On Wednesday, Feb. 14, employees at Rogers Electro-Matics presented Beth Morgan, Rose Home North director, with a $945.40 check with the money they raised from January. In front are Morgan, left, and Cara Davila. In the second row, from left, are Alex Herrin, Gretchen Searfoss, Gina Tuttle, Megan Best, Jaycee Logan, Katie Hurley, Lisa Durham, Shelby Perzanowski, Kim Austin and Deloris Maynard. In the back row are Kyle Blevins, Paul Eastwood II, Heather Eastwood, Tara Hively-Saldana, Cassandra Burke, Caitlin Floor, Melissa Horn, Tammy Sanders, Nick Berger and Bob Haller.

SYRACUSE — After adopting Little Lambs Daycare in 2017, the employees at Rogers Electro-Matics decided to make it a tradition and adopt Rose Home for 2018. Similarly to their money raising efforts last year, employees bring in items to raffle off either weekly or monthly.

The employees at Rogers Electro-Matics made their own vending machine with all funds going toward Rose Home this year.

Their homemade vending machine will continue this year with all proceeds going to benefit Rose Home. Once again the company will match in full whatever the employees raise each month. In January they were able to raise $945.40. Only halfway through the month of February they had already raised $523.

Beth Morgan, Rose Home North director, came and spoke to employees about the mission of the Rose Home and what the money they raise will go into. Rose Home provides a bed and a safe place for women to begin their journey into addiction recovery. With Indiana ranking eighth in the United States with people addicted to opiates, providing a piece of hope for addicts is more important than ever. Morgan explained women come to the program with nothing. It is simply through grants and donations the Rose Home helps to get these women back on their feet.

Unfortunately Rose Home only has 12 beds and the program lasts nine months to one year, so there is a long waiting list for women looking to get help.

The annual Mommy Son Dance is once more in the works as one of Rose Home’s largest fundraisers. It is planned for Saturday, April 21, with all proceeds going to help these recovering women. The donations from Rogers Electro-Matics are planned to be used toward the necessary funding for the dance including dancing, crafts and pictures.