Here Comes Bertie Bear ....

Mindful of our mission in literacy, our club conceived a plan to bring stories to young children to help open the world of books for them at an early age thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for their success in the future.

“Bertie Bear Literacy Program” is a fun, rewarding experience that allows volunteer members of our club to be guest readers in local Head Start classrooms, taking along a very popular 3 ½ foot stuffed bear named Bertie. “Bertie loves story time,” we tell the children. We read a story about a bear, donate the book to the classroom, plus give them coloring books with a story about Bertie Bear on its pages. This program has proven very popular with Head Start area teachers, the kids we read to, and extremely rewarding for our members.

Cowlitz County suffers from a high unemployment rate, significant high school drop-out rates, and many children qualify for Head Start assistance. Three of our members are teachers and know firsthand the joy that books can bring to youngsters just discovering stories. They are also very aware of the lack of reading done in many area children’s homes.

Virtually every member of our club has been involved in this project in some way. Many of us are done raising our children so spending a hour or two with these youngsters and their vivid imaginations and boundless energy makes us all feel younger too, so it is a win-win situation in our minds. If you wish to donate funds to help us purchase books and coloring books, please click the email link below and contact us.

And if you get a chance, read a goodnight story aloud to a child in your life tonight.

Christmas Is Right Around the Corner ... So Order Now!!

Christmas is right around the corner .... I know Halloween or Thanksgiving aren't even here yet, but Christmas is coming ... so it is time to order your holiday Poinsettias.  The "Breakfast Bunch" Altrusa of Cowlitz County is selling Poinsettias for the holidays so be sure to place your order early so you don't miss out!!  Just send us a quick email at the link below to place your order.

The current choices available are red, white, pink and marble and they are only $12.00 each.  They are lush, full, gorgeous 6" pots and the pick up date will be approximately November 24th - just in time to deliver to all your friends and family for the holidays!! 

Our fund raising efforts fund scholarships at LCC, the Emergency Support Shelter, plus many other deserving organizations in Cowlitz County so your generous donations and purchases of Poinsettias will be very much appreciated.

Please contact us if you have any questions and thank you for making this fund raiser another great success for The Breakfast Bunch!!

Make A Difference Day .... October 24, 2009

What is make a difference day?  Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of helping others - a day of neighbors helping neighbors - and best of all - everyone can participate!!

Can you imagine taking a bath or shower and having nothing more than a wash rag or hand towel to dry off with?

Full-sized bath towels are something that a majority of us take for granted.  But what if you didn't have any available?? 

Upon hearing of the need at the Emergency Support Shelter, Altrusa International of Cowlitz County "The Breakfast Bunch" decided to make a difference ONE TOWEL AT A TIME!

Your help is needed to make this difference a HUGE one...so please bring your donation of bath towels to any of the following locations listed below the week of October 18-23.  If you have donations, but are unable to deliver, please contact us and we will come and pick up your donation.

All donations will be presented to the Emergency Support Shelter on Saturday, October 24th. 

Thank you for your generous donations!!!!


Banda's Bouquets, 1310 Broadway Street
Blue Water Wireless, 1035 Vandercook Way 

Meet Sylvia......

Sylvia was nine years old when The Breakfast Bunch first adopted her. Both her parents are deceased and she lives with her aunt in the Wakiso District of Kampala, Uganda. It is a poor rural district of Kampala. As Altrusans do, we are reaching out to help those less fortunate. None of us have ever been to Uganda, but from what we have seen in documentaries of Africa, Uganda is very beautiful. We support Sylvia in terms of schooling and we have purchased a goat for the family as well as mosquito netting. Our goal for this year is to buy chickens or other items for the family as well to help make their lives just a little bit easier.

We support her through the Dove Uganda Children's Fund which was formed by the First Baptist Church in Longview and the First Baptist Church in Princeton, Illinois. Both congregations are committed to work as a team and to move forward together to help the children of Africa in light of the devastation the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has left so many children without parents and homeless.

Yes, Sylvia is poor, but she is fortunate also…..compared to children living on the streets in the larger cities, Sylvia is one of the luckier ones; poor but she has a roof over her head and is getting an education. And she is very thankful as we receive correspondence from her often.

If you are interested in donating to our club to help Sylvia, please contact us. If you are interested in the Dove Uganda Children’s Fund, please click on the link.

Hoping we are inspiring you, The Breakfast Bunch.

Our New Blog.......

Hello everyone and welcome to our new blog. We hope you will add us to your favorites and watch as we grow. We are a dynamic group of women who are always on the move. We have tons of fund raising projects planned and will post them on this blog. We offer scholarships to our local community college so look for links to that information to be posted soon.

We are a group of givers and shakers.......so stay tuned and watch The Breakfast Bunch go and grow!!