Outreach Team – September 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 spaghetti sauce, canned tuna/chicken, cereal, peanut butter and jelly, ready-to-eat meals (ravioli), and mac and cheese.
Let’s help start the school year right and make sure all the students and families in our community 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 mfb-crc.org.
Your monetary gift goes a long way. Every $10 helps provide 50 meals.
Previous Events
Roadrunner Backpack and School Supply Drive
We collected 20 backpacks, bags full of school supplies, Kleenex and ziplock baggies for the students at Roadrunner Elementary School.
Thank you! Thank you!
Roadrunner and the Outreach Team thank you for your generous support!
Upcoming Events
Hygiene Items Drive for Butler’s Pantry at Roadrunner Elementary School
As many of you know, we have partnered with Roadrunner over the last year to establish a clothing and food pantry, Butler’s Pantry. Our donations and volunteers have helped to provide a place for families to go when they are in need. As school has just started, there is a great need for personal hygiene items. In preparation for God’s Work, Our Hands, we’ll be collecting hygiene items for Butler’s Pantry. We’re collecting toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, body wash, bar soap, deodorant, and feminine hygiene products. A flyer on items needed and a collection box has been placed in the Narthex. The drive started on August 18th and runs through September 8th.
We have a goal! Collect 100 tubes of toothpaste! We know we can reach our goal and help the families at Roadrunner!
God’s Work Our Hands
Outreach will be offering two projects as part of God’s Work/Our Hands during Rally Day, September 8, 2024.
One of the projects is sorting hygiene items that were collected during the month of August for the Butler’s Pantry at Roadrunner Elementary.
The second project will be making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Sister José Women’s Center. Sister José aids and transforms the lives of women experiencing homelessness. Their low-barrier day center provides unaccompanied women who are unhoused with a stable and safe environment to recuperate from the daily struggle of homelessness and extreme poverty. This will be the fourth year we’ve provided sandwiches for Sister José they are very thankful for the help. Thank you!
Volunteer as part of the 9/11 National Day of Service on Saturday, September 14th
The 9/11 National Day of Service is a commemorative effort at http://911day.org and http://JustServe.org. One of the projects in our community is at Roadrunner Elementary School to paint the Amphitheater and pillars at the school. Several people from Outreach will be going and we’re looking for more volunteers! Let us know if you’re interested, we’ll also have a sign-up sheet.