Rochester, Michigan
January 5, 2009

The Rochester Junior Woman’s Club (RJWC) is actively seeking new members! RJWC is a volunteer service organization which has been a part of the Rochester community for more than 50 years. 

If you are interested in learning more about becoming a member of RJWC there will be an Orientation meeting on January 22nd 2009 at the Rochester Community House, 816 Ludlow, in Downtown Rochester, at 7:00 pm.

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 Woman’s Club has donated more than 1 million hours of community service and raised more than $650,000 to support the local community.

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 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester Hills Museum at VanHoosen Farm including the annual Stonewall Pumpkin Festival, the Older Persons Commission, and Dinosaur Hill Nature Center. 

In addition, recent fundraisers have benefitted South Oakland Shelter, Meadowbrook Hall Garden Club, and Rochester Hills Museum, Meadowbrook Center for Learning Differences and Paint a Miracle in addition to an annual fundraiser for the Crittenton Hospital Auxiliary. 

Funds raised this year will benefit OPC, Rainbow Connection Special Response Program and the Rochester Area Neighborhood House Food Pantry among other local charities.

Rochester Junior Woman’s Club welcomes new members all year long. Meetings are held the third Thursday of every month, September through May at the Rochester Community House at 7:00 p.m. 

There will also be another Orientation Meeting, April 29th, 2009. Both meetings will be held at the Rochester Community House, 816 Ludlow, in Downtown Rochester, at 7:00 pm.

For more information about the club, membership, or orientation meetings, call Michelle Vitale at (586) 206-2571, email michvitale@yahoo.com, or visit www.rhpl.org/rjwc/.