With the holidays just around the corner, the
JLW My Sister’s Place Committee hosted their annual holiday celebration Wednesday
December 11th. The highly anticipated
event was well attended by the women and children who are currently in the My
Sister’s Place emergency protection program.
Cookies,
Cards, and Candy Canes
JLW committee members and 7 mini placement
new members brought in all the stops to make this holiday celebration
special. Various stations were set up at
the party, and kids were able to decorate cutout cookies, create personalized
holiday cards, and transform candy canes into reindeer.
The friendly clients at Langley helped to
provide decorations and cards to each of the families for the holidays!
Through the committee’s successful
Adopt-A-Child or Mother drive, the JLW provided holiday gifts and necessities
for over 28 children and 13 mothers. The
gifts for each child provided pajamas, outfit/shoes for school, winter coat,
gloves/hat, books and a toy for each child to unwrap during the holiday
seasons.
At the holiday party, JLW members presented
My Sister’s Place mothers with unwrapped gifts – that way, moms can wrap and
give the gifts to their children at the end of the month.
“This holiday party was a great success, and
a great way to pull JLW’s membership community together and Langley (another
JLW community partner) to share joy in this holiday season with My Sister’s
Place,” said Jackie Paranzino.
What Is My
Sister’s Place?
My
Sister’s Place is the largest and oldest
non-profit agency exclusively serving battered women and their children in the
D.C. area and the Junior League of Washington (JLW) has supported their work
since the 1970’s. Every year, thousands
of victims of domestic violence find sanctuary from abuse in its residential programs
and supportive services.
Want to
Learn More?
If you would like more information about the
committee, please contact My Sister’s Place chair, Jackie Paranzino, mysistersplacechairjlw@gmail.com.
