Ways to Serve!

Hi everyone!
 
So, here’s a quick update on what’s been happening behind the scenes with the July 11 outreach!  If you are able to help out in any of the following ways please let me know.  I certainly do not want anyone to feel obligated or overcommitted so please only do what you can.  Our time is short and there’s quite a bit to do!  Thanks for helping where you can!
 
I’m very excited about this outreach for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is because I see this as a powerful day to see how God uses the family of believers to love and encourage each other.  And out of the overflow of that bless those whom our brothers and sisters are reaching out to.  We are going to be so encouraged by our brothers and sisters at Open Arms, World Impact, and the Union Rescue Mission!  And I pray we’ll be of encouragement to their hearts as well. 
 
This will be a busy day full of many opportunities to serve so we want to keep things as streamlined as possible in order to keep from focusing on things and keep the focus on people.  We’re planning for 500 families so we’ll be pre-bagging 1,000 bags (or more we hope!) of groceries and loading up a truck the night before – Friday, July 10 from 5-8pm.
 
Here’s how some of you may be able help – (July 11 is a regular FP delivery date)
 
500 Fruit boxes with lids from grocery stores – to stack pre-bagged groceries in and transport by truck (boxed to prevent damage during transport as well as easily store larger quantity)
1,000 grocery bags – reusable is preferred so they’ll be easier for the families to carry, however we’ll take paper for sure if that’s what we can get.
Bread donations? – Panera, Western Bagel, Bible Tabernacle
Grants to shop for supplemental food – from Sams
Supplemental shopping – orders will be placed.  We need people to pick up the items from various stores
 
Pick oranges – Piru – tentatively week prior in order to utilize the fruit for the outreach.  The owner is checking her schedule in order to confirm a date.  (July 5,6,7,8)
 
Pre-bag the groceries on Friday, July 10 5-8pm
 
If you would like to volunteer for either pre-bag or the day of the event just let me know or sign up over the weekend at the information counter.  We’ll be leaving from the church by bus on Saturday morning at 7am sharp! 
 
 
Thank you!
Sheri