Join A Guild

D.A. Blodgett - St. John's has two Guilds... the St. John's Guild and the Marilyn J. Olson Guild. Both are always welcome to new members! Here's some more information about each:

St. John's Guild

The St. John's Guild is a collection of women who coordinate, solicit for, and plan the annual St. John's Holiday Party. They actively assist in fund raising for this event and begin meeting in September to plan the party. Each year, the holiday party is the first week in December and meetings become more frequent once the event gets closer.

The St. John's Guild is also responsible for providing birthday cakes to the children in our residential treatment program on St. John's campus.

Marilyn J. Olson Guild

In 2005, D.A. Blodgett - St. John’s established the Marilyn J. Olson Memorial Guild in memory of Marilyn Olson, a dedicated volunteer for over 30 years. At that time, D.A. Blodgett - St. John’s was discovering a growing need for support in many areas that would be suitable for volunteer assistance.

Examples of the types of things the MJO Guild does are:
- sort and fold donations in our clothing room
- sort, organize, and stuff backpacks for our annual Back Pack and School Supply Drive
- volunteer for set up, decorations, and clean up at our special events
- plant, weed, lay mulch, and maintain the Marilyn J. Olson Memorial Rain Garden

Guild members volunteer as their schedules allow - sometimes between one and six hours per week. Meetings are held as necessary during the lunch hour where a light lunch is served. 

For a brochure with more information about the Marilyn J. Olson Guild, click here.

If you are interested in joining one of our Guilds, or would like more information, please contact Mehgan Bechtel at 616.361.4138 or to email her, click here.