Splashes of Joy

 
Our speaker this week was Jeannie Huntley, Founder and Chairwoman Emerita of Splashes of Joy. This is a Montana-Based, nonprofit organization that provides gifts and services to ill or homebound people. They help rekindle their internal joy that may have been temporarily lost in the maze of illness or age. Services provided by their volunteers include creating homemade cards, home visitation, house cleaning, landscaping, meals, small home repairs, and prayer support. Local businesses donate a variety of products ranging from landscaping materials, flowers and balloons to massages, manicures and haircuts.
In the past six years, they have served 0ver 160 recipients, their caregivers and members of their families. This included over 2,700 hand crafted cards, over 1,600 home-cooked meals, thousands of dollars of donated landscaping work, household and pet help, balloons, flowers and gifts. They have provided wigs for those losing their hair during chemo and helped others with items not covered by insurance.
 
Their Annual 2016 Spring Gala will be held on April 23rd, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Radisson Colonial Hotel in Helena. Individual tickets cost $45. Please consider going to this event to support a great organization here in our community. Tickets are available at Leslie’s Hallmark or by calling (406) 459-5652.
Our speaker this week was Jeannie Huntley, Founder and Chairwoman Emerita of Splashes of Joy. This is a Montana-Based, nonprofit organization that provides gifts and services to ill or homebound people. They help rekindle their internal joy that may have been temporarily lost in the maze of illness or age. Services provided by their volunteers include creating homemade cards, home visitation, house cleaning, landscaping, meals, small home repairs, and prayer support. Local businesses donate a variety of products ranging from landscaping materials, flowers and balloons to massages, manicures and haircuts.
In the past six years, they have served 0ver 160 recipients, their caregivers and members of their families. This included over 2,700 hand crafted cards, over 1,600 home-cooked meals, thousands of dollars of donated landscaping work, household and pet help, balloons, flowers and gifts. They have provided wigs for those losing their hair during chemo and helped others with items not covered by insurance.
 
Their Annual 2016 Spring Gala will be held on April 23rd, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Radisson Colonial Hotel in Helena. Individual tickets cost $45. Please consider going to this event to support a great organization here in our community. Tickets are available at Leslie’s Hallmark or by calling (406) 459-5652.