Greenwich Bay Women’s Club
P.O. Box 67
East Greenwich, RI 02818
Collectibles
Please start saving the listed items. Items can be brought to monthly meetings or refer to list for contact phone numbers for various organizations. If we can all save a few every day, disposable items, it will make a huge difference!! “Have a Heart – Lend a Hand – Work as One”. Thank you!!!
CLOTHING for Thrift Shop Bring to Lutheran Church, 111 Division, 884-5572 Open Tue, Fri & Sat 9am-Noon. Can leave things on the porch of the white house across the side street from the church.
PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING
(for work) Clothing Collaborative 421-5753
(part of Dorcas Place 273-8866) Working Wardrobe, Buttonwoods Plaza Goodwill Industries, Cynthia Tyler 861-2080
TABS FROM SODA CANS for Providence Ronald McDonald House
Bring to meeting
CAMPBELL’S LABELS & UPC’S
for EG Co-op
Bring to meeting or to Susan Davies
MAGAZINES (remove mailing labels)
for Kent County Hospital
Bring to meeting or to Lisa Johnson
PRESCRIPTION EYEGLASSES, PRESCRIPTION OR NON-PRESCRIPTION SUNGLASSES AND GLASSES CASES for EG Lions Club
Drop off in box at EG Post Office on Post Rd.
USED COMPUTER PRINTER CARTRIDGES
for Habitat for Humanity
Bring to meeting or Peggy Rubel
BOX TOP$ FOR EDUCATION
(General Mills products)
for Frenchtown School
Bring to meeting or drop off at school in box in foyer
CHILDREN’S TOYS AND GAMES, GENTLY USED (NO SMALL PIECES) for Bayside Family Healthcare
Bring to Meeting
UNUSED GREETING CARDS AND BLANK NOTE CARDS for ACI inmates
Bring to meeting or Peggy Rubel
USED GREETING CARDS, THE FRONTS OF ANY KINDS for St Jude’s
Bring to meeting or contact Michelle at 946-0900 x224
OLD TOWELS, SHEETS, PILLOWS LINENS AND BEDDING
(can be frayed and worn) for EGAPL
Bring to meeting or Lisa Johnson
FURNITURE EXCHANGE Bring to Christ Church 1025 Main Street. Call 884-8632 x 51 to set up deliveries & pick-up
FOOD PANTRY for Ecumenical Food Cupboard
Bring to St. Luke’s M-W-F (10am–noon)
BAKERS (TO PROVIDE HOMEMADE BAKED ITEMS) for dinner on the last Thursday of every month at the Methodist Church; 3 or 4 people needed to bake each month
Community Service
The goal of the women's Club is community service through the disbursement of funds and the donation of food, clothing and other necessities to those in need.
Charities We Support
Throughout the year, our Club sponsors events in an effort to collect money which we donate to charities throughout the area. All members have a vote as to which charities receive disbursements.
The charities we donated to last year were:
Bayside Family Healthcare
Barbara M. Tufts Cooperative Preschool
Cornerstone Adult Services
EG Ecumenical Food Cupboard
EG Ecumenical Concerns
EG Public Schools Mentoring Program
Friends Way
Habitat for Humanity of West Bay and Northern RI
Relay for Life of Kent County
RI Breast Cancer Coalition
RI Free Clinic
RI Meals on Wheels
Sexual Assault & Trauma Resource Center of RI
Warwick House of Hope
Youth Night in EG
2007 Disbursements
Our disbursements meeting was held on Monday, May 8th. We will be donating our monies to the following charities:
Bayside Family Health
Barbara M. Tufts Cooperative PreSchool
East Greenwich Ecumenical Food Cupboard
East Greenwich Ecumenical Social Concerns
East Greenwich Public Schools Mentoring Program
Friends Way
Habitat for Humanity of West Bay & Northern Rhode Island
Kent County Relay for Life
(please see below for more information)
Rhode Island Breast Cancer Coalition
Rhode Island Meals on Wheels
Day One, Sexual Assault & Trauma Resource
Warwick House of Hope
Youth Night in East Greenwich
Shriners Clown Unit
In addition, we awarded four scholarships to local students from Warwick, West Greenwich and East Greenwich. See our News page for more information.
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who contributes to the monthly soup kitchen donations. It means much to the less fortunate in our town.