Outreach Team – July 2024 Newsletter Article
Our members include Chris Kollen as lead, Carol Buuck, Phyllis Teager, Patty Clymer, 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 mac and cheese, pasta, spaghetti sauce, jelly, canned fruit, instant rice, and beans. Summer is an especially difficult time for families since kids are out of school and missing some essential meals. Let’s help lighten their burden and make sure they all have enough to eat.
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 http://mfb-crc.org . Your monetary gift goes a long way. Every $10 helps provide 50 meals.
Borega Orphanage
The Tisho Family visited Lord of Grace on June 23rd to tell us about the Berega orphanage they run in Tanzania. The have a holistic approach for caring for the orphans, caregivers, and families. Babies are raised by a female relative with support from staff. They provide education and small business skills to the family care givers. There are daily devotions and prayer to help them grow spiritually. The orphanage is becoming more self-sufficient through a dairy project, starting small businesses, and using Farming God’s Way to improve farm yields.
Tax deductible gifts can be given on line at http://TMS-Global.org/give. Refer to account #0351. You can request their quarterly newsletter and donate at: https://beregakids.wixsite.com/beregakids.
Butler’s Pantry
We’re continuing to staff and work at Butler’s Pantry during the summer. If anyone is interested in joining us, contact Phyllis Teager or a member of the Outreach Team.
Upcoming Events
School supplies and Backpacks – Roadrunner Elementary
We will be collecting backpacks and school supplies as part of Roadrunner Elementary’s Backpack and School Supply Drive to help collect essential and urgently needed items for vulnerable students that attend Roadrunner. The drive will start July 7th and run until July 28th. Needed items include:
· Backpacks
· Reusable water bottles
· #2 Pencils
· Colored pencils
· Pencil box or pouch
· Expo dry erase markers – fine-tip or thin
· Crayola markers, broad
· Crayola crayons
· Highlighters
· Glue sticks
· Scissors
· Erasers, regular and pencil top
· Two or three Pocket folders
· Composition notebooks
· Spiral notebooks
· Wide-ruled paper
· Ear buds (with cord) or headphones
· Post-it notes
Also please consider donating Ziploc bags and Kleenex