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New Year’s Day

Kick off 2010 in a positive way by volunteering in our Day Center!

 

10am-12:30pm – DWC is designing a super healthy meal for lunch on this day, and we a couple volunteers to help cook.  Special thanks will be given to those who can also bring some of the necessary ingredients!

 

9:30am-11:30amWe are looking for a group of between 4 and 10 people to sponsor and run a craft activity.  Making vision boards or journals would be a great way to help DWC Participants start the new year.

 

Wish List

We will be in need of meal ingredients for our lunch.  Menu planning is in progress.  Please check back for more info.

 

Email Brooke Lykins at BrookeL@DWCweb.org for more information or to sign up.

 

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Gifts Wish List*

last updated December 10th.

 

All items listed below are the centers most needed  gifts.

 

For our Residents

     6  Comforter/Quilt Sets

45 Nail Polishes

45 Small CD Players

45 Pairs of Gift Cards (Movies, Theatre, etc)

 

For our Day Center Ladies

     57 Backpacks

     120 Jackets/Parkas

     120 Thermoses

     120 Gift Cards

     120 Rain Ponchos

     120 Hand Warmers (ex.Hot Hands)

     120 Reusable Water Bottles

 

*We respectfully request

new items for gift giving.

 

 

 

How to Give

 

 Donations may be delivered to:

Downtown Women’s Center

325 South Los Angeles Street

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Hours:

Monday-Friday: 6am to 4pm

Saturday-Sunday: 7am to 2pm

For further information, or after-hours delivery please call Katie Escudero, Volunteer Department Assistant at Volunteer@DWCweb.org or (213) 680-0600.

 

Target Holiday Wish List

We understand that the holidays are a busy time of the year so we have decided to register online in order to allow you the ease of giving from your own home.  Visit www.target.com and search "Downtown Women's Center" to find our holiday wish list.

 

Sponsor a Sister

Help make someone's holiday special by providing a Day Center Participant's full gift this season (see the wish list for a full list of items for each gift).  A new backpack is filled with all of the items you provide from the wish list and then given to each participant on Christmas Eve.

 

We ask that all items be received by Tuesday, December 22 to ensure that we have time to festively wrap each gift.

 

 

Holiday Volunteer Opportunities, 2009

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

December 24th and 25th.  

Sign-ups begin December 1st.

DWC will be open for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and we need your help to make it a special celebration.  We are looking for generous volunteers to help us set up, celebrate, cook and enjoy quality time with the Ladies of DWC. You can still help if you won't be able to join us this Christmas by donating meal wish list items listed on our website.  There will be two shifts on each day:

 

Christmas Eve

Shift I    8:30-11:30 a.m.
Shift II   11:30-2:30 p.m. 

 

Christmas Day

Shift I    8:30-11:30 a.m.
Shift II   11:30-2:30 p.m. 

For more information and to sign up please call (213) 680-0600 or the Volunteer Department's Community Outreach Assistant Steven Alvarez at StevenA@DWCweb.org.

 

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Menu Wish List

If you would like to donate any of the items listed below or to schedule a drop-off time, please contact our offices at (213) 680-0600. In order for us to begin preparations, we are requesting delivery of the items to be no later than, Tuesday, December 22nd at 10 a.m.

 

Items for Christmas Eve Menu:
20-30 carrots
10 fennel bulbs
20 turnips
10 yellow onions

10 parsnips

2 bottles of olive oil

1 large bottle of salt

1 large bottle of pepper

70lbs fresh chicken breasts

5 batches of rosemary

1 large bottle of garlic powder

1 large bottle of paprika

6 jars of whole grain mustard

6lbs of baby greens

10 tomatoes

10 cucumbers

8 red onions

50lbs of russet potatoes

1 large tub of butter

1 large tub of sour cream


Items for Christmas Day Menu:

10 prepared hams

6 cans of candied yams

1 large bottle of cinnamon

4 large boxes of stuffing

20 small cans of cranberries

6lbs of baby greens

10 tomatoes

10 cucumbers

8 red onions


 

“'Tis the gift to be taught and richer gift to learn...”

Learn about Kwanzaa with DWC by sharing our culture, identities, common values and creative expression! 

 

To participate or sponsor please contact DWC.  

 

“'Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be...”

Celebrate the 2010 New Year with everyone at DWC!  We will be sharing resolutions and making plans for the future!  We are looking for 4 to 10 volunteers in the morning to help us sponsor and coordinate activities to celebrate the New Year! In the mid-morning to early afternoon, we are looking for volunteers to help us cook a festive & healthy meal for the ladies.  Special recognition will be given to those volunteers who can donate some of our menu ingredients for the day.  Please check in regularly for the list of ingredients needed for our menu! 

 

Contact us to get involved in the New Year!  Sign up to come to our Volunteer Orientation, January 14th, 2010 from 6:30 to 9pm!

 

To get involved in any of the above volunteer opportunities please contact Volunteer Coordinator Vanessa Wai at VanessaW@DWCweb.org or (213) 680-0600, ext 207.

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