Photo courtesy of Diane Poole.
The Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club collected and donated several items to First Light Shelter in January.
One of January’s service projects for the Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club was the collection of new and gently-used coats, blankets and sleeping bags. All donations were taken to First Light Shelter.
First Light’s mission is to work with homeless women and their children to create hospitality in a safe and nurturing community, to encourage them to maintain dignity, to find hope, to seek opportunity and to grow spiritually, thereby achieving their full potential.
The Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club has been involved in many community projects. Those projects include leadership and scholarship opportunities for local high school students, ribbons at City Hall in recognition of Veterans’ Day, lunch for campers and staff at Smile-a-Mile and trees planted at Civitan Park. The club collected, cleaned and distributed laptops to schools for students who did not have them at the beginning of the pandemic. The Club also provided the benches at the walking track at Cahaba Elementary, the playground equipment at The Mall in historic Trussville and solar benches at the library park and at The Mall. Its largest fundraising event is a golf tournament that has been held for 30 years.
– Submitted by Diane Poole.
