Joyce Rudolph
LA CRESCENTA -- Church Women United, a group of several community
churches, will have its World Community Day 2000 on Friday, Nov. 3, at
Foothill Christian Church, 4459 Lowell Ave., La Crescenta.
The speaker is Pastor Vern Campbell, the chaplain of Olive View/UCLA
Medical Center. He will speak on the topic "Standing Up for Those In
Need."
The event begins at 10:30 a.m. The cost for lunch is $5. Following the
lunch, there will be a mini-boutique. For reservations, call Janet Hatzer
at 248-6276 or Millie Atwell at 894-1757.
Church Women United, celebrating 59 years in the community, was one of
several organizations recently honored by the Presidents Advisory Council
for its work in the community.
Last year, it was recognized for its Meals on Wheels program for the
Salvation Army.
The church women raise funds for charitable endeavors through their
annual salad bar luncheon in the summer.
This year, they were honored for contributing cosmetics, personal
items and undergarments for the outreach van of the Good Shepherd Center
for Homeless Women. The van circulates around the MacArthur Park and
downtown Los Angeles area distributing items to homeless women. One
member of the church women's group volunteers once a month to help take
the collected items from Glendale.
The women's group also provides magazines and baby receiving blankets
for Olive/UCLA hospital in Sylmar. In addition, members collect used
postage stamps for Norwegian Crippled Children, Campbell soup labels for
a Indian school in New Mexico, greeting cards to be donated to school
children and teachers and "cents-off" coupons for the Veterans Hospital.
Other projects are the American Leprosy Mission, Inc. and the YWCA's
Battered Women's Shelter.
