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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.
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.
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!
This is a not so subliminal message for you to pay your dues. No pressure, no guilt trips and no harassing phone calls. Yet!If you can, pay your $5/month dues. If not, we'll wait. Please don't make us wait too long.See? That wasn't so bad, was it?
We will be heading out to Harvest Hope located on 2220 Shop Road to help stuff boxes with food items on Saturday, March 27th. We will begin around 9 AM and work up until 1 PM. If you are looking for a couple of hours of hard work and good fun, then this is the project for you.If you haven't done so already, contact me to get your name on the list of volunteers for this project. You don't want to miss out on all of the fun!
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.
