Community Corner
MI National Charity League Chapter Delivers Holiday Gifts to Needy
Mothers and daughters from one of Mercer Island's most active service clubs delivered some holiday cheer in the form of 200 gift bags to formerly homeless women in Seattle.
Celebrating its seventh year of supporting women in need during the holiday season, members of the local Lake Washington Chapter of the National Charity League (NCL) prepared and delivered over 200 holiday bags on Dec. 3 to YWCA’s Opportunity Place in Seattle.
The donation of holiday gifts for women receiving housing and services at the YWCA's Angeline's Women's Center program, which offers housing and services to homeless women, is part of the NCL's annual service project.
The Lake Washington Chapter of mothers and daughters have been involved with Opportunity Place since 2004.
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This year, members also provided over 100 Thanksgiving Day pies and delivered 900 cookies before Christmas. In addition, throughout the year approximately 100 different chapter volunteers worked serving lunch bimonthly, organizing and storing donations, and arranging seasonal parties at Opportunity Place.
The National Charity League is made up of mothers and daughters, grades 7 through 12, committed to community service, leadership, development and cultural education. There are two chapters on Mercer Island.
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The NCL Lake Washington chapter serves 14 other philanthropies, including the City of Mercer Island Community Services, the Humane Society for Seattle/King County, and the Mountain to Sound Greenway Trust.
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