We Care newsletter

P.O. Box 1291 Turlock, CA 95381 (209) 664-2003

We make a living by what we get, but

we make a life by what we give Winston Churchill

October 2012

Thank you to all of our donors. Your contributions have helped the We Care Program to provide 4,652 shelter beds, 6,400 meals, 541 bus passes, and provide rental and utility assistance to 137 men, women, and children in our community during the past year.
Nelda McDermott Mike & Chris Vignau Jeanne Clayton The John & Jeani Ferrari Family Foundation Our Lady of the Assumption of the Portuguese Church Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation Wilma Seltzer Joseph & Lorna Schmidt Bert Bertolotti David & Alice Fliflet Joe & Josie Willemse Dubyak Chiropractic Bill Sturtevant Peter & Corinne Renoir William & Erma Hertan Wayne & Sheila Hinds James & Rose Stephens Warren & Dorothy Nelson Donald & Luetta Fulton Russel Burkhart The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Womens Ministries Mary Ann Segars Everett Johnson, MD William & Mary Jackson Debbie Whitmore Michael Fuller Jerome & Patricia ODonnell Paul & Katherine Fanelli Erich Gemperle Kathy Tucker Mark & Melissa Serpa Robert & Lisa Cherenson Fredrick Stone & Annhenrie Campbell Anna Leonesio Don & Debra Volk Thomas & Leslee Abram Tom & Gay Locke Ronald & Marylou Shearer First Presbyterian Church Lorene Scott Larry & Margarita Parker Gary Shriver Edward & Winifred Kearley Helen Warda Randall Brown NT Network of California Inc. Paul & Gwendolyn Reuben Edward Aubert Turlock Covenant Church Nu Alpha Kappa Walter & Norma Gemperle Ivan & Bonnie Stinson Robert & Carolyn Kerr Carole Garton Steve & Shelley Fliflet James & Deborah MacLaren Christian Womens Fellowship, First Christian Church Nancy Leam Gerald & Jan Tucker Crossroads Church Hope & Ron Katakis Margaret H. Church Maris Sturtevant (Continued on back)

Board of Directors President Bill Sturtevant Vice President Jeremiah Fair Secretary/Treasurer Maris Sturtevant Members Esther McKoon Glenn (Andy) Elder Executive Director Jan Tucker

Thank you for continuing to use your SHARES cards. Our donations for last quarter totaled $575.57.

Eleanor Roosevelt: Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Andy Elder & Julie Fox
First United Methodist Church Kelvin Jasek-Rysdahl Rozynsky/Girl Scouts Kims Car Pool Home Community Church Turlock Covenant Church First Presbyterian Church Good Shepherd Lutheran Enclave/Pharcyde Valley Hope Community Church Solidarity Fellowship Our Lady Team #9 CSUS Faculty and Staff Turlock Democratic Club Madruga Group OLA Arise Group Gabriella & Group Girl Scouts 3865 Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity All Saints Church Sorellas Family Messner Family Olave & Friends Gutirrez Family Turlock Downtown Assn. Friends of the Shelter Crossroads Church Solidarity-Patterson Unitarian Universalist Church Turlock Sunrise Rotary Turlock FUMC High School Assyrian Evangelical Church Feeding the Soul Alpha Beta Delta Kappa Sorority Livingston Team #1 Tullio Family and Friends Turlock AAVW Turlock Pentecost Assn. Vignau Family and Friends Our Lady of the Assumption Church Tucker Family Church of Latter Day Saints 4th Ward Hunger Network Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority Monte Vista Mini Storage Javier Celedon Psi Chi Fraternity Church of Latter Day Saints Jeremiah & Amy Fair Maria Ramos Helping Hawks M.E.Ch.A Y5 N Friends Wilson Family Picazo Family St. Francis Enclave U-Haul CSA Turlock Teen Challenge St. Franco Anglican PHS HYLC

We are excited to announce that the shelter will be opening almost two weeks early on November 18, 2012 and will be staying open until April 15, 2013. Watch your mailbox and your e-mail for more information about the upcoming season. Follow us on the web at www.wecareturlock.org. and like us on Facebook.
Enclosed is my donation to the We Care ProgramTurlock In Memory of______________ In Honor of________________ Name______________________________________________ Please send Acknowledgement to: Name______________________________________________ Address____________________________________________ City, State, Zip_______________________________________ Gift Given for: __________Death __________Birthday __________Wedding __________Anniversary __________Graduation __________ Other DONOR INFORMATION ENCLOSED IS MY GIFT OF $_____________

Name___________________________________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________________________________ Your Donation is Tax Deductible Please make your check payable to We Care ProgramTurlock and mail this section with your donation to: We Care ProgramTurlock ~ P.O. Box 1291~Turlock, CA 95381 For more information, please contact us at (209) 664-2003