FIRST FRIDAYS AT 5 FRIDAYS
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. . 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 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
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