Colleen Culver, professional storyteller, tells her story to the CW Rotary Club

Colleen Culver, wife of our treasurer, Dave Walczak talked about her long career as a writer or as she says, a “storyteller”. At our Wednesday Rotary meeting, Colleen told her story about her lifelong passion for writing.

She has written 200 books of different genres under a variety of pen names. Colleen grew up in the Camden - Wyoming area and relies on many of her experiences from her early childhood when writing her books.

Colleen’s first publication was at age 16 in the Delaware Digest and sold her first novel when she was 23 Colleen’s mother was a writer, and when her mother was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Colleen teamed up with her to author several books.

To date, Colleen has sold over 10 million copies of her books. The books have been translated into multiple languages and read around the world. She continues her disciplined schedule of writing and is currently under contract to write Amish romances.

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AuthorRonald Kahn

Third grade students in the Caesar Rodney School District were recently given the gift of a dictionary by the Camden Wyoming Rotary Club. The Club has participated in The Dictionary Project for about 25 years. In that time, they have provided thousands of dictionaries to students. The third graders were excited to receive their new dictionaries. Many of the students quickly started thumbing through the books to learn about sign language, see the longest word in the English language, or find a favorite word. It is rewarding to see the sparkle of gratitude in the students’ eyes when they get their very own book that they can write their name in.

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On Thursday, November 17, 2022, Camden Wyoming Rotary Club members Jan, Jose, Sue, Trish, Ron, Debbie, Dan, Fran, Jazzy, Prospective member Jake, Satellite Club member Debbie K., and First Husband Vern carpooled to Wilmington to help fill holiday stockings with various items for the troops at Stockings for soldiers -Delaware, Inc.

The program was founded by Judy Travis to help improve the morale and welfare of members of the Armed Forces of United States deployed in harm’s way. The individual stockings send a "touch of home" as well as personal messages of support to remind our troops that we appreciate all they do for us and to let them know that they have not been forgotten over the holidays.

The Wyoming Rotary Club has participated in this worthwhile event for several years. It was a fun evening helping to say thanks to the men and women of our armed services.

Our work group with Judy Travis and ?

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At it’s Wednesday meeting, the Camden Wyoming Rotary Club prepared for its annual delivery of dictionaries to third graders in the Caesar Rodney School District. Members placed Rotary stickers on the books ahead of the December distribution.

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At our weekly Wednesday meeting we were given a demonstration of "Ugli Quilts" by Diane McGuire and Denise Adams of the Woodside United Methodist Church.  Diane, Denise and a few others come together on most weeks to produce a quilt, which in essence is a sleeping bag for the homeless.  Diane donates the finished quilts for various organizations around our area to distribute to those in need.

 

Diane talked about the fac that for 22 years the women of Woodside United Methodist Church have been making the sleeping bags for the homeless. The group relies on donations, both monetary and material to accomplish their work.  She noted that since 2021 the number of homeless has doubled. There are approximately 2,300 homeless in Delaware, including 106 households of veterans. There are only 500 emergency shelter beds in the state. Of those, 143 are in Kent County. Many homeless do not feel comfortable going in to shelters for various reasons and need the sleeping bags and Diddy bags that are provided to them by the church.

 

Items used and needed year-round:

Towels, wash cloths, combs, hotel samples shampoo etc., gloves, toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks, men’s ties, sheets (any size), blankets, mattress pads, neck scarves, and 55 gallon trash bags.

These items can be dropped off at 2022 Highland Ave., Dover, DE 19901 (place items on the front porch with a note) 

Monetary donations can be made to Woodside UM Church, P.O.Box., Woodside, DE 19980 (memo: Ugli Quilts)

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AuthorRonald Kahn