On November 7th, with early holiday spirit, more than a dozen members of the Rochester Junior Women's Club gathered together to bake over 50 dozen cookies for the Lighthouse-PATH organization in Pontiac.  The RJWC bakers enjoyed the day baking a delicious variety of cookies from the usual suspects like chocolate chip, peanut butter, sugar and oatmeal to the unique like Russian Tea cookies, lemon drops, and walnut bars. The ladies of RJWC plan to make this an annual tradition.

The residents of Lighthouse-PATH were thrilled to have trays of cookies arrive on a sunny afternoon. “The families we have were so happy and pleased to get the cookies.  They were just filled with so much joy when they saw all the cookies; and grateful that someone would take the time to make so many homemade cookies for them.  It always touches my heart to see the families so filled with happiness when folks do such personable acts to lift our families up," Tia Cobb, Executive Director of Lighthouse PATH

Lighthouse of Oakland County offers a wide range of services to the community including emergency services such as housing, food and medical billing assistance to help those in need.  They also offer counseling, empowerment and education services to help community members become stronger and self-supporting.  The Lighthouse-PATH organization offers housing assistance to women and children as well as education and life skills training to help women become independent and successful. 

RJWC is a volunteer service organization which has been a part of the Rochester community for more than 50 years. The club is committed to supporting numerous area charities and non-profit organizations through hands-on volunteering as well as fund-raising. Since its inception, the Rochester Junior Woman’s Club has more than 1 million hours of community service and raised more than $790,000 to support the local community.

The club currently has approximately eighty women who are committed to serving the needs of the community.  They meet on the third Thursday of each month, September through May, at the Rochester Community House.

For more information on the Rochester Junior Woman’s Club, please contact Kathy Lewis at 586 939 7567 or email to kml@wowway.com. You can also visit their website at www.rhpl.org/rjwc or follow them on Facebook at “Rochester Junior Woman’s Club.”