On Dec. 2, Plano West Rotary Club supported the city of Plano’s annual holiday festival Dickens for the second year. Volunteers set up a craft station where festival attendees could make their own free festive sweater ornament to take home.
Volunteers helped set up embellishments such as glitter glue, stickers, trim and more, and then replenished the supplies as needed.
Altogether 17 volunteers, led by service project organizer Jennifer Shertzer, worked a total of 53.25 hours. This included the time Jennifer spent in advance of the event inventorying existing supplies, ordering more through the city, and transporting the supplies back and forth.
Plano West members Joy Hinkelman, Emmanuel Smart, Mollie Hancock, Cristina Todd, and Kelley Crimmins volunteered alongside Jennifer. Many teens from local service clubs helped as well, including Ivy and Vika, kids of Plano West Rotarians.
One of Rotary’s areas of focus is promoting peace. The craft was inclusive of all Plano residents no matter what holiday they celebrate this month, and was a great way for attendees to see Rotarians in action.
