I’m Leah Farkas, the Volunteer Manager at Hospitality House. One of the most rewarding parts of my job is to announce our monthly Volunteer Spotlight, which this month goes to a member of our Volunteer Event Leadership Team, and Night of Giving extraordinaire, William Wallace.
Many of our listeners and community members undoubtedly know William or at least part of his story.
William struggled with addiction for several years and his involvement with Hospitality House began while he was in the hospital recovering from a heartbreaking overdose. People from Hospitality House visited him in the hospital often and upon release, with no home or place to go, William went to Hospitality House on Dec. 11, 2013, which happened to be opening day of Utah’s Place, our permanent shelter. William received help and care at the shelter and has been housed and thriving ever since! When asked why he volunteers his time now, he says matter-of-factly, “because volunteering is a community builder, no matter what community- even if it’s out of the area helping people in a disaster— we are all one community helping each other, we are the building blocks.”
Thank you, William. You are an invaluable member of our volunteer team and I cannot express how appreciative we are for your service.
Want to help your community like William? Then come and join Hospitality House’s team of volunteers! We have many areas where you can help including at Utah’s Place, Bread & Roses Thrift store, and in our office. Volunteering with us is a great way you can make new friends, while giving back to your community!
The 14th Annual Night of Giving is here! Night of Giving is our hometown holiday party and musical benefit for our shelter, featuring over 30 of Nevada County’s favorite performers. The event will be held on Saturday, Dec. 21 at the Miner’s Foundry from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. with free shuttle service from the Rood Center. See hhshelter.org for details and a big thank you to Dignity Health for sponsoring Night of Giving this year!
This past week, we were blessed by many caring individuals and I’d like to give a big thank you to Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (Grass Valley, CA), Nevada City United Methodist Church, Trinity Church – Episcopal: Historic Faith for Modern People, Mountain Stream Meditation Center, Kitchen KutUps, The Home Team, and the Repeat Offenders for coming out to cook. To everyone who donated our most needed items last week, thank you as well!
Now down to the nitty gritty needs of the shelter for this week…
• Women’s jean’s, sizes 10 and 12
• Women’s winter shoes, sizes 8-10
• Men’s jeans, sizes 30, 32, 34 and 36
• Men’s jackets, sizes L and XL
• Non-alcoholic cold medicines
• Mucinex
• Ear plugs
• Blankets
• Shampoo
• Q-tips
• Rain gear
Please drop off urgent items to Utah’s Place, located in the Brunswick Basin, past the DMV, at 1262 Sutton Way. Please add in store info. If we all stick together, we’ll get what we need and Thank you!