As we look forward to moving back to the Plaza on Thursday, March 5, the club has committed to supporting Vashti in a variety of ways in the future.

Vashti provides an invaluable service in southwest Georgia, providing residential assistance to 20 children at a time in addition to mental health counseling for more than 500 students in schools around the region. 

First, any members who feel so led are asked to support Vashti financially. Please bring cash or check made out to Vashti to Thursday's meeting – our last regular meeting at Vashti. We'd like to present a parting gift to thank the Vashti team for all the support they've provided over the past year as our meeting host. 

Additionally, a committee has formed to provide ongoing and annual support to the children who live at Vashti. If you would like to join in any of these efforts, please contact Marta Jones-Turner and/or the lead noted below:

Regular Projects:

• Birthday cakes: 20 cakes and birthday celebrations per year (Marta)
• Students assist/attend Rotary Meetings: 1 or 2 Vashti students will attend Rotary meetings weekly, serve tea and water, and congregate with Rotarians (Devona Thompson)
• Students assist at monthly fresh produce market: Students to volunteer alongside Rotarians at produce distribution (Mike Beaty)
• Graduation celebrations: Coordinate graduation celebration and gift baskets for Vashti residents who complete high school (Marcy Sizemore, Laura Pike)
• Little Library: Build, install, and manage a community Little Library on campus (Andy Vann)
• Lifestyle classes: Join Vashti Connectors in offering monthly lifestyle classes. What would you teach your own children that you can also teach the children who live at Vashti? Sewing, cooking, changing tires, tying a tie – the sky is the limit! (Kellie Merck, Marcy Sizemore, Devona Thompson)

Annual Projects

• Off-campus spring break cookout: Provide a cookout and enrichment activity during spring break for the residential students at Vashti (Mike Beaty, Paul Overstreet, Tony Lloyd)
• Rotary workday: Work with Vashti staff to establish and execute a project plan for an annual workday to work on landscaping, building repairs, painting, etc. (Angela Williamson, Jim Bue, David Sofferin, Tony Lloyd
• Vashti fundraising: Encourage donations from club members to support Vashti with annual gifts, and consider other fundraising opportunities (Andy Vann)

How can you support Vashti?