It's April - it must be Raffle Time and Hygiene Drive Time!
- Caity McCardell
- Apr 14
- 5 min read
April means Raffle time and Hygiene Products Drive!
Newsletter April 8, 2025
Next Potluck
Please note that it's at 3PM! The April potluck is on Thursday April 17th at 3PM at Ann McDowell’s home at 1793 Farroll Rd., in Grover Beach. We will be holding our annual raffle that afternoon! Mark your calendars – it’s always a great event! Invitations via Evite have been sent. If you didn’t receive one and would like to attend, please email us at sslocwomenade@gmail.com
The Annual Raffle
Our next raffle prize winners will be drawn at our April 17th potluck! You don't have to be present to win.
From March 17 - April 17 every $20 donation you make = 1 raffle entry.
Donations until our raffle on April 17, 2025 count (even at the potluck check-in table!). You can win more than one raffle prize! Donate today to enter to win!
Womenaders and local businesses have donated prizes including many hand made items, beautiful presentation pieces, gift certificates, and more! Our grand prize this year is a visit to Santa Barbara to eat at Olio Pizzeria and visit the Santa Barbara Zoo.
Many thanks to our generous raffle item contributors:
Arroyo Grande Quilters
Candace Guldeman
Christine Gaiger
Jordis Daigle
Lita Unruh
Lola Zybura
Vicky Sady
...and the South SLO County Womenade Board of Directors.
Please contact us if you'd like to make a donation of a raffle gift with a description of the prize, your name and a value!
Hygiene Drive
Mark your calendars – the Hygiene Drive is taking place from April 1st to April 30th! . It’s our eighth annual hygiene drive! The flyer below tells you the various ways you can help out.
Hygiene Poverty is experienced by 40% of our community. It’s not just the smelly students at high school, but people not being able to get and stay clean and therefore losing their jobs, being bullied at school, not being able to take their children to day care because they
can’t afford diapers, or having to reuse toilet paper! After food it’s the most asked for item.
Purchased products and check donations can be given to the following collectors:
Cypress Ridge
Sue McCutcheon - 2342 Willet Way, Arroyo Grande
Lola Zybura - 2367 Brant St, Arroyo Grande
Fit Forever Gym - 1080 Cypress Ridge Pkwy, Arroyo Grande
Trilogy
Judy Woo - 1402 Vista Tesoro Pl., Nipomo
BJ Bushur– 1410 Penelope Ct, Nipomo
Arroyo Grande
Lisa Murdoch - 117 Pearwood Avenue, Arroyo Grande
Nan Fowler – 630 Cerro Vista Circle, Arroyo Grande
Avila Beach
Elizabeth Sewell – Avila Bay Club, 6699 Bay Laurel Pl, Avila Beach
Grover Beach
Ann McDowell – 1793 Farroll Rd, Grover Beach
Blacklake
Marilyn Mullany - 640 Shelter Ridge, Nipomo, CA 93444
Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Items Needed
Prizes for our raffle held on April 17th
Toilet paper
Diapers
Pack n Plays
Laundry detergent
Impact Statement
Impact Report for South SLO County Womenade in 2024
Who we are: A group of volunteers who raise money and donations through potlucks and product drives. We are an all-volunteer organization, with no salaried employees.
Our Mission: South SLO County Womenade is a 501(c)(3) that supports our community through providing urgent and emergency support to individuals and families.
How we do it: SSLOC Womenade funds agencies with cash to give to people experiencing urgent needs. We also sponsor drives for items to be dispensed to the community, such as hygiene items, books, teacher supplies, and food for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Agencies we Support: We work with the following agencies:
Casa Solana – a sober women’s recovery center in Grover Beach
South County Youth Coalition-Provides services/grants to South County Families
The Link -
Lopez High School – The continuation High School for the LMUSD
Lopez High Wolf Den – A place where students can pick out items at no cost
Lopez High Adult Education-Provides Free access to education for students aged 18+
Department of Social Services
SLO Office of Education – Manages four early learning centers in South SLO County
South County Public Health Nurses – Work with first time moms
Families in Transition – The support program for homeless and housing insecure students in the LMUSD
Mission Hope Cancer Center
5Cities Homeless Coalition
Pregnancy & Parenting Support – provides free supplies to pregnant women, and free supplies to babies and toddlers
Care4Paws – provides discount veterinary services for pets
People’s Self-Help Housing Builds affordable homes with site based services designed to change lives and promote independent living
SSLOCW Programs: We also have several programs we support with our volunteers.
Nipomo Food Distribution - We work with the Food Bank once a month to distribute food in the Nipomo Community. We serve ~360 families each month.
Lunch Buddy Program – We deliver ~120 bags of food each week to students in the LMUSD for children who have been identified by school personnel as unlikely to eat on the weekends without support.
Laundry Pop-up: We pay for laundry for anyone who comes to do laundry two days a month for two hours each.
We Missed the Bus: We provide teachers with supplies for their classes
We Love Educators: We recruit volunteers to aid teachers in their classrooms
Hygiene Drive: - We collect hygiene items and distribute to agencies for their clients
Thanksgiving Baskets: We collect and distribute food for families in programs for the underserved
Winter Break Food Program: We collect and distribute food to help families through the school winter break
Where did the money go?
Note: the graph references cash disbursements, not in-kind item distribution.
*Admin expenses are covered by a separate Admin April fund raiser.
SSLCO Womenade raised and spent a record amount of money this year (for our organization). We estimate the amount of funds and In-Kind products distributed in the community to be more than $190,000. Approx ~$26,000 in hygiene supplies, ~$20,000 for lunch buddies food, and ~$25,000 in food for the November and December food distributions
How can you help: You can read more about us at www.slocw.org. There, you can learn how to donate funds or your time and energy to our many programs.
HOW TO DONATE:
To make a donation write a check to South SLO County Womenade and mail to: Our bank asked that checks be made out with the full legal name on the account.
South SLO County Womenade, 1793 Farroll Rd., Grover Beach, CA 93433. We encourage you to become one of our monthly or regular donors. This can be easily done through your bank or charitable foundation. Please remember that if your company has a matching grants program to include us. As you make or update your wills, please consider adding a legacy gift to us for our future sustainability. or go to our website sslocw.org or venmo sslocwomenade Our email is: sslocwomenade@gmail.com Our website is: sslocw.org Our EIN# 27-0809744 Phone number: (805) 270-5751 |
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