Altrusa of Akron Ohio

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Service Projects

 

Current Service Projects of Altrusa of Akron, Ohio are:

  •  Helping Hands - The Club provides starter kits for women and children who are moving from Access sheltered housing or AMHA to a more permanent home.
  • Ronald McDonald House - (associated with Akron Children's Hospital) four times yearly.  Altrusa purchases magazine subscriptions for the Harvest Home residence.
  • Princess Night - Gently worn Prom gowns are collected from local donations and offered to area high school girls in need so they may attend their Prom.
  • Project: ARC (All Reading Children) - After school reading and tutoring program. The Club provides donations of supplies; books, snacks and other needed items.
  • Vocational Education Grants - Providing scholarships 3 times per year to qualifying students in area vocational and collegiate programs.

In addition, past projects have included the following:

 

Access Shelter

Akron Art Museum

Akron Soap Box Derby

Akron Women Against Rape

Akron and Summit County Federation of Womens Clubs

American Red Cross

Battered Womens Shelter

Cancer Society Relay for Life

Childrens Concert Society

Childrens Home

Civic Education Society

Council for Retarded Children

Edwin Shaw Hospital

Girl Scouts

Good Neighbors

Goodwill Industries

Harvest Home

Hospice Visiting Nurse

International Institute

Literacy

Multiple Sclerosis

Practical Nurse

Project Helping Hands

Project: LEARN

Ronald McDonald House

Scholarships

Student Loan Fund Inc

Summit County Adult Literacy Council

University of Akron  International Student Scholarships and International Students Activities House

Victims Assistance Program

Vocational Guidance

YWCA

WKSU Phone-a-Thon

 

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