July Already?

Where is the summer going? It's already almost the end of July! This month, we are supporting our friends at Guys With Ties by attending their White Party which will benefit Page 15. Page 15, among other things, offers one hour of free tutoring and homework help to any student in Orange County. They also have some amazing writing programs that they offer to Orange County Schools free of charge. If you are looking for something fun to do on Saturday, July 23, come join us!

Here is some more information on this fun event:
When: Saturday, July 23, 2011

Where: Bliss Ultra Lounge (Church Street - Downtown Orlando)

Time: 8:00pm - Midnight

Enjoy Complimentary Drinks until 10:00pm

White Stylish Attire Required! 21 & Up Only!

Admission: $20.00 (Online) or $30.00 (At Door)

Purchase Advance Tickets at: http://www.guyswithties.or​g/orlando/events

VIP Table Reservations are Available by contacting: stevem@guyswithties.org

Interested in Sponsorship Opportunities? E-mail: ryan@guyswithties.org

Interested in Volunteering and Upcoming Events, contact rbean@guyswithties.org

For more information regarding Guys With Ties Philanthropy, visit: http://www.guyswithties.or​g/

May/June Update

We've been pretty busy these past few weeks! On April 30, we participated with Palmetto Elementary School in the March for Babies at Lake Eola. We raised $1450 for babies and moms! This time, we had some little volunteers join us. It was nice for Sabrina's kids to get involved and learn about helping others in this way!

Our team!

Onesies that we got to make for our favorite RCHO babies:

UPCOMING JUNE EVENTS

Beach Cleanup with Keep Brevard Beautiful
Sunday, June 5 from 8am-12pm
Spessard Holland North Beach Park

2525 Highway A1A, Melbourne Beach
FROM US-192 (Melbourne Cswy), go south on Miramir Ave/SR-A1A 1.0 miles to the intersection with Ocean Blvd and Oak St. Go left around the curve onto Atlantic Ave and continue 2 miles. The park is on the left.

*Clean up begins at 8am, so plan to arrive a few minutes early.

*We will meet near the Keep Brevard Beautiful banner which will be near the main entrance to the park.

*If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please wear something in teal (our signature color) so that we look like a unified team. If you would like to make your own t-shirt with an iron on, pleas email us at rchovolunteers@gmail.com, and we will send you a copy of the logo you can use! Please use a white t-shirt if you plan on making one. Thank you!


Special Olympics of Seminole County Bowl-A-Thon with Team RCHO
Sunday, June 12, from 3-5pm
AMF Altamonte Lanes, 208 Douglas Ave

This is an annual event to help raise money for the athletes involved in Special Olympics Seminole County. This event allows athletes and volunteers to enjoy two hours of fun-filled bowling, including: prizes, music & lights, special guests, event t-shirt, pizza, soda, and lots more fun!

If interested in joining the RCHO team, please rsvp to Melissa at rchovolunteers@gmail.com with your t-shirt size by Thursday, June 2. Bowlers need to raise $20 to participate.

Money can be turned in when we get to the event.

Once again, we are asking participants wear teal or an RCHO T-shirt to this event so that we look like a unified team. We don't have T's printed yet, so if you'd like to make one using an iron on, please use a white t-shirt. Email Melissa at the email above for a copy of our logo!

Hope to see you at one of our June events!

Incentive Drive for Pace = Success!

Thank you to each and every one of you who helped to make our collection event for PACE a big success! We were able to collect 450 incentive items for the girls.

The breakdown is as follows:
25 books/cd/artwork
16 accessories/clothes
64 makeup items
36 jewelry items
23 picture frames/albums
11 shoes/slippers
17 knick knacks
19 hair accessories
7 stuffed animals/pillows
27 purses/bags
205 bath and body items

Wow! What an amazing collection we had in honor of Women's History Month! Look for some more fun events coming soon!

Gear for Girls Update

See the flier below about our Gear for Girls event to benefit PACE. We are no longer placing collection boxes around town, but are relying on word of mouth. If you have items to donate, please let us know at rchorlando@gmail.com and we'll be happy to come pick up whatever you have!

We Loved the Keystone Residents!

Pie is always a good excuse to get people together. Since it's National Pie month, we went to Keystone Rehab in Kissimmee to deliver some Valentine Love and delicious pies to the residents. The residents were more than happy to see us! Thank you to all of our awesome volunteers for donating your time! Special thanks goes out to Fulton's Crab House, Portobello Italian Restaurant, and Wolf Gang Puck's Cafe for donating all of the pies we needed! They were a huge hit with the residents. Special thanks also goes to Melissa Hall for stuffing goody bags, and Cindy Stavisky for doing all the leg work to get the pies! We'd also like to thank all of you who took time to create fun Valentine Cards. Store bought cards are nice, but handmade cards are super special! They were in good hands and were expertly delivered by our founder's 4 and 2 year old sons. They were more than happy to have a job to do. Enjoy the pictures below of today's event!

Gear for Girls - March Event

It's official! We will be helping PACE Center for Girls during the month of March in honor of Women's History Month. We will be placing collection boxes around town for people to donate "stuff" that girls ages 12-18 would like. PACE has a program in which the girls are able to earn points. They then have a huge auction in which the girls can use their points to bid on items. Here is how you can help:

-Own a business? Host a box for us and tell your customers what it's all about!
-Ask a few favorite businesses to host a box
-Donate something a girl, age 12-18 would like to have (doesn't have to be new)
-Volunteer your time to pick up and drop off boxes at predetermined locations

If interested, give us a shout at rchorlando@ocps.net

Thinking Ahead to April...

While we hammer out more details for our March event, we wanted to let everyone know that we will be walking for March of Dimes in the March for Babies event. This three mile walk around beautiful Lake Eola here in downtown Orlando will take place on April 30th at 7:30am. We are walking in honor of our friend Angela Michael's baby girl, Hannah, who was born about three months too soon.

If you are unable to walk but would like to help us, please consider making a donation to one of our team members. The link to sign up for the walk, or to donate to our team is:

http://www.marchforbabies.org/s_team_page.asp?seid=1517273

Mark your calendars! Hope to see you there! As my friend Jill, the founder of the Delaware Housewives likes to say, "there is strength in VOLUNTEER numbers" :)