Ronald McDonald House 4/25

Like every fourth Monday of the month, NVC sent a group of students to Ronald McDonald House to prepare a meal. This time, Rick Dansdill and JP Regan made chicken fajitas, rice, beans and cookies. We’ll be taking the summer off, but next year we’ll be picking out some new dates. If you’d really like to be involved in RMH, but the 4th Monday never works for you, let us know! Tell us some times that do work for you. Just send NVC an email at nvc@newmancentercolumbia.org

Thanks so much to all the volunteers that helped at Ronald McDonald House this year!

Light Up the Night – THANK YOU!

Thank you so, so much to everyone who attended the Light Up the Night event to benefit the Children’s Organization of Southeast Asia Library Project. We had over 140 people attend the event and raised over $3,000! Special thanks to all our sponsors and the wonderful performers who put on a great show.

Check out more photos from the event on our Facebook page!

Day of Service Recap

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of those who attended the Day of Service on Saturday. The day began with a fantastic mass service with Father Simon and was followed by a delicious breakfast while representatives from the Central Missouri Community Action Center presented about poverty and how we can get involved.

After breakfast, volunteers grabbed a lunch for the road and headed out to clean at St. Francis House, work in the garden at Centro Latino and help build a trail at Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center. Back at the Newman Center, we worked on crafts to sell at Light Up the Night and made a banner and cookies to bring to the fire fighters at station #3 on the MU campus. We got an awesome behind the scenes tour at the fire station and they even brought the firetruck outside for us to climb around in! It was a lot of fun for all ages. Don’t miss out on the next Day of Service!

Light Up the Night: Spotlight on Saifon

Even though Fon’s name means ‘rain’ in Thai, she is all sunshine and smiles. Her favorite colors are purple, pink, and blue and her favorite subjects in school are English and Thai. At home, she enjoys reading comic books and cooking her favorite meals: fried rice and chicken with basil. What’s one thing Fon would like people to know about herself? She’s “strict but kind”; she likes to teach people how to do things the right way!

Light Up the Night: Spotlight on Ning

Ning is a bubbly 13 (and a half, she insists!) year old Issan girl. She has spunk and alovable, cheeky attitude. Like many girls her age, Ning aspires to be a pop star. She loves singing, playing the Thai flute and practicing traditional Thai dancing. When asked one thing that she would like people to know about her, she unabashedly giggled, “I’m not beautiful, but I’m cute!”

Light Up the Night: Spotlight on Gan

Every day until the March 19th fundraiser, “Light Up the Night — A dinner theater event” we will be posting the bio of a girl currently at the Baan Yuu Suk Shelter, which the event will help benefit.

This week’s spotlight is on Gan, a reserved, soft-spoken 15-year- old Yao girl. She enjoys reading non-fiction science books and doing housework. Her favorite colors are blue and orange and she loves pad thai. In school she likes to play volleyball and work on her computer skills. Although thinking about her family conjures up sad feelings, her friends at the shelter keep her in a happy mood. In fact, since moving to Baan Yuu Suk, Gan says that she hasn’t been scared or worried about anything for the first time in her life.

Don’t miss “Light Up the Night” on March 19th from 7:30-10:30.  Tickets are on sale in the Newman Center office all week and cost $25 or $12 for students. The night includes dinner and several music and dance performances.

Ronald McDonald House 2/28

Monday night, the Newman Volunteer Corps sent a group of students to prepare a meal at Ronald McDonald House. They made tacos and brownies! Thanks to all who participated. Don’t miss out on going next month.