Service Projects & Donations
Altrusa International of Tucson has many ongoing service projects, including:
- Tully preschool – started the preschool library years ago and worked on their garden project; provide some new books and check out books to 4 classes of preschoolers each week; provide gifts for their holiday party (a hand-knitted scarf and hat and new book)
- Tully library refresh (fixing the library shelves, putting shelf tags on books, adding new books to the library so there is a better variety and generally helping the library assistant)
- Friends of the Library – volunteer at sales
- Put books donated by Friends of the Library into free libraries, including at The Haven, where we put up their new free library
- Encouraged the Ronald McDonald House to establish a free library and provided starter books
- Tucson Festival of Books Young Author Contest-run it, put flyers in libraries, provide prizes including $100 gift certificate to UA Bookstore, print winning entries in an anthology, have a ceremony at the festival in March and a celebration where stories are shared in April; find information and the application for the contest at Tucsonfestivalofbooks.org and scroll down to the Young Authors and young artists contests
- Tucson Festival of Books -Pre-festival we fill snack and information bags for the illustrators & authors and take them to their hotels
- Boys & Girls Club – yearly assist Steve Daru club with Thanksgiving celebration; writing class and book club in the past
- Casa Alitas – clothing/tienda assistance & Reading/art activities in the past
- Days for Girls, our international project, preparing & supplying re-usable personal products to those in need
We also have donated to many worthy causes, particularly food, literacy & education related in 2023.
- Scholarships for Pima College and University of Arizona.
- Donations of school supplies to local schools
- Donations to Libraries for the World
- Donations to The Haven
- Donations to Community Food Bank
- Donations to Southern Arizona Animal Food Bank
- Donations to University of Arizona Campus Pantry
- Sponsor a Davis Monthan Family with a deployed parent at Christmas time
- Hygiene donations to I am You 360; other donations to I am You 360