A Full Circle of 'Service Above Self'!!
It began when June Ring and Cheryl Warren of the the RC of Akron attended the virtual Fairlawn Club meeting. A simple discussion took place about the need for masks and how to get them made ... and it took off from there. June presented the idea to the Akron Club and they embraced the need - members collected donated material by going to pick up from the porches of donors and hosted a central/safe location for drop offs. The Club then donated fabric to the Bhutanese Community Association of Akron, who in turn, made the masks. Below are photos of the collection process - thank you to all the volunteers and members who donated!
Now ... read on to see what happened next!
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The RC of Fairlawn then purchased 400 face masks from the Bhutanese Community Association of Akron
and 500 masks from Goodwill Industries.
and 500 masks from Goodwill Industries.
Below are the pictures showing the Fairlawn members labeling bags with their Club name
and packing a mask in each bag - they even included people "virtually" to be part of the service project!
and packing a mask in each bag - they even included people "virtually" to be part of the service project!
Thank you Shulan’s for hosting the mask packaging event and fixing the coffee!
And yes ... there is still MORE!
Fairlawn has now started delivering the masks!
Their member Chuck Gerdes is delivering 30 masks to Michelle Hunt of Concordia shown in the photo below.
And Our President Darethann Krill delivered 30 masks to Stewart’s Caring Place. So far members have delivered 340 masks!
And Our President Darethann Krill delivered 30 masks to Stewart’s Caring Place. So far members have delivered 340 masks!
If you know of a non-profit in Summit County that is in need of masks, would you please contact the Fairlawn Club.
The circle of providing "Service Above Self" never ends for Rotarians!