Rochester, Michigan
July 12, 2010

The Rochester Junior Woman’s Club recently celebrated the installation of their 2010-2011 officers with a dinner at Meadow Brook Hall. 

The slate of officers for the 2010-2011 year are Club President – Linda Dill, President-Elect – Marianne Koller, Vice President - Monique Anthus, Treasurer - Lynn Marie Oates, Recording Secretary – Deborah Mohre, Corresponding Secretary – Kathy Lewis and Parliamentarian – Michelle Vitale.

The club also welcomed 10 new members including Donna Affeldt, Elaine Brannan, Andrea Bricknell, Marge Friederichs, Chris Gray, Nicole Maiga, Deb Panter, Jennifer Sennett, Kathy Warriner and Nancy Wright. 

Outstanding members were recognized for their significant volunteer activities; 

Ms Federation – Michelle Vitale, Club Woman of the Year – Nancy Kamman and Volunteer of the Year – Marianne Koller. 

At the club’s year end, RJWC was happy to announce that they had donated over $25,000 to various charities within the community.

For more information on Rochester Junior Woman’s Club, please contact Linda Dill at 248-321-4493 or misstweeti@att.net.  You can also visit their website at www.rhpl.org./rjwc/  

Rochester Junior Woman’s Club Awards 
Scholarships to Local Students

Rochester, Michigan
July 1, 2010

Rochester Junior Woman’s Club (RJWC), along with the Greater Rochester Area Community Foundation, awarded Richard Parks from Adams High School and Elizabeth Gojcaj of Stoney Creek High School, both a $500 scholarship at the annual awards ceremony held May 18, 2010 at Stoney Creek High School Auditorium.

The Rochester Junior Woman’s Club Memorial Scholarship was established in 1994 to assist seniors from Rochester Community Schools. The recipients are selected based on their activities in community volunteerism and service during their high school careers as well as their overall grade point average. 

Richard Parks plans to pursue a Major in Pre-Med at the University of Michigan this fall.  During high school he was in the National Honor Society, Key Club and Business Professionals of America. Richard also was a member of the Varsity Basketball Team and JV Team. He also found a passion to serve and give back to his community. He volunteers with his church, mostly in the Detroit area at the Detroit Medical Center, Neighborwoods Tree Planting and Gleaners Food Bank as well as other volunteer activities.  His favorite is the tree planting as it requires the most hands on work. He is active in his Church Youth Group. His strong work ethic has made it possible for him to manage his busy schedule while maintaining very good grades in a highly competitive high school environment. In one of the letters of recommendation, his “teachable heart” was noted enabling him to be “humble, obedient and always willing to learn.” Richard plans on continuing his volunteer work once he is at U of M in the fall. Many of his friends in Pre-Med enjoy volunteering at the hospital so he is looking forward to that as well as finding a church to continue the types of volunteer work he has done at home. “I am a strong Christian and I enjoy helping others that are in need just by doing little things especially when I know they need it. Also I volunteer my time because I love my youth group and helping others” say Parks.

Elizabeth Gojcaj will be attending Oakland University with plans for a major in finance. While at Stoney Creek High School she was a member of National Honor Society, Key Club, Honor Roll, and Rochester United J.V. Lacrosse. In addition to school activities, she has volunteered with Invisible Children, Relay for Life, served as a Hugger Elementary School Student Helper and been active in St. Paul’s Albanian Church community service activities. She has found all of her volunteer activities as rewarding in their own way, but her favorite was holding a benefit concert for Invisible Children with other group members in order to raise money for the children in Uganda. “Knowing that the concert would help so many helpless and deprived youth made me feel useful in the world, even if its one small step at a time” says Gojcaj.  At Oakland University she plans to continue her volunteer work; she understands the importance of volunteering and making time for it, both at St. Paul's Albanian Church as well as discovering new volunteering opportunities. “When a community gives so much in order to benefit the lives of others, it is important to give back and help out.  It is also essential to help those around the world who are not able to help themselves.  It's a wonderful feeling being a part of creating a better life for others; a feeling that everyone should obtain at least once in their lives”, says Gojcaj.

The Rochester Junior Woman’s Club would like to congratulate both of these well deserving individuals and wish them well as they begin this new phase of their lives in the fall.

RJWC has been serving the community since 1956. Contributing to the growth and vitality of our community, RJWC provides support to many charities and non profit organizations through volunteering and fundraising.

If you are interested in learning more about the club please contact Linda Dill at 248-321-4493 or misstweeti@att.net.  You can also visit their website at www.rhpl.org./rjwc/  

Rochester Junior Woman’s Club Presents Donations
 to Rochester Area Neighborhood House and 
other Local Charitable Organizations

Rochester, Michigan
June 10, 2010

Recently the Rochester Junior Woman’s Club was pleased to present Kim Spampinato, Executive Director of Rochester Area Neighborhood House with a check for $10,765.00 for their organization.  The Meadow Brook Theatre was also a recipient of funds from the Junior’s 2009-2010 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 $675,000 to community charities and organizations.

RJWC continues their tradition of supporting the community by selecting Blessings in a Backpack, Rachel’s Challenge and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm as recipients of their annual fundraisers for their 2010-2011 year.

^{The 1st of these fundraising events will take place on September 25th at the OPC where they hope to sell more than 1500 lobsters at the 12th annual Lobster Boil. There is also a luncheon and shopping boutique at the Royal Park Hotel planned for March 19, 2011.}

RWJC also provided financial support to a number of other local charitable organizations during the 2009-2010 fundraising year including American Red Cross, Avon Players, Boy Scouts Troop #60, The Breast Cancer 3 Day, Camp Quality , Charlotte's Wings, Community Foundation of Greater, Crittenton Camisole Fund, Kayla Mariano Foundation, Marine Mailing Fund, Meadow Brook Center for Learning, On My Own, OPC, Paint A ,Miracle, Rainbow Connection, Relay For Life, Rochester Community Schools, Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Ronald McDonald House/Vinni’s Golf Outing, Sandcastles, and South Oakland Shelter.

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 Linda Dill at 248-321-4493 or misstweeti@att.net or visit www.rhpl.org/rjwc/.

Rochester Junior Woman’s Club presents a donation to 
Crittenton Hospital’s Camisole Fund

Rochester, Michigan
May 24, 2010

The Emeritus group of the Rochester Junior Woman's Club presented a check for $1827.00 to the Crittenton Hospital Auxiliary for their Camisole Fund. 

The Emeritus members raised the funds at their annual Card Party on February 22, 2010 at The Rivercrest banquet facility, in Rochester Hills

The Crittenton Hospital Auxiliary provides a camisole to their mastectomy patients after surgery. RJWC has hosted this annual event benefiting the Crittenton Hospital Camisole Fund for more than 10 years and has raised in excess of $24,000 for this program over the years. 

For more information on the Rochester Junior Woman’s Club, you can also visit our website at www.rhpl.org./rjwc/  

Rochester Junior Woman’s Club is looking for New Members

Rochester, Michigan
March 28, 2010

The Rochester Junior Woman’s Club (RJWC) is actively seeking new members! RJWC is a volunteer service organization which has been a part of the Rochester community for more than 50 years.

RJWC is committed to supporting numerous area charities and non-profit organizations through hands-on volunteering as well as fund-raising. Since its inception, the Rochester Junior Woman’s Club has donated more than 1 million hours of community service and raised more than $650,000 to support the local community.

Members of RJWC have helped found many institutions in the Rochester community; Rochester Community House, Crittenton Hospital, Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester YMCA, Older Persons Commission (OPC) and the League of Women Voters all were started with the support of club members.

The group also provides hands on support to the Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester Hills Museum at VanHoosen Farm including the annual Stonewall Pumpkin Festival, the Older Persons Commission, and Dinosaur Hill Nature Center. In addition, recent fundraisers have benefitted South Oakland Shelter, Meadowbrook Hall Garden Club, and Rochester Hills Museum, Meadowbrook Center for Learning Differences and Paint a Miracle in addition to an annual fundraiser for the Crittenton Hospital Auxiliary.

Funds raised this year will benefit Rochester Area Neighborhood House and Meadow Brook Theatre.

Rochester Junior Woman’s Club welcomes new members all year long. Meetings are held the third Thursday of every month, September through May at the Rochester Community House at 7:00 p.m.

If you are interested in learning more about the club please contact Linda Dill at 248-321-4493 or misstweeti@att.net. You can also visit their website at www.rhpl.org./rjwc/