QUOTA OF INDIANA PLANNING SEVENTH ANNUAL EVENT
TO BENEFIT ALICE PAUL HOUSE
Quota International of Indiana, Pa. Inc. and The Coney Island Restaurant are actively planning for the 2010 seventh annual Alice Paul House event upstairs@theconey on Jan. 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The event is expected to raise almost $5,000 for the Alice Paul House.
Over the past six years, Quota and The Coney have together raised almost $28,000 to support initiatives for women and children at the Alice Paul House, including a new playground at the facility. Quotarians also collect specific items of need throughout the club year for the Alice Paul House.
Tickets for the event are $25 per person and include hors d’ouevres and beverage sampling, courtesy of several area vendors. Donated door prizes also will be given away during the event. All proceeds from ticket sales and other special events during the event go to the Alice Paul House. Music will be provided by a group directed by Dr. Keith Young, IUP professor of music. Cats-Up Graphics, owned by Stacy Long, donated ticket design and printing.
“The Coney Island Restaurant, Cats-Up Graphics, our musicians, the beverage vendors, and area businesses have been incredibly generous year after year, and have helped us to make this event a great success,” said Quota President Meghan Foulk. “Quota International of Indiana is very proud to be part of this fundraising initiative, which provides support for the women and children at the Alice Paul House.”
Tickets are available from any Quotarian or by calling Foulk at 724-349-6935.
Quotarians also are actively planning for the fifth annual St. Patty’s Day Open on March 12, an indoor nine-hole golfing event in Downtown Indiana to raise funds for the club’s service projects.
Quota International Inc. is a 90-year-old international service organization that links members of all ages, occupations and nationalities in a worldwide network of service and friendship. With a motto of "we share," Quotarians are known especially for their service to deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech impaired individuals and disadvantaged women and children.
Quota International of Indiana, with 50 active members, meets monthly at the Indiana Elks. Quota of Indiana celebrated its 54th anniversary in September.
Other projects include ongoing mentoring events, including a business tour; a career planning event; and a summer pool party; support for Deaf Awareness Day at the Indiana Mall; purchase of classroom amplification systems for children who are hard of hearing; support for the local ATHENA student clubs; support for the Back to School Bash for disadvantaged children; support for the local ob-gyn clinic and support for the Salvation Army’s Treasures for Children.
For more information about Quota of Indiana, persons may contact Foulk at 724-349-6935.