CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD PROJECTS MEETING TOPIC

Jaci Williams, founder and chair of the local Citizens Advisory Board, spoke to Sooner Rotary Tuesday telling of the work of assisting children in foster care in Cleveland County. The Citizens Advisory Board sponsors the Secret Santa program for children in foster care at Christmas time, but that is just one of the projects which includes administrating donated funds to provide other services.  Williams told of financial help to reunite siblings torn apart through being a part of the foster care system, of helping new foster parents provide beds and clothing for children, and other services which assist children in the foster care system.

Williams was introduced by  Autumn McMahon, a member of the Cleveland County Citizens Advisory Board.

Sooner Rotary each year sponsors a Christmas party for nearly 100 children at which each child receives a gift from Santa chosen from the child's own wish list by a Sooner Rotary member.