Rochester, Michigan
May 28, 2009  

Recently the Rochester Junior Woman’s Club was pleased to present Kim Spampinato, Executive Director of Rochester Area Neighborhood House with a check for $7500.00 for their organization.  The Rainbow Connection and OPC were also recipients of funds from the Junior’s 2008-2009 fundraising activities.

Contributing to the growth and vitality of the community is the core of the Rochester Junior Woman’s Club. Founded in 1956, RJWC currently has approximately seventy-five woman who are committed to serving the needs of the community. In the last 50 years, they have donated more than half of a million hours of community service and more than $650,000 to community charities and organizations.  

RJWC continues their tradition of supporting the community by selecting Rochester Area Neighborhood House again as recipient of their annual fundraisers for their 2009-2010 year, along with Meadow Brook Theatre who will also receive a portion of the funds. 

The 1^st of these fundraising events will take place on September 26^th at the OPC where they hope to sell more than 1300 lobsters at the 11^th annual Lobster Boil.  There is also a luncheon and shopping boutique at the Royal Park Hotel planned for March 20, 2010.  

RWJC also provided financial support to a number of other local charitable organizations during the 2008-2009 fundraising year including ALS, Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan – Boy Scouts Troop #60, Operation School Bells, Big Family, Breast Cancer 3 Day, Camp Quality, Charlottes Wings, Crittenton Hospital Camisole Fund, Dinosaur Hill, Girlstown Foundation, McGregor PTA, Oakland Literacy, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Pride of Trilogy, Relay for Life of the Greater Rochester Area, Rochester Area Youth Assistance, Rochester Community Schools, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Symphony, Ronald McDonald House / Vinni’s Golf Outing, Sand Castles, South Oakland Shelter, Team Youth, Top Dog and Whoo UR.  

RJWC is proud of their commitment to the community and are looking forward to continuing to support other charitable organizations. Requests for donations are reviewed each March for the following fundraising year.

For more information about the club, membership or orientation meetings, please call Michelle Vitale at (586) 206-2571, email michvitale@yahoo.com, or visit www.rhpl.org/rjwc/.

Rochester Junior Woman’s Club Presents Check