ASTRA
Anthony Belen Gonzalez
Southwestern College
$1,000
ASTRA
Earl Danzy
Southwestern College
$1,000
Ray-Etta Morrell
Gian Marco Zuno
Southwestern College
$1,000
ASTRA
Anthony Belen Gonzalez
Southwestern College
$1,000
ASTRA
Anthony Belen Gonzalez
Southwestern College
$1,000
ASTRA
Earl Danzy
Southwestern College
$1,000
ASTRA
Earl Danzy
Southwestern College
$1,000
Ray-Etta Morrell
Gian Marco Zuno
Southwestern College
$1,000
Ray-Etta Morrell
Gian Marco Zuno
Southwestern College
$1,000
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 815 5769 0158
Passcode: BcaVv4
SERVICE
Alone we can do so little;
together we can do so much.
~ Helen Keller
Our efforts help organizations and individuals through hard work
from our volunteer members and financial support from our Foundation.
This year, our theme is Building Bridges that Elevate, Connect, and Empower our Communities.
We have two global efforts: Days for Girls and S.O.S. (Support Our Soldiers). We also have a new District-wide service project: supporting young survivors of human trafficking
through International Network of Hearts.
LOCAL PROJECTS
Member Donna Moss secured a donation of hand sanitizer and masks from UniFirst San Diego for senior residents at Fredericka Manor. With the quantity received, supplies were shared with other local senior resident homes.
ASTRA Chair, Sharon Brower, and Advisor, Jenny Sabas, distributed menstrual products and food to low-income Southwestern College students on May 5, 2021.
Members donated items to St. Paul’s essential needs drive (SPEND) to help low-income seniors. Some of our members also volunteer as pen pals for senior residents at St. Paul’s Senior Services while they’re alone and missing their families during COVID. Helen Nosal pictured.
Member Donna Moss secured a donation of hand sanitizer and masks from UniFirst San Diego for senior residents at Fredericka Manor. With the quantity received, supplies were shared with other local senior resident homes.
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Our Altrusa Club of Chula Vista, Inc. Foundation donated 80 Luci Lights to the indigenous people in the Tarahumara mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico
Our members volunteered with the Escondido Days for Girls Chapter to make menstrual hygiene kits in support of women and girls in Rwamagana, Africa. In January 2020, our members helped out at the Days for Girls Conference.
Our Altrusa Club of Chula Vista, Inc. Foundation donated 80 Luci Lights to the indigenous people in the Tarahumara mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico
PAST PROJECTS
As part of our efforts to Support Our Soldiers (S.O.S.), we adopted a Navy family for Christmas and donated gifts for their two boys and gift cards for the parents to buy food for their Christmas dinner.
We partnered with Chula Vista Elementary and Sweetwater Union High School Districts to annually provide gift certificates to four new teachers to the local education supplies store.
We donated funds to build wells in Africa for those who didn’t have access to clean drinking water.
As part of our efforts to Support Our Soldiers (S.O.S.), we adopted a Navy family for Christmas and donated gifts for their two boys and gift cards for the parents to buy food for their Christmas dinner.
JANUARY
MARY THIGPEN MONTH OF SERVICE
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Mary Thigpen was a seasoned professional in the field of Human Resources. She spent her final managerial years working for the City of Chula Vista as a Senior Personnel Analyst. Once retired, she discovered how much fun retirement really was! She realized that there were still other ways for her to be useful from home and began seeking out exciting volunteer opportunities. If someone needed help, she would be the first one to get in line. Mary connected our club to Water for Children Africa and had an interest in many types of community service projects; she just wanted to help people in any way possible. We named January the Mary Thigpen Month of Service in honor of her birthday and her passion for community service.
In our first year (2021), we supported senior residents at Rose's Greenfield Manor, where Mary would donate annually, and Fredericka Manor, where our beloved Dottie Miller resided. We donated over 600 items to these seniors. This year, we donated over 60 We Care packages to seniors in the South Bay through Meals on Wheels.