2007 CCW

SVALA 2007 COMMUNITY CHALLENGE WEEKEND

     Every year in October, SVALA partners with a local community organization to provide support, funds, and hands-on help with an event that will benefit a local organization. This year, headed by CCW Chairman, Kim A. DeVicenzi, SVALA partnered with "Warm Hearts", an organization that was the brainchild of young seventh grader (he is now in 8th grade), Jesse VanNorman of Holy Family Catholic School. His desire was to “bring a smile to Senior’s face.”
     Jesse came up with a plan to make fleece blankets for seniors in nursing homes and hospitals after visiting with his grandmother at a local nursing home. So Jesse decided to gather up some of his classmates to help him raise money, buy the materials to make fleece blankets (the type that you tie together) and deliver them to different nursing homes and hospitals in Sacramento. Jesse has been able to get discounts on materials through local fabric stores. Warm Hearts makes and delivers between 15 and 20 blankets per month (approximately 240 per year) with an average cost of $10 per blanket.
     Our partnership provided funding to make approximately 350 blankets for a total of $3,405. Warm Hearts is so grateful for the support that SVALA has given them. Of the 350 blankets, we delivered 100 blankets to seniors at Saint Claire’s Nursing Home in Sacramento. We saw joy, we saw tears (not from sadness, but from gratitude), and we heard wonderful stories, and multiple rounds of applause for Jesse and his friends.

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SVALA 2007 COMMUNITY CHALLENGE WEEKEND
Every year in October, SVALA partners with a local community organization to provide support, funds, and hands-on help with an event that will benefit a local organization. This year, headed by CCW Chairman, Kim A. DeVicenzi, SVALA partnered with "Warm Hearts", an organization that was the brainchild of young seventh grader (he is now in 8th grade), Jesse VanNorman of Holy Family Catholic School. His desire was to “bring a smile to Senior’s face.” Jesse came up with a plan to make fleece blankets for seniors in nursing homes and hospitals after visiting with his grandmother at a local nursing home. So Jesse decided to gather up some of his classmates to help him raise money, buy the materials to make fleece blankets (the type that you tie together) and deliver them to different nursing homes and hospitals in Sacramento. Jesse has been able to get discounts on materials through local fabric stores. Warm Hearts makes and delivers between 15 and 20 blankets per month (approximately 240 per year) with an average cost of $10 per blanket. Our partnership provided funding to make approximately 350 blankets for a total of $3,405. Warm Hearts is so grateful for the support that SVALA has given them. Of the 350 blankets, we delivered 100 blankets to seniors at Saint Claire’s Nursing Home in Sacramento. We saw joy, we saw tears (not from sadness, but from gratitude), and we heard wonderful stories, and multiple rounds of applause for Jesse and his friends.