January Volunteer of the Month! - Joy Shay

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Hey folks, we're very proud to announce our January Volunteer of the Month! - Joy Shay

Joy has been a volunteer at our Community Advocacy Program since 2009 and here's what our staff had to say about her:

Joy has been an exemplary volunteer. She started out on the Help Line and then when I asked her if she would like to co-facilitate my support group she said yes! I am so very glad that she did. She has been consistent, knowledgeable, and well liked by the participants! Joy has been such a joy (no pun intended) to work with. She is very capable of facilitating a support group all on her own, which in fact she has been put into that position and was remarkable. With Joy’s background in the medical field she has a keen ability to pick up on many things not noticed by many. In my weekly support group we have about two potlucks per year. So our holiday potluck was completely funded by Joy herself and what a lovely spread she provided! I do hope that Joy is able to continue as my co-facilitator, we are blessed to have her as a New Beginnings Volunteer!

No kidding about that potluck!:

Anyways, we had a chance to sit down with Joy and here's what she had to say:

Own a truck? Like to stuff envelopes? I thought so

If you said yes to either of those questions, you, dear reader, have hit the jackpot.

Our emergency shelter is looking to throw away a good amount of junk or "rubbish" as they say and we need one (or two?!) lucky volunteers who own or have access to an open air truck to transport the goods. If you have one, let me know!

And...

This could be you!

You know it's auction and gala madness time when envelope stuffing season comes around. Check out the details:

The date for the Gala Invitation Stuffing Party has been set. Please see details below.
What: Invitation Stuffing Party—we will stuff over 2,500 invitations to our annual Gala & Auction!

When: Tuesday, April 5th. We will start at 5 p.m. and stop once all the invitations have been stuffed.
Where: New Beginnings’ Admin Office.
Who: You and many other helpful volunteers.

Refreshments and drinks will be provided. New volunteers are invited to attend. This is a great one-time volunteer opportunity for any of your friends who don’t have time to volunteer regularly, but would like to help out. Please RSVP to me at lhayes@newbegin.org or 206.926.3041.

Thanks to all of you for helping make New Beginnings’ largest fundraiser a success!

 Want to bring a friend? Sure! Just let Leeza know.

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Hey folks, we currently have a need for volunteers who know a pair of scissors like the Super Bowl knows horrible half-time shows.

Yes, that's right. We're looking for one (or two, or three?!) volunteers to provide haircuts to our Emergency Shelter residents (mostly the kids). So if you have a secret second career working at Gene Juarez or are just really experienced with the shears, let me know.

OR, let's say you have a friend who is a hair-stylist but isn't a volunteer? Let me know also and we'll see if we can figure something out. Times, dates, scheduling and all that is flexible!