The NFW Community Service Committee met on March 16 to identify the goals of our group and begin compiling a list of the services our group will assist.  We separated “assistance” into two areas, Community Service and Community Involvement, and created a definition of each.

Community Service:  Some kind of physical need to benefit individuals; i.e. food, service, cash donations.

Community Involvement:  Volunteering time and talent to an organization.

The Committee agreed that our group would concentrate on Community Service.  With that thought in mind, we selected three areas in which we will support in an ongoing basis.  They are:  (1) elderly residents [not exclusively in Mount Pleasant], (2) Special Olympics, and (3) Adopt a Family.

In addition, our group will support various needs of the community as those needs arise.  Members of the NFW were recently asked to submit community service agencies they are involved in.  Below is a list of the items submitted and identified as Community Service:

Career Closet – Offers gently used professional clothing at no cost to women with limited means of obtaining a “working wardrobe”

Soup Kitchen

CFX Food Drive

Toys for Tots

Red Cross – Donate blood

Rosebush Food Pantry

U.S. Military – Care packages

Dog Tales, Inc. – Purchase books

CMU’s Make a Difference Day

Women’s Shelter

This is not an all-inclusive list.  As members of NFW are made aware of a particular need in the community, we are requesting they complete the “NFW Community Service Request Form”.  If approved, this need will be announced to the NFW and hopefully the need will be filled by the generosity of the NFW members.

Watch for details as they become available.