Rochester Junior Women's Club to Host New Member Rally

The Rochester Junior Women's Club (RJWC) is accepting new members!

A New Member Rally will be held on August 16, 2018 from 6:30pm – 8:00pm at the Rochester Community House. Potential members can attend to learn more about the RJWC and about the charities they will be working with during the year.

RJWC is committed to supporting numerous area charities and non-profit organizations through hands-on volunteering as well as fund-raising. Since its inception, the Rochester Junior Women's Club has more than 1 million hours of community service and raised more than $920,000 to support the local community.

The Rochester Junior Women's Club is a fun loving group of women who have one common goal — "Serving their community." Great friendships have been built while accomplishing this goal. Although they work hard, they also find time to have fun.

Membership requirements are $100 per year which include Membership Dues and a lobster from the Lobster Boil fundraiser. Also included within the Membership Dues is $7.30 toward "Pennies a Day" which goes to support Guiding Harbor, a private, non-profit organization founded by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Michigan (GFWC-MI), that provides child caring and child placement services for abused and neglected children.

Members of RJWC have helped found many institutions in the Rochester community; Rochester Community House, Crittenton Hospital, Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester YMCA, Older Persons Commission (OPC) and the League of Women Voters all were started with the support of club members.

The group also provides hands on support to the Avon Players, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm including the annual Stonewall Pumpkin Festival, the Older Persons Commission, and Dinosaur Hill Nature Center. They also provide two scholarships annually through the Greater Rochester Community Foundation.

In addition, past fundraisers have benefited Avon Players, Band of Angels, Blessings in a Backpack, Crittenton Hospital Foundation, Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve, Friends of the Paint Creek Trail, Leader Dogs for the Blind, Meadow Brook Center for Learning Differences, Meadow Brook Hall, Meadow Brook Hall Garden Club, Older Persons Commission (OPC), Paint a Miracle, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rainbow Connection, Rochester Area Neighborhood House, Rochester Area Recreational Authority (RARA) Rochester Community House, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester Symphony Orchestra (RSO), South Oakland Shelter, Vista Maria and many other worthy organizations.

The club holds two or three major fundraisers a year to raise funds for the chosen recipient. Upcoming events include the annual "Lobster Boil" which will be held September 29th, BingoMania on October 23rd as well as the "Spring Highlights" Luncheon and Shopping Boutique on April 13, 2019. More information, as well as tickets, for these events can be found as it becomes available at www.rjwc.org.

If you are interested in learning more information about the club, please attend the New Member Rally on August 16, 2018 from 6:30 – 8:00pm at the Rochester Community House. Please contact Karen with questions at kgeibel1@gmail.com. You can also visit www.rjwc.org or follow "Rochester Junior Women's Club” on Facebook.