Congratulations and thanks to Rev. Lawrence Robles for his many years of dedicated service as Executive Director of SMUM. On 7 December 2011, the Board of SMUM gave a community and volunteer party for to honor Lawrence for his work. SMUM is proud of Lawrence but we will miss him when he moves to a new role as Rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church, in Salinas, California. Volunteers from ABC Playtime, Studio, VITA, the Food Warehouse and all of SMUM’s many programs turned out to talk and snack and eat one last tres leches cake with Lawrence.
During the interim period until the new SMUM Executive Director is in place, please direct questions to Alfonso Mendez in the SMUM office (Email: (Enable Javascript to see the email address), Phone: 408-292-3314) or to the SMUM Board Convener, Rev. David Breuer (Email: (Enable Javascript to see the email address), Phone: 408-354-2195)
Images Copyright 2011 by Katy Dickinson
 Thanks to you!
With the support of SMUM’s generous donors and amazing volunteers, in 2010 SMUM was able to serve:
- 6,701 households
- 14,159 individuals
- 5,476 children
Selected SMUM 2010 program measures:
- VITA helped over 100 families with their income tax returns. Over $200K was returned to the local economy from the households that e-file with the VITA program at SMUM.
- ABC Playtime served 12 preschool students and their families.
- Studio served 29 grade school students and their families.
- Over 800 backpacks were distributed at the end of the summer to grade school, middle school, and high school students.
- 347,020 pounds of food was donated to SMUM for community distribution (valued at about $677 thousand).
- 290 Emergency Food Boxes (for those outside of the SMUM service area)
- 43 bicycles were given away. 52 bikes were repaired.
- Community Closet provided clothes, bedding, toys and other used items to to over 200 households per month.
- 834 Christmas Gifts were distributed in 2010 (about the same as in 2009).
Thanks to SMUM Treasurer Joanna Shreve, Executive Director Rev. Lawrence Robles, and Office Manager Alfonso Mendez for their help in compiling these numbers.
Saturday, April 9, 9am – noon (at SMUM)
Do you love little kids? Do you have a couple hours a week to serve?
Then please come find out about ABC PLAYTIME, the SMUM program for pre-schoolers. This no-fee program offers preschoolers a chance to prepare for Kindergarten, socialize and have lots of fun! We are hoping to meet both prospective students (ages 3-5) and prospective volunteers at our Open House on April 9th, 2011. Please join us for snacks and learn about one of SMUM’s greatest programs!
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the new SMUM website and its testing. Special thanks to Jessica Dickinson Goodman who created the new design and did much of the transition work. John Plocher just updated the website so the new design and content are now visible to the public.
You will find old and new material on http://smum.org (which resolves to http://smum.org/blogs automatically), including:
- All Canticle newsletters from 2008-2009-2010
- The Studio kids’ games page – http://smum.org/blogs/programs/studio-games-2/
- A link to the diocesan donation page – http://www.edecr.org/donation.php
- A way to sign up for the SMUM email distribution list (under SUBSCRIBE on the right-hand side)
- A new SMUM Donor page is available for the first time
- Many new pictures
- Updated and corrected content
Edits, corrections, and comments are welcome.
Katy Dickinson
SMUM Board Member
SMUM Studio Teacher
Volunteer Sees a Need and Fills It
Volunteers make services at Santa Maria (SMUM) possible and useful, and an excellent example is Larry Bursch, who started as a volunteer in 1999, buying supplies for the nurse running a clinic we operated at that time. A great bargain hunter, Larry has identified good buys for various supplies since then and began working at the reception desk in 2003. He continues to be the smiling face that clients see each Wednesday morning.
Continue reading Blog: The Canticle – September 2010
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