that keeps families together. The ywca is the ONLY homeless shelter in the area to provide the 'triage' of shelters meaning emergency beds for the night, transitional housing for families in need and permanent supportive housing. We offer case management services which include job skills training, parenting classes, budgeting classes and more to our women in need to help move them from the streets to permanent housing with their children. Buying a Basket will go to support these services to help these less fortunate Moms. In addition to our shelters, the ywca also staffs and operates a "Day Shelter". Single homeless men can go to the Salvation Army or the Rescue Mission to sleep, but they kicked out during the day. The single homeless men wonder the streets, try to shower in the library and have no where to go all day, so the ywca purchased a building and staffed it with case managers to offer the same job training and life skills services to the homeless men during the day. An average of 40 men go to the Day Shelter on a daily basis where they can have a bathroom to shower in, a kitchen to cook/eat in, and work with a case manager to find employment. The Day Shelter offers these men a permanent address and phone number to use to help them gain employment and receive mail.
I'm so proud of the work the amazing woman of the ywca do to help our community grow.
Please come bid on a basket and support your community instead of supporting a chain department store this holiday season!
Bidding ends at 11:15 am on Tuesday, Dec. 8th. Come and bid and stay for lunch or just bid or just come for lunch. Lunch is a delicious soup, salad, and desserts by Gloria Jeans and is $10.00 per person. And don't forget to stop and say Hi to me when you are here. I'd love to give you each a tour.
Please email or call me with any questions you may have.
julieo@ywcapeoria.org / 309-685-7655 ext. 203
Julie O'Meara
Development Director
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