On Friday Oct 2, Pioneer Centres Porsche, Mexi-Cocina and PCA-SDR hosted a Family Dinner night at Monarch School. If you will remember, Monarch School provides an accredited education to homeless and at-risk kids while also caring for basic needs such as healthcare, food, clothing and personal hygiene.
This is the second year PCA-SDR has participated in serving a Family Dinner at Monarch. 11 club volunteers (Dan Chambers and Monica Bockman, Michael and Sue Harris, Ralph and Annette Linares, Sharon and Stephanie Grosekemper and Sharon's sister Sue, and Keith Verlaque and Martha McGowan) arrived at 4:30 to help serve the dinner. In a little over an hour, we had served about 75 people. I want to thank Mark Smith from Pioneer Porsche for paying for the food, Roberto Montoya from Mexi-Cocina for preparing and delivering the food, and all the club volunteers for serving and cleaning up. The food was delicious and the kids and their families were very grateful.
At all club events throughout September, PCA-SDR collected socks and underwear to benefit Monarch School. On Thursday night, Keith and I packed up his car with all the donations collected throughout September. There were over 650 items including socks, underwear, bras, camisoles, and t-shirts. Before the dinner started, we unloaded Keith's car and presented all the clothing items to the school. Half the floor space in the office was covered with our donations
- it was very impressive and Monarch School was very grateful. So thank you to all who participated in the clothing drive to help the students at Monarch School. Your time and efforts are very much appreciated by the students at Monarch.Thanks,
Martha