Outreach Team – November 2025
Our members include Chris Kollen as lead, Carol Buuck, Phyllis Teager, Patty Clymer, Carlene Allegier, Gail Nicewander, Sandy Mitchel, Ruth Gross and Janette Carollo.
We are planning new and exciting projects this coming year. If you’d like more information about becoming a member of Outreach, contact Chris Kollen at lizzykollen@comcast.net or at 520-419-7475.
Continuing Events
Marana Food Bank
The Marana Food Bank would like to request that we collect instant mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, mac and cheese, canned tuna/chicken/ham, pancake mix, syrup, and ready-to-eat meals.
Let’s show our thanks and share God’s love by giving our neighbors a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Donated items can be placed in the wooden cabinet located in the hallway outside the Fellowship Hall. Please remember that the food bank cannot accept any food items that have been opened/used or expired. Also, please, no glass containers.
If you would like to donate and keep your gift for the needy of Marana, you can send a check to:
MFB-CRC
c/o Sahuarita Food Bank
PO Box 968
Sahuarita, AZ 85629
Please make checks payable to Marana Food Bank – Community Resource Center or MFB-CRC.
You can also donate online at mfb-crc.org.
Your monetary gift goes a long way.
Refugee family from Sudan
We have a great opportunity to help a refugee family in Tucson. One of the members of Outreach, Patty Clymer, is tutoring a Sudanese refugee. The family is being helped by Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, but otherwise are not receiving any other assistance. Outreach would like to help the family and is planning on adding them (there are 7 children) for Thanksgiving boxes and Adopt a Child.
Upcoming Events
Thanksgiving Boxes – Roadrunner Elementary and Refugee Family
We will start collecting food for Thanksgiving Food boxes from October 26th to November 16th for families with students attending Roadrunner Elementary and for the refugee family from the Sudan mentioned above. On Sunday, November 16th, we’ll have a fun day organizing the food and decorating the boxes. We’ll organize the food collected after 1st service, then pack the boxes after 2nd service. The boxes will be delivered to Roadrunner the week of November 17th. We will give out handouts of what to collect on Oct. 26th, there will be additional handouts in the Narthex. Please let us know of any additional families that need help.
Adopt a Family – Roadrunner Elementary and Refugee Family
We are having Adopt a Family again this year, partnering with Roadrunner Elementary School. This year we will be adding a refugee family from the Sudan. We have received a list from Roadrunner with the names of the families. We plan on starting Adopt a Child on Sunday, November 9th. The gifts will need to be returned unwrapped anytime after November 9th until December 7th. The gifts will need to be delivered to Roadrunner and the refugee family by December 8th.
