What We’ve Been Up To — September 2017

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service-league-sealService League of Greenville volunteers were hard at work in the month of — September 2017.

Here are just some of the ways our members shared their Service League time and talent with their community:

 

  • Service League Gift Shops & Snack Carts — 541 hours
  • Charity Ball Fundraiser – 22 hours
  • Vidant Medical Center Activities – 16 hours
  • Ronald McDonald House —  53 hours
  • Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice —  92 hours
  • McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge — 53 hours
  • Layettes Program – 93 hours
  • Other Projects – 323 hours
  • Meetings —  311 hours

Total  —  1464 hours — of service to our community!

Way to go Ladies!

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Our 2017 SLG Provisionals Making The Rounds & In The News

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Our 2017 Provisional members have been busy over the last month — making the rounds of orientation, training, general meeting, Vidant tour, skit practices, gift shop training (click on pictures to enlarge)…

and, gracing the pages of the Daily Reflector (click to view picture and article in the Daily Reflector HERE) —

A HEARTY WELCOME TO THESE LOVELY LADIES!!

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Remembering Our Beginnings

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As we start our 80th year, we took a moment during our October meeting to look back to our founding ladies and thrift shop beginnings,  to the source of our inspiration and focus — Dr. Laughinghouse, and, to the emblem of our aspirations — our Service League of Greenville seal.

Service League of Greenville member Gigi Walter gave a moving re-enactment of founding member Jesse R. Moye as she addressed members on October 2, 1939 to present and explain the meaning behind the seal she designed.

“… A torch of service to guide our feet.  A compass, in its form the likeness of a star, a star of hope, a star of faith, to guide our direction… ” 

Find out more about the history of The Service League of Greenville at:
— IN THE BEGINNING… 1937 – 1940
— DR. CHARLES O’HAGAN LAUGHINGHOUSE
— OUR SEAL, A SYMBOL OF SERVICE LEAGUE IDEALS
or click HERE!

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What We’ve Been Up To — Summer 2017

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Service League of Greenville volunteers were hard at work over the summer months of — June, July, and August 2017.

Here are just some of the ways our members shared their Service League time and talent with their community:

 

  • Service League Gift Shops & Snack Carts —  369 hours
  • Charity Ball Fundraiser —  73 hours
  • Vidant Medical Center Activities —   6 hours
  • Ronald McDonald House —   38 hours
  • Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice —   230 hours
  • McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge —  38 hours
  • Layettes Program —  80 hours
  • Other Projects —  155 hours
  • Meetings —  65 hours

Total Hours — 1119 

Way to go Ladies!

Enjoy a few highlights from our Sept meeting…

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Giving Comfort and Peace Through Memory Bears

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Service League members were on hand to provide sewing assistance during a Vidant Home Health and Hospice Memory Bear Workshop on May 13, 2017.

Memory bears are a way to bring comfort and peace to grieving families.

Using fabric from a favorite garment of a beloved one who has passed away, a memory bear is stitched together during the workshop and given to the participating families as a keepsake.

Hospice House Manager Angelina Brittle with Service League members Donna Moore and Martha Watson (sitting).

Several Memory Bear workshops were held this year.  Our thanks to all the Service League members who volunteered and supported this effort to give comfort to the grieving families.

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Fifteen Years Of Volunteer Service Honored

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During the McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge annual reunion in April,  The Service League of Greenville, Inc. was honored with a group award for 15 years of volunteer service and support.  Hope Lodge manager, Katrina Combs, and Hope Lodge Regional Manager, Sundi Herring, presented the award to Becky Brittle, our Hope Lodge Chairwoman, on behalf of all our members.

From the McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge facebook page:

The members of the Service League of Greenville, Inc. are dedicated volunteers who have served the McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge since we opened our doors in 2002. Members have generously given of their time and talents at the front desk each day of the week for the past 15 years. They bake tasty desserts for our annual reunions and look for ways to serve the cancer patients and caregivers of Hope Lodge on a daily basis. This year, they helped us spruce up our outdoor seating areas by sponsoring the making of beautiful teal colored cushions.

Hope Lodge
Working the front desk…
Serving refreshments…
Welcoming…

A huge Service League thank you to the Hope Lodge organization for the much appreciated recognition of our work, to McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge staff for all they do for the community and to our many Service League members who give willing of their time and effort to such a worthy cause.

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A Wonder Women Luncheon

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Service League of Greenville President Annelle West gave thanks and praise to her WONDER WOMEN team for their hard work and many accomplishments during our annual board luncheon at the Hilton.  Special recognition was given to outgoing board members — Recording Secretary, Beth Harman; Corresponding Secretary, Blanche Sullivan; and Treasurer, Jo Ann Jones.  Thank you Ladies!

And we would like to thank you, Madam President, for your Wonder Woman leadership!

What We’ve Been Up To — March 2017

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service-league-sealService League of Greenville volunteers were hard at work in the month of — March 2017.

Here are just some of the ways our members shared their Service League time and talent with their community:

  • Service League Gift Shops & Snack Carts — 602 hours
  • Charity Ball Fundraiser — 30 hours
  • American Red Cross Blood Drives — 3 hours
  • Vidant Medical Center Activities — 56 hours
  • Ronald McDonald House — 55 hours
  • Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice — 81 hours
  • McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge — 74 hours
  • Layettes Program — 38 hours
  • Other Projects — 182 hours
  • Meetings — 336 hours

Total Hours for March 2017 — 1458

Way to go Ladies!

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Feeding the Need — Salvation Army Food Bank & RMH Wish List

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We held our Canned Goods Shower in support of Salvation Army Food Bank and a Wish List Roundup for the Ronald McDonald House during our February general meeting and got an overwhelming response from our membership!

It took 6 people multiple trips to unload the van at the Salvation Army.  (The pictures below were taken before the van was fully loaded and do not do justice to the depth of items packed into that cargo well!  The seats and floor space of the van were filed as well!)

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— With only a few days notice on some priority wish list needs (cooking oil, coffee creamer and cleaner) for the Ronald McDonald house, our membership more than met the challenge of filling the need!

Our thanks to all the Service League of Greenville members who generously brought items in for both events.  Special thanks go to Sustaining Co-chairs Laurie Charlton & Katie Beckman for organizing the Salvation Army canned goods shower and Ronald McDonald House chair Jamie Kirby for collecting and transporting wish list items!

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What We’ve Been Up To — Feb 2017

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service-league-sealService League of Greenville volunteers were hard at work in the month of —  Feb 2017.

Here are just some of the ways our members shared their Service League time and talent with their community:

  • Service League Gift Shops & Snack Carts — 551 hours
  • Charity Ball Fundraiser —348 hours
  • American Red Cross Blood Drives —17 hours
  • Vidant Medical Center Activities —  50 hours
  • Ronald McDonald House —  26 hours
  • Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice —  87 hours
  • McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge — 62 hours
  • Layettes Program — 8 hours
  • Other Projects — 123 hours
  • Meetings — 314 hours

Total Hours — 1586

Way to go Ladies!

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