The local Inland Empire Aktion Club, a service club for adults with disabilities and part of Kiwanis International, has set the date to celebrate the club’s second anniversary of their charter with a dinner and music celebration. The fundraising dinner, themed “A Night to Celebrate”.
Friday, June 18, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: PVW, 4650 Brooks Street, Montclair, CA, 91763. Dinner will be served from 6:00-7:30 PM followed by a celebration program, live music and dancing. The ticket cost is $20.00 per person.
Sharron Varga, the visionary behind the start-up of the Inland Empire Aktion Club, announced the second Anniversary Dinner celebration as a fundraiser. Proceeds will help cover the cost of the Cal-New-Ha Aktion Club Convention to be held this fall at Wonder Valley Ranch in Sanger, California. “Our goal is to raise $9,500 for the club and we plan to send 31 Aktion Club members and 8 adults to the convention”, stated Sharron Varga.
Some of the service projects that Aktion Club members have completed during 2009-2010 year include: donations of food and services for Ronald McDonald House; made cards for Vets for Veteran’s Day; made preemie blankets for babies in hospitals; donated food and clothing to several local homeless organizations; made trauma dolls for children in Loma Linda Hospital; collected over 100,000 soda tabs for Ronald McDonald House and helped local Kiwanis Clubs with their community service projects You can see from these examples that the Aktion Club has been very busy doing service during this second year!
There are currently 50 members of the Inland Empire Aktion Club. Aktion Club meetings are held the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 7:00 am at PVW, located at 4650 Brooks Street, Montclair, CA 91763. For further information about tickets and sponsorships for this event, contact Lucy Yamas-Cortez at 909-624-3555 extension 232.or contact by email:
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The mission of the Aktion Club is to provide adults with disabilities the opportunity to develop initiative and leadership skills, serve in their community, integrate into society and demonstrate the dignity and value of citizens with disabilities. The Sponsoring Kiwanis Organization is The Kiwanis Clubs of Division 15.
The objectives of the Aktion Club are the objectives of Kiwanis International, to give primacy to human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life; to encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships; to promote the adoption and application of higher social, business and professional standards; to develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship; to provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish service, and to build better communities; to cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism, which makes possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.
Pomona Valley Workshop is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to serving adults with disabilities, enriching lives through vocational training, employment preparation and placement, specialties in Autism, senior citizen specialties and community integration opportunities. Established in 1966, Pomona Valley Workshop has evolved into a multifaceted organization with five major programs of service and a Thrift Store. Almost 400 individuals with disabilities are supported each year through the exceptional dedication of staff and the outstanding leadership of the Board of Directors.
