Scholarships

On June 8th we hosted a pot luck picnic for our scholarship recipients.  It is a great evening of food, fun and fellowship!

We were at Concord Woods in Concord, Ohio.  Ham and all the accompaniments.  Nobody leaves hungry.  Our students and family come and enjoy an evening with us.  It is also a great evening for our family members to come and share in our evening.  They are our backbone.  They allow us to give our time helping others!!

 

 

This year we gave 4 - $1000 and 2 - $500 scholarships.  We also were honored to give an additional $1000 scholarship in honor of Austin Stadel.  It was presented by his son Dick Stadel.

 

 

Money raised from our Chinese Auction supports the scholarships.  We THANK YOU for your support that allows us to do this!

26th Annual Chinese Auction

Another great time at our Auction.

 



 

Thank you for another great year!

Once again, Quota of Lake County members helped with the North Mentor Centenary United Methodist Church Easter Egg Hunt.

 

 

We helped with crafts such as egg decorating, bucket decorating (used to collect eggs and candy), coloring pages and more.

 

 

 
 

There was an Easter Bunny and a special visit from Chuckey the mouse from Chuckey Cheese!  He was vey popular.

 

There was a Therapy area where kids could pet dogs, bunnies and geuinea  pigs

 

It is such a rewarding experience.



Well, we apologize.  During this long hard winter, posting on the blog kind of got put on the back burner.

 

We are back....

 

It is once again time for our Annual Chinese Auction. 

 

Join us Friday, May 15th at the Father Tulley Hall at St. Bede's church in Mentor, Ohio.  Doors open at 5:30.  Tickets are $5 each.

 

We have 50/50 and several tables of items up for grabs.

 

We hope to see you there.  Call us for ticket information.



"MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY"

On October 25th, we got together at the Great Lakes Mall and participated in "Make a Difference Day". 

 

 Our group project for "Make a Difference Day" was Clothe-a-Child.

 

Clothe-a-Child is a News Herald (our local newspaper) project that pairs a shopper with a needy child.  Each Child is given a budget to spend between Payless Shoes and Sears.  (**please see side note a the bottom of the page!)

 

Kay and her child

 

Children and shoppers have about an hour and a half to go shopping.  The parent/guardian is does not come along.  We helped 7 children shop for boots, hats, pants, tops, underwear, socks and even dresses for Christmas. 

 

Quota Shoppers: (From Left in Back row) LaVonne, Karen, Betsy,Jill (peeking from the back) Kay, Debbie, Kathi and not pictured Dick

 

The greatest reward is toward the end of your shopping time, seeing the transformation on your child's face.

Volunteers also work the registration table.  This is where the children and shoppers are checked in and return to reunite with parents/guardians.

Sometimes you never find out anything about the families, but this time;  We had a grandmother who had just had to take in her 3 grandchildren.  As we were shopping with the kids, we found out that their father had just passed away.  Hearing this made bringing a smile to their face even more rewarding.

 

 

 

After shopping, Tony Succo's Pizzeria treated us to lunch.  They wanted to reward C.A.C shoppers for their volunteerism.

** on a side note**

While posting this, an email was sent out to current Clothe-a-Child shoppers, this project is running out of donation funds to pay for shopping.  If you would like to donate to this great cause, contact The News Herald in Willoughby Ohio.  Or donations can be sent to Quota International of Lake Co and we will forward them.  Please make sure you earmark them for Clothe-a-Child!



TIME TO "GO BACK!"

Well, it is that time of year again to "Go Back..."

• Go Back to School.
• Go Back to Work after the long weekend
• Go Back to Regular Time, Daylight Savings ends
• Go Back to warm clothes
• Go Back to learning how to drive in snow

and...

• Go Back to our meetings.

 

Yep it is that time again.  We will be meeting at the Brown Derby in Mentor at 6pm. (see our schedule to the right)

 

Won't you join us to see what we are all about.  Everyone welcome!

 

 

 

PARADE TIME!

WELL, IT'S PARADE TIME AGAIN!

THANKS TO MEMBER GERI, THIS YEAR WE WILL BE IN 2 PARADES.

PRES KAREN AND GERI (ALSO HER MOM)

 

 

COME CHECK US OUT ON TUESDAY, AUG 12TH IN THE LAKE COUNTY FAIR PARADE.  IT WILL TRAVEL DOWN RT20 TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.

 

OUR JUNIOR-JR Q

 

THEN ON SAT. AUG 16 WE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE CONCORD DAYS PARADE.

LAST YEAR IN CONCORD DAYS

 

THIS WILL TRAVEL DOWN RAVENNA TO CONCORD HAMBDEN.

ONE OF 2 TROPHIES WE WON

LAST YEAR WE WON A 2 TROPHIES FOR OUR FLOAT AND AS A NON-PROFIT IN THE PARADE...

CAN WE DO IT AGAIN?????