2010 Food Drive Project

During the months of September and October, we will be hosting a food drive for Brookland's Food Pantry. As many of you already know, the Food Pantry provides food for meals to needy families throughout the Midlands. In these tough economic times, many of our neighbors are struggling to make ends meet.
We will be collecting non-perishable items including canned foods, boxed pasta, canned and bottled juices/drinks, boxed cereals, corn bread mix (Jiffy, of course!), flour, canned tuna fish and salmon, to name a few. Also, a portion of what we collect will be donated to the Oliver Gospel Mission in support of their Thanksgiving Baskets program.

I am asking each of you to commit to asking AT LEAST 10 people to donate food items. Of course, you are free to ask many more than 10 persons.

Most of the food items donated will be collected on Sundays after both worship services and also at the Northeast location. I will need you to volunteer to serve at the tables we will have set up in the Health and Wellness Center (West Columbia) and in the main hallway (Northeast).

Please let me know which location and which Sundays you will be available to help received donations.

Oliver Gospel Mission Project Update

On Saturday, September 18, the Yes We Will Volunteers helped to clean 2 dormitory rooms at the Oliver Gospel Mission. More specifically, we wiped down the metal bunk beds, swept and mopped the floors and wiped down the blinds. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Actually, it wasn't that bad. Helping us were Lawrence and Michael, two residents of the Oliver Gospel Mission program. Check out the photos.

Oliver Gospel Mission Volunteer Project

Our next project is scheduled for Saturday, September 18th at the Oliver Gospel Mission. We will be cleaning the community dormitory room. Please let me know as soon as possible if you will be available to help us out with this project by leaving a comment on this blog or by emailing me at mpowerkm@hotmail.com

Heart of Lexington Project Recap

On Saturday, May 8th,we went out to Heartland of Lexington to plant flowers. Many thanks to Tammy and our "supervisors" who helped us figure out how to plant seeds the right way. When we were done, we were given a brief tour and had a chance to meet some of the clients. Below is a photo of a woman who has reached the blessed age of 103 years.

Senior Citizen's Farmers Market Project

On Saturday, May 29th, a select few of our members will take and process applications at St. John's Baptist Church (corner of Beltline and Farrow Roads). We will start at the God-forsaken hour of 8:00 AM and keep at it until 11:00 AM.

Great, another opportunity to wear our fancy new polo shirts! Thanks for everyone who signed up.

Business Ad

We are planning on placing an ad in the upcoming Brookland Baptist Business Directory. The main purpose of this ad will be to recruit new volunteers. It will feature our new logo and our slogan, "Change We Can Make Happen".

We are asking all current members to make a donation toward the $50 cost for a quarter page ad. Since our bank account is so small, we would like to not draw any funds from that account. My goal is to not spend any money out of our account until we reach $1,000. (We are less than halfway to that amount!)

So please contact me with your pledge amount (between $5 and $10) to pay for the business ad. (mpowerkm@hotmail.com) This pledge will be in addition to any dues you have paid or will pay.

Thanks everyone!

Heartland of Lexington Volunteer Project

Our next volunteer project is scheduled for Saturday, May 8th at Heartland of Lexington. We will be planting flowers in "Magnolia Garden" in two box planters.

Heartland of Lexington is a senior citizens rehabilitation and nursing center that provides comprehensive medical services including dental, dietary, mental health, speech pathology treatments and much more.

Below are photos of the two planters we will be working with.