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Chapter 801 Texas Membership Roundup and setting them up for success.
One of our fundraisers, support-
ing. We’re up to 35 members and for Feed the City Bedford. On the ed by $300 in matched funds
we’re still the only chapter in the second Saturday of every month, from Woman’s Life, provided wel-
DFW area. we make sandwiches for the Mis- come kits with things like kitchen
sion Arlington food pantry — and and bath items, sheets and tow-
WL: How do your members de- we are setting records! In June, els, hangers, rolling luggage, and
cide which projects to tackle? our chapter made 1,900 sand- laundry detergent that we made.
wiches, and we make more than We have also provided diapers
Mitchell: We have such a great 1,500 almost every month. and baby formula, and we create
group. Anytime I had an idea, handmade inspirational welcome
they would immediately say, We also regularly donate cloth- notes for new residents.
“Whatever you want to do — we’re ing to Methodist Children’s Home
all in.†But I wanted to involve and participate in backpack drives On September 17th, Chapter 801
more people because I know how for toiletries and school supplies worked alongside Tango Charities
much joy comes from helping for I Can Still Shine, which serves at a Texas Live event to break the
others. So we created a Planning battered single women and their Guinness World Record for the
Committee, which has five peo- children. Longest Line of Sandwiches — and
ple now, to get input on finding we did it!! The world record was
where help is needed, selecting WL: Do you have a personal fa- 8,000 sandwiches. We beat that
projects, reaching out to contact vorite? record by nearly 3,000 sandwiches
them, and sharing the work. We and provided 10,852 homemade
support the Woman’s Life Nation- Mitchell: I get a lot of satisfaction and wrapped sandwiches to feed
al Cause — Answering the Call to from all of our projects, but my the hungry in our community.
Fight Homelessness and Hunger emotional favorite is the Promise
in America and use the matching House for homeless teens, which WL: What do you think leads
funds and service project grants provides children and young peo- people to join a Woman’s Life
from the Chapter Financial Sup- ple with the basic needs of shelter, chapter?
port Programs at Woman’s Life food, and healthcare. Many of the
to enhance the impact of what we residents are homeless teen moms Mitchell: Our Chapter 801
do to help members of our com- — and that speaks to my heart be- members are like family — we
munity. cause I was a homeless teen mom, talk to each other every day,
and I know how hard it is to make check up on each other, meet for
We’ve been busy this year it on your own. church — there’s something to
already! We had a bowling fund- look forward to every day. But I
raiser in June and worked with At Promise House, the goal is think most people join because
Tango Charities at several Feed to improve every client’s chance they are looking for a way to give
the City events. I’m the team lead for long-term stability by teaching back, and joining a Woman’s Life
life skills, providing resources, chapter provides many opportu-
nities to do that.
Just as an example, my daughter
and 13-year-old grandson came to
help at a Feed the City event. They
spent the entire day, and I could
see that they were filled with
emotion. When we were ready to
leave, I asked my grandson where
his shoes were. “I gave them to a
homeless person,†he said. “He
didn’t have any.†We were all in
tears. It’s such a wonderful feel-
ing to be able to help.
I’ve been without, and I know
what it’s like.
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