General Membership Meeting - Starting Point
At our Holiday party we collected donations for Starting Point, a nonprofit organization based in Sacramento committed to supporting refugee children. Since 2017, this volunteer-run organization has assisted 5500+ refugee children from around the world with welcome baskets, backpacks and school supplies, clothing, and scholarships. You can read more about this organization here.
Our speaker will be Vickee Moy, an English as a Second Language professor at a community college here in Sacramento. She launched Starting Point in June 2017 after being deeply touched by her refugee students’ stories about their lives in their native countries and about their new lives in the U.S. Vickie will tell us about the organization and will be accepting our donations from the Holiday party. She may bring Shawpoor Ali Benawa, her former student and inspiration for the organization. He works with her as a liaison to the Afghan community.
Arden-Dimick Library, located at 891 Watt Ave, Sacramento is the location for the meeting on Saturday, January 24. We will be meeting at 3:30 PM.
Plan to join our members following the meeting as we enjoy a meal together at a near-by restaurant.
Address any questions or concerns to Marty McKnew at martymcknew@comcast.net.