Benefit for Charlotte Hall Veterans Home

[malayfield]

You are invited to PARTY WITH A PURPOSE at a happy hour and benefit for the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home on Pearl Harbor Day, Friday, Dec. 7th at 6pm at the Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant on Rte. 235 in California, MD.

The following items were requested from the CHVH as donations:
- hats, scarves and gloves for men and women
- men's t-shirts
- laundry detergent (medium-sized jugs)
- Puffs Plus tissues
- liquid bath soap (shower gel) for men and women
- deodorants for men and women
- Freedent toothpaste (*no mouthwash*)
- gift certificates for Subway party platters
- electric razors
- new artificial Christmas tree
- cash donation for other needed items

Please look for a Southern Maryland Parrot Head Club member in a club t-shirt, and let him/her know you're interested in donating. We look forward to seeing you there!

Margie
SMPHC Social Committee Co-Chair

[Angel]

Awesome! If I can't make it could you please tell me if there is another way I can donate?

[Thankful]

Fantastic! Since the Ice cream social is not until after Christmas this is great.

[bresamil]

Originally Posted by Angel

Awesome! If I can't make it could you please tell me if there is another way I can donate?

You can go up to the Veteran's Home anytime to make donations. When my dad was there I'd notice who was pretty much "left alone" - no visitors, no family, and I started to bring them things and spend a few minutes with them. The greatest gift you can give them is to just be there and help - even for a few minutes. The staff turnover causes shortages, and those patients without a family advocate often get overlooked.

Now that dad has passed I go up once a week and spend time on his old hallway. They always need toiletries and they like food (check with the nurse for what they can and can't have). The man my father first shared a room with hadn't had a visitor in 3 years. The man next door had NEVER had family visit - he'd been there 7 years.

[Crow Bait]

This is an honest question...

The veterans home cannot provide those basic items?

[bresamil]

Originally Posted by Crow Bait

This is an honest question...

The veterans home cannot provide those basic items?

It depends on what section the patient is in. Those that have toiletries provided get only the most basic, generic type - so any preferred items must be brought in from the outside. Those that live over in assisted living have to handle such things as toiletries on their own.

[Crow Bait]

hrrmmmm.... Sad.