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Our Events "2006”...make that
FINISHING UP “We’rrreee BAAACCKK…” was the greeting of the day as Northern California Chapter volunteers descended on the Adult Day Health Care Center in Half Moon Bay, CA this past August. If this sounds familiar, it should. Just a couple of years ago we completed the first half of this remodeling project for the “Coastsiders”. If you don’t remember the Coastsiders or were not able to attend the event, let me tell you a little about them. Since 1982, the center has offered a daily program of activities and health services for local seniors including: Physical Therapy, Group Activities, Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Counseling, Hot Lunches, and lots more! Executive Director and RN, Janie Bono has directed the staff for the past 7 years. The staff includes Registered Nurses, Therapists, a Social Worker, and several well trained, caring individuals. From an outsider’s point of view, I can’t imagine a nicer group of people than the staff at the Coastsiders. Every person who works there is dedicated to making the seniors lives a little better. Ms. Bono is very dedicated to the seniors and works extremely hard, including many extra hours spent on fund raising events. However, she didn’t think twice when asked to spend extra hours at the center painting and preparing the walls for the charity hang. We wanted to do something special for her, so we covered the walls in her office with not one, but two coordinating colors of Torn Wallpaper. The new wallpaper looked so fabulous Janie exclaimed, “My office looks so great, it looks like I got a promotion!” This year’s charity hang event took a little more effort to get off the ground since we had to coordinate materials with what we had previously installed. We were not able to get the same 27 inch vinyl from Imperial Wallcoverings since they had been bought by Blue Mountain; who does not carry that type of wallcovering. However, FSC Wallcoverings was very generous with their donation of 20 single rolls of Paper Illusions Torn Wallpaper that we hung in three different offices. Fortunately Chapter President, Larry Charon had some extra fabric backed vinyl from a job he had completed previously. Surprisingly, it coordinated beautifully with the old wallpaper, as well as the new paper we had chosen. With the 60 linear yards of goods Larry donated we were able to wallpaper a hallway and a bathroom. Despite a few obstacles, we accomplished all we had planned. None of this would have been possible without the marvelous volunteers and the generosity of our National Associate members of NGPP. Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation goes out to these incredible individuals: Manufacturers include: Charles MacHarg at Scotch Paints donated the primer. Volunteers who donated the labor include: Earl Wanbaugh, Chapter Member Our Annual Chapter BBQ followed the event. Many thanks to Janie for providing us with a tasty breakfast and especially for helping with BBQ duty; and thank you to everyone who brought delicious dishes to share! Hope we have this much fun at next years charity hang! Lauretta Jenkins CHARITY HANG 2004
The newly constructed Ronald McDonald House at Stanford in Palo Alto, CA was the location for the May 2004 charity hang hosted by the Northern California Chapter of NGPP. The beautiful new buildings (there are two) offer many comforts to their residents, including a Computer Room, Library, Kitchens for residents to use (in addition to a large commercial kitchen), Laundry Rooms, a Children’s Playroom, a Teen Area, and a free-standing round aquarium in the main atrium. In addition to caring for the families of hospitalized children, the Ronald McDonald House Charities support children’s programs worldwide. These include:
The charity hang event went very well because of all the help and donations we received. When we arrived the walls had already been smoothed and primed by the very same construction crew who built the structures. Since the site was so very large we had to set up our pasting machines, and cutting tables in three different areas. We got to work and installed 27 inch solid vinyl in a small herring bone pattern in the Dining Room and Library of Bldg. 1, and a leaf pattern in the Computer Room of Bldg. 2. In the Children’s Play Room, Teen Area and Computer Room of Bldg. 1, we hung 21 bolts of border at ceiling height. The staff of the Ronald McDonald House provided delicious pastries, coffee and juice to start our day, and pizza, salad and sodas to keep us working! We need to express our gratitude to these wonderfully
generous companies, without whose support, these charity hang
events would
not be possible: The Northern California Chapter members who gave up their Saturday for this worthwhile event include: Lauretta Jenkins, Larry Charon, Earl Wanbaugh, Steve Shlee, Donald Foreman, Pax Cheng, Susie-Q Conklin, and guest paperhanger, Fred Crum. When we were all done and the tools packed away, the Executive Director, Honey Meir-Levi had this to say: “Community support such as yours makes this House possible today and in the future. You have more than my gratitude. You also have the gratitude of all the families who stay at the House. Thank you so very much for helping to make this dream a reality!” COMMUNITY PROJECT In February 2004, three Northern California Chapter members of the National Guild of Professional Paperhangers got together to complete a small community project for the Peninsula Habitat for Humanity office in Redwood City, CA. Peninsula Habitat houses are built by volunteers and partner families. They work with low income families to build decent affordable homes. These families must have a strong desire to be homeowners and support the mission of Peninsula Habitat which is: to build quality, affordable ownership housing through volunteer efforts in long-term partnership with qualified families. Each of the families in the program is required to complete 500 hours of volunteer labor before they purchase and occupy the house. Habitat works in partnership with governments, individuals, faith communities, foundations, corporations and civic groups, all which assist them by contributing time and funds, and helps them acquire building sites.
Peninsula Habitat's Administrative Director, Jacquey Carey generously provided us with a delicious lunch of deli sandwiches and surprised us when she presented with us some great Habitat tee shirts for our efforts.
Our 2003 Charity Hang
Fall Fix Up The event brought together skilled professionals from all over the Bay Area, to update the look and style of the Dining Room, Activity Room and adjacent Hallways. Chapter Member, Larry Charon who was instrumental in organizing the Charity Hang, worked the week prior to the event painting the trim and the rest of the walls. The much needed redecorating included installing 44 single rolls of 27 inch vinyl and 12 bolts of border; all donated by Sheila Daniels at Imperial Home Décor Group. Chapter Associate member, Jerry Peterson from Gardner-Gibson arranged for the donation of the adhesives for the event. Northern California Chapter Members who donated their time and talents include: Larry Charon, Gerri Beauvais, Jean Boles, Donald Foreman, Lauretta Jenkins, John Krause and Earl Wanbaugh. Other volunteers include paperhangers Steve Shlee, and Fred Crumb. Janie Bono, Executive Director of the center also helped with the painting and provided lots of tasty treats and cool drinks for the crew. After the job was completed, here's what she had to say: "What a fabulous job! All the participants, staff and volunteers would like to thank you very much for your time in providing the Center with such beautiful wallpaper. Everyone is delighted with the results, it looks beautiful!" When the last piece of wallcovering was hung and the last tool was put away, they made their way to the home of Chapter Member, Larry Charon, his wife Suzanne, and daughter, Aliana. The hard working volunteers enjoyed delicious BBQ, home baked goodies, and had a fun time relaxing. Chapter President, Lauretta Jenkins, shared these comments, " I believe the Northern California Chapter and the Guild as a whole are a group of truly charitable craftspeople who give freely to brighten the lives of others. We look forward to these events each year and can't wait till the next opportunity arises!" |
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