Author: Catherine Fortunato

What is the best project your chapter has conducted?

Answers from chapters to DKG International Society:
•	Gifts to women in distress
•	Gambia Project
•	Giving books to the local hospital to send home with mothers and new babies
•	Siwa Project
•	Language teaching for refugee ladies
•	Support the Y.E.S. Club – Youth Engaged in Service
•	We supported our local high school who hosted a Prom for senior citizens. We provided bingo prizes, bingo workers and coat checkers
•	We worked with a Girl Scout troop – together we made hats for cancer patients. We guided the girls to cut out the patterns, stitch the pieces and then worked with a sewing machine for the final product
•	Children’s hunger project
•	Fundraiser for headquarters
•	We bought pajamas for a women’s shelter
•	Community closet
•	Homeless families
•	New shoes for migrant workers’ families
•	Ronald McDonald House
•	Scholarship
•	Gave school supplies to an afterschool program
•	Hosted community farmer’s market
•	Helped with domestic violence shelter
•	Summer science camp for girls
•	Bear projects
•	We collected pocketbooks
•	LIPS Ladies in Pink
•	Baby books
•	Zambia Project
•	Worked with Title 1 students on the writing process. They wrote and we coached and published an anthology of their writing at the end of the year
•	We support the Malawi Well Project by helping build shallow wells in Africa
•	Sending supplies to schools in the Dominican Republic
•	Worked with local community service organizations to support their mission in serving people with disabilities and special needs
•	Buddy Bench in a school – we will provide books and sit on the bench to read the books to promote good relationships
•	Member donates orchid plants and the chapter auctions them off to fund community projects
•	Create pre-school art bags for students to take home
•	Provide elementary schools with a book for each classroom
•	Holiday Brunch and Auction in December – many crafts and gently used items are supplied by members. Last year we brought in approximately $4000 to award grants with and make charitable donations in the community 
•	We provide back packs to students who need one
•	Provide pre-schools with books for the classroom
•	We give student teacher baskets to the student teachers in our area schools
•	Supports Royal Family Kids Camps (one week camping experiences for children who are in foster care)
•	Habitat for Humanity
•	Annual Garage Sale
•	Work with Home Plate Youth Services feeding homeless youth in Oregon
•	Grants in aid to female students at university
•	Support the Fair Start Program in Victoria