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Loving Hands members pictured above - front row: Jean Loya, Eileen Woods, N16 A/B, N17 AND N28
Sandy Ulrich, Linda Mayfield, Jan Hainlen, Verda Riggs, Helen Shields; back row:
Joy Arndt, Sue Didriksen, Joan Mason, Bev Roemer, Bobbi Frank, Gini Murray. Each year, N16 A and B, N17 and N28
Not pictured: Ann Harrell, Antoinette Costello host a spring and fall golf event. We
normally have nine or 10 teams. Each
N31 – LOVING HANDS Neighborhood Rep Jo Hatley and led by team can purchase four mulligans for $10
former nail salon owner Eileen Woods, all per team, though golfers always contribute
For the past seven years, the ladies of of the program’s supplies are funded by more than the $10 per team. With the
N31s Loving Hands have paid a monthly the generous residents of Neighborhood generosity of our neighbors, we have been
visit to the Park Place Retirement Home. 31. During the holiday season, the ladies able to give The Caring Place more than
There, they visit with and provide free of Loving Hands also make goodie bags $600 since May 2015.
manicures to residents, offering a little for their loyal “customers,” who have come
luxury to those who may not be able to to know them on a first-name basis. - Chas Kresch, N-Rep N16, 17 & 28
indulge as they once did. Launched by QUILTERS

In 2015, the Quilting SIG delivered
approximately 235 handmade quilts
and blankets to the Williamson County
Children’s Advocacy Center. These
donations are distributed to the children
who are interviewed and counseled at the
Georgetown-based Center.

- Joan Wertzberger

WHO (WOMEN HELPING OTHERS)

Founded in 2010 and sanctioned as a
Chartered Club in 2014, Women Helping
Others (WHO) volunteers, sponsors
fundraisers, runs food drives and raises
awareness for numerous Georgetown
nonprofits such as Jane’s Funds, Spirit
Reins, The Caring Place, Habitat for
Humanity and many more. In 2015, WHO
raised $4,700 to aid high school graduation
expenses for homeless students at The
Georgetown Nest. They also sponsored a

In September, the SC Quilters delivered these 67 quilts to the Williamson County Children’s Advocacy Center in Georgetown.
Pictured left to right: Joan Wertzberger, Nancy DeVries, Nancy Benkovic, Joan Elsea, Judy Shriner, Barbara Smotrich, Sharon
Davis, Michele Cameron, Gena Flatley, Shirley Miller, Marlene Armstrong, Barbara Morran.

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