5 volunteers from the Target Merrillville store visited TradeWinds for a few hours on Friday, February 21st to work with our adult participants on arts & crafts projects. Everyone had a great time making colorful paintings. Thank you Target volunteers for donating your time and talent.
Thank You to all the participating teams
Monday, February 10th was our annual bowling event. This was our best year yet with over 300 bowlers! We hope you had a ball with our TradeWinds bowlers!! We know they did and as always are looking forward to next year!! Thank you to all of our participating bowling teams. And thank you to Stardust II for another great event! Click the link to read more about this fundraising event in an article written in the NW Indiana Times.
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Fulfilled by St. Matthias Church
The families of St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church in Crown Point were very generous this holiday season fulfilling the Angel Tree wish list of our Group Homes. Our Director of Programs & Pre-Vocation, Lynn Strohl, and Maintenance Supervisor, Nate Rouse needed our box truck to pick up the tremendous donation of items. Some of the items on the wish list included kitchenware & appliances, games, sports equipment, art supplies, personal items, movie gift cards, patio & yard furniture – so many things that make a house “your home”. Thank you to all the families of St. Matthias for your generous holiday spirit.
Donates Shoebox Craft Kits
The blessings of this holiday season have been generous to TradeWinds Children’s department. Living Hope Church of Merrillville collected and created “Shoe Box” craft kits for each child to take home over the holiday break. This shoebox will provide the whole family the gift of exploring, designing, and creating art projects together. Such a unique and thoughtful idea – Thank you Living Hope Church.
Nancy & Greg Repasky of Crown Point provided TradeWinds with winter boots and gloves for some of our adult participants. Your generosity to help our adults with special needs is truly appreciated.
White Hawk Country Club Home Owners Association in Crown Point held a Celebration of Lights Holiday party on Wednesday, December 11th that included giving back to the community. Everyone attending the party was asked to bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to three local organizations. TradeWinds Children’s department was fortunate to be one of the recipients of this generous donation. Thank you so much White Hawk HOA.
Thank You for your generosity!
A GREAT BIG thank you to the folks at First United Methodist Church of Crown Point. The church adopted 7 TradeWinds families donating Christmas presents for them. Such a wonderful gesture, it is so nice knowing that these families will have a wonderful Christmas morning and the children will have big smiles on their faces. Lisa Previs, TradeWinds Director of Programs accepted the donation. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! First United Methodist Church of Crown Point.
Thank You to Strack & VanTil Catering Department
A great big "thank you" goes out to Brenda and the Strack & VanTil catering team for the many events at TradeWinds this past year. The food is fabulous. They can customize menus for your events. Thanks for all you do for TradeWinds.
Thank you for the donations
Thank you to Morrison Construction for donating Dunkin Donut gift cards, Old Time Pottery for the donation of fleece blankets, and Michelle Maxia of The Toy Box Connection and Ron Bickel for the donation of socks and hats. The generous donation of all of these items allowed us to put together a nice gift bag for each of our TradeWinds participants to receive at their recent Holiday party. Thank you to all for making their holiday extra special.
Thank you to the Falling Waters Home Owner Association for sponsoring the 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, September 14th. Thanks to the generosity of all involved the proceeds benefited the TradeWinds Services children’s programs. Receiving the check is (left to right): Jon Gold, TradeWinds CEO; Lisa Tatina, Director of Development & Marketing; Rich Arnold, TradeWinds Maintenance and Falling Waters resident; and Falling Waters representatives, Pete Kovacik and Dave Cullom.
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