2012

Wow!  What a whirlwind Christmas was for me and I know from facebook that some of you aren't even finished yet!  While I just love the celebration of Christmas and spending time with family and friends, the hustle and bustle of it all is enough to cause me to need a vacation!  Alas, the new semester starts in one week and as one who loves a new challenge, along with new beginnings, I want to make sure that we start 2012 off on the right foot so I am posting early!


I made one small change for this semester.  I decided to use Sign Up Genius instead of Volunteer Spot as the online sign up site.  Everything is on one page and it just seems to have a nicer flow to it.  I hope you agree.  Remember to check it out and sign up right away if you want to volunteer.  I have had several people say that they wanted to bring their kids over to pack bags and am hoping that each will take the opportunity!  It doesn't take very long and really is a meaningful experience for everyone!  

I am also offering the opportunity for you to deliver the bags to school so if you're free on Fridays and would like to do that, be sure to sign up for that too!  I have put times on both but the times are flexible if you need it to be.  I just had to put something on the site.  Click below to sign up:


http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F4AAEAA22A64-volunteer


Now, onto donations.  Last semester seemed to go perfectly so we'll keep doing it the same way... so, on that note, here's what we'll need by January 4:


10 small individual boxes of cereal
23 envelopes of oatmeal
24 peanut butter
25 jelly in plastic containers
24 envelopes of easy mac
20 cans of green beans
18 fruit cups
18 applesauce
25 small individual cheez it bags
25 apples




Thanks, in advance, to all of you who sign up or are printing this list to take to the store or will be texting me from the store to see what's still needed!

I am so excited to be serving with you!!!

Everything...

We have everything!  EV-RY-THING showed up today!
God is amazing!  EVERY SINGLE WEEK I look at how much we need and think there's no way it can happen apart from God... and I'm right.  Good thing we don't function without Him!  

I just wanted to share a little bit about what we have been able to do this semester:


We have:

• provided supplemental weekend food for 17-30 kids for 18 weeks
• provided FULL Thanksgiving meals to 23 families
• provided Christmas gifts to 13 children
• provided extra food over the Christmas break
• provided hats and gloves to 25 children
• modeled service to our children and community for 18 weeks

Personally, I don't even have words to adequately express my gratitude for how well this semester has gone and for all that it has meant to me to see the provision week after week... from the number of volunteers that have packed bags, organized food, purchased food, delivered bags and on and on and on...  God has placed an amazing group of people in the John Weldon Community... or is it that given the opportunity to serve, we will because it's how He made us, what He made us to do... Either way, I am so blessed to be a part of this community!  Thank you so much for your service these last 18 weeks and for allowing me to be your liaison... to take your offering and deliver it.  It humbles me every single week!  I believe that what we're doing really can change lives... both of those we serve and our very own.  

We are finished for 2011 and will begin again the first week of school in 2012.  Until then, Have a very Merry Christmas!   

Donation Update for this week 12/12

Just wanted to update what we need for this and next week.  Since next week is the last before the Christmas break, we'll be putting some extra stuff in there.  I'm excited to say that all of the Christmas gifts have been chosen to be purchased and some have already been wrapped and delivered to my home.  I'll be taking them up to the counselors on Thursday so that parents can pick them up.

updated 12/14 3:49 pm

For this week, we still need:

2 individual boxes of cereal
2 tuna fish
20 cans of soup
13 raisins
8 apples

For next week, we will need:


2 boxes ritz crackers
14 easy mac envelopes
24 jelly
6 peanut butter
5 fruit cups
15 individual pretzels
25 individual boxes of cereal
25 apples

We need to receive this stuff this week.  We'll be packing bags Thursday and Friday this week so that we can send bags home on Friday and Monday of next week.

Christmas Blessings

A while back I mentioned that we were hoping to bless some of our Bear Necessities kids for Christmas and I just received information on this today. Since I'm updating this in my car, I am just going to list the items so that if you're shopping you can pick something up.

PLEASE comment below with which item you will be purchasing so that we don't wind up with several duplicates!

Please also remember to get a gift receipt for me, in case we do get duplicates!

The following items were requested:

1. Cars 2 Ridemakerz Customization kits (Mater or Lightening McQueen)
2. Polly Pockets &/or Justin Bieber doll
3. iTunes giftcard
4. iTunes giftcard
5. Anything arts and crafts

6. Transformers Toy(Bumblebee is fave) or size 7 boy clothes

7. Operation R2-D2 game

8. Plants vs. Zombies for PC

9. Zhu Zhu pets dress up outfits &/or Zhu Zhu pet puppy

10. Body & bath set (no salts please)
11. Any Littlest Pet Shops
12. Cars 2 movie

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN FOR:  

1,2,3,4,5,7,89,10,11, AND 12. 

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE NOT BEEN CHOSEN TO BE PURCHASED:

6

UPDATE 12/10 5:24 P.M.

Once you have purchased your item, please wrap it and drop it off at my house with a note telling me which item it is.

I HAVE TO DELIVER TO MR MARIAN & MRS MEYER ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 15

If you have any questions, feel free to call me and don't forget to check the comments to see what's been purchased and update when you've chosen!

Thanks everyone!!!




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Just a quick Donation Update

For tomorrow we still need:

16 applesauce
21 individual bags of cheez its


For next week we will need:
21 individual boxes of cereal
25 nutragrain bars
2 boxes ritz crackers
25 cans of soup
18 fruit cup
25 applesauce
25 cans raviioli
25 raisins
8 apples

God Rocks!

Yesterday morning I told Gavin that we still needed a lot of stuff to be able to pack bags today so he prayed that God would send people to get the food.  I was so delighted that LITERALLY...  five minutes later...  when I returned from dropping him off at school, there were two bags on the porch!  I desperately wish I had taken a picture of his face when he walked into the dining room after school to see the MOUND of food that came yesterday!  God rocks and the way He is allowing the people in our community to care for one another is such an awesome thing to see!


For next week, we will need:

15 individual boxes of cereal
12 cans of chili
14 cans of beefaroni
22 individual size bags of cheez its
1 applesauce
20 regular size boxes macaroni and cheese

Have a blessed week!