Welcome to the Portsmouth Service League Provisional Patch Project!
The 2025–2026 Portsmouth Service League Provisionals are excited to partner with community members and local Scouts to help combat senior loneliness.
This year, we’re supporting the wonderful residents of Emily Green Shores, a historic Portsmouth senior home founded over 100 years ago by five women from Court Street Baptist Church and supported by the Portsmouth Baptist Association. Today, about 27 residents call Emily Green home.
Our Provisional Team is working with Emily Green to bring companionship, care, and smiles to their residents. After collecting items from our Amazon Wish List, we’ll assemble hygiene and care bags and spend an afternoon playing bingo and visiting with residents.
To commemorate our project, we’re offering a beautifully designed patch to those that participate!
How to Earn the 2026 Portsmouth Service League Patch
Choose one (or more!) of the following:
Purchase a new, unwrapped item from the Amazon Wish List
Share how you’re helping seniors in your community by submitting a response through JotForm
Decorate and write cards for the residents of Emily Green
Send to:
Portsmouth Women’s Club
Attn: Provisional Patch Project
304 Sycamore Road
Portsmouth, VA 23707
Please mail cards by April 17.
The residents are so excited to hear from you! Not sure what to write about? Try:
Your pets (they love hearing about animals like Bear, the service dog who visits weekly!)
Crossword puzzles or favorite games
Music you enjoy
Fun stories about your life
To receive your Portsmouth Service League Patch, be sure to complete the JotForm indicating how you participated. All submissions must be received by Friday, April 17 and will be verified; patches will be distributed within 6 weeks after the project ends.
Thank you for helping spread kindness in our community!
With gratitude,
The 2025–2026 Portsmouth Service League Provisional Team
