SEWING GROUP
The group will meet on Tuesday, August 11, from 9-11 am in the Wilma Mohler Room. They will be cutting the fabric for school bags. They will meet again on Tuesday, August 25, from 9-11 am in the mission room to work on the items for the feminine hygiene kits and start sewing the school bags.
MAT WEAVING
We will take a break during the summer months and cannot accept more bags unless they are a color other than white. The pile of bags to be cut is mounting up, and we have run out of room to store them. We will start up again in September. Thank you to all the volunteers who have been cutting the plastic bags for the weavers.
PERSONAL HYGIENE KITS
August is Personal Dignity kit month. We are collecting personal hygiene items for people in disasters here in the US and around the world. By helping with this project, you are serving as the hands and feet of Jesus.
Here are the items needed for a kit:
- Hand towel (not kitchen)
- Washcloth (not dishcloth)
- Adult toothbrush (individually wrapped)
- Bar of soap (3-4 oz.)
- 12-19 oz. shampoo
- Deodorant 2-3 oz.
- Lotion 8-10 oz.
Place all items into a gallon resealable freezer bag.
MIDWEST MISSION RESPONDING TO FLOODS IN IOWA
When heavy rains brought severe flooding to parts of Iowa in mid July, the United Methodist Disaster Relief Coordinator reached out to Midwest Mission Distribution Center. Jeff Honold is a volunteer trucker for Midwest Mission. He first picked up a load from the Jefferson MMDC site and transported it to Pawnee, IL, where he picked up 300 Cleaning Kits. Then he transported them to Iowa (Mason City, Clear Lake, and Garner - 100 to each) so they could quickly reach families in need. Thank you, Jeff, for driving the 15 hours to make these deliveries. If you would like to help fund placing more cleaning kits in inventory, make your donation: Midwest Mission.
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RELIEF RESPONSE
If you wish to donate toward the relief effort after the two earthquakes that occurred in Venezuela, here are two options: UMCOR International Disaster Response awards grants to agencies involved in the relief effort. Midwest Mission has been asked to send relief in the form of medical equipment, meal packages, personal dignity kits, and cleaning kits. Donations are needed to fill this request. Please mark your donation memo with the word “earthquake” and which agency you are supporting.
