Philanthropy
Those whom the Asheboro Jr Women's Club has helped in our community.....
- Arts Festival - we have held an arts festival for Randolph County high school students that enable them to receive cash awards as well as recognition to be able to use on their college applications.
- Boys & Girls Club
- Coats for Students - Based on a need described by one of our club members who is a school counselor, we have had a club collection drive of coats for children in two of our local elementary schools.
- CUOC - collecting canned goods for their pantry and sponsor 20 families with a FULL Thanksgiving dinner!
- Family Crisis Center - we have had an annual Luau as a fundraiser and give the proceeds to them. We also donate clothing and other items to help stock their Thrift Store.
- Foster Teens Christmas - designate an amount of money to go towards helping these teens out during Christmas.
- Girl Scouts - we have donated money to help with purchasing supplies and sponsoring a child to go to Camp Keyauwee.
- Operation Santa Claus (Mental Health Association and Helpline in Randolph, Inc.) - club members either purchased needed personal items or donated money to buy them for our female neighbors who are challenged by a mental illness or are developmental disabled so that they too were not forgotten for the holidays.
- Randolph Pregnancy Center - have donated money towards purchasing training videos, collected needed supplies, and more.
- Relay for Life - we volunteer to sit at the tent and sell the Luminaries that are put on display around the track in "honor of" or in "memory of" loved ones.
- Ronald McDonald House - volunteers carpooled to Winston Salem's designated home and helped with basic housekeeping needs. We also collected items for their pantry and cleaning supplies.
- Salvation Army's Angel Tree - we sponsor Angel Tree cards of children who have wish lists for clothing and toys at Christmas!
- Victory Junction Gang - In 2005-2006 the club donated $1000 towards the construction of the girls locker rooms. A Gold Plaque with the club's name on it hangs in the locker room recognizing our contribution.
- Volunteer Center's Human Race - we have walked for our chosen non-profit agency. In the past it has been for the YMCA, Guardian ad Litem, Kid's Path of Hospice, and Look Good Feel Better.
- YMCA – We put on the Sam Bossong Memorial Golf Tournament which is the largest club project. This money goes towards the playground at the Randolph-Asheboro YMCA. A portion of the proceeds also goes into the YMCA's Y-Give Scholarship fund to help those wanting to use the YMCA, but are in financial need the opportunity.













