MAY NEWSLETTER
Happy Spring, everyone! Enjoy the nice weather!
UPCOMING EVENTS
PACK THE PARK FOR RAM HOUSE
A few tickets are still available
Friday, June 12 at 7:05 pm
Tickets are $5 through RAM
Contact Debbie at 345-8850 or Martha at 345-9786
PLEASE RETURN ALL UNSOLD TICKETS TO RAM HOUSE BY JUNE 1
FIRST FRIDAYS AT 5
FRIDAYS
RAM will be staffing First Fridays at 5 on Friday, June 19. We need 15 volunteers to staff the event. Volunteers are needed
to sell drink bands, to take admission fee, to serve beer, and to check IDs. All volunteers must report at 4:30 pm and stay for
clean-up afterwards. Volunteers will be counted before and after the event by First Fridays at 5 staff. Please call Martha at
540-345-9786 or email her at [email protected]. Thank you for your help!
RAM House Slowly Returning to Normal
Repairs are moving along nicely and we hope to be finished with them in the
next week or so. Guests and volunteers are once again able to enter the front
door and there is more room now in the main area of the shelter. We have a
new tile floor and new paint. We appreciate your patience, understanding and
help during this trying and chaotic time. Hopefully, it is almost over.
St. John Lutheran Builds New Storage “Cubbies”
As part of their service during Compassion Week, a group of men
from St. John Lutheran Church built and installed new storage bins
for our guests. These new bins are a part of the main area of the
shelter, which makes them more accessible for our guests and
enables them to monitor their belongings more easily. It also
eliminates the constant traffic in and out of the front desk check in
area, which makes for a calmer, less congested atmosphere in that
area. RAM very much appreciates this special project, which has
improved our shelter, and the flexibility of the group in getting it
accomplished despite the ongoing repair work.
Our new tile floor in the main area.
New storage bins for our guests.
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner Held April 23
RAM’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was held on Thursday, April 23
at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. It was attended by about 250
volunteers and guests. Awards were given for the volunteers of the year, the
service group of the year and Modern Woodmen presented their
Hometown Hero Award to one of our volunteers. Door prizes were also
given away. The cost of the dinner is paid by a bequest left to RAM from a
former volunteer and RAM is grateful to be able to honor and thank our
volunteers by inviting them to dinner. Below are pictures of the dinner,
awards presentations and other fun.
John Goodhart receives
the Modern Woodmen
of America Hometown
Hero Award.
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Marie Haines,
front desk
volunteer,
checks out the
buffet before
deciding on
her choices.
Executive Director Debbie Denison and
Volunteer Coordinator Martha Snidow
present Volunteer of the Year Awards
to Betty David and Ira Chafin.
Executive Director Debbie Denison
presents Service Group of the Year
Award to Raleigh Court Presbyterian
Church Volunteers.
Volunteers
and guests
enjoy
themselves at
the festivities.
Needs
Atwood Huff claims his door
prize as the Tuesday Kitchen
Crew looks on.
Davin Tate, daughter of shelter
manager David Tate, picks up
her door prize.
Volunteers
Volunteers are needed on the front desk on Friday and Saturday mornings from 8:00 am to 12:00pm or other hours by
arrangement. If you can help once a week, once a month or twice a month, please contact Volunteer Coordinator
Martha Snidow at 540-345-9786 or [email protected]. Thank you for your help.
Kitchen and Shelter
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Coffee
Paper Towels
Laundry Detergent
Sugar
72” Round Table cloths
Pressure Washer
Industrial Buffer
Roanoke Area Ministries
824 Campbell Ave.SW
Roanoke, VA 24016
Shelter - 540-343-3753
Financial Aid - 540-981-1732
Administrative Office - 540-345-8850
Volunteer Coordinator-540-345-9786