Over
1400 volunteers served over the weekend at our site. We had individual volunteers, couples, families, small groups, friends, and neighbors that served together to accomplish this wonderful event in our community. It was great to partner with Area Pastor John Eiermann and people from the Jacobs/Huntley area. There were seven 2 hour shifts that made up the largest serving site to date as part of Willow’s three week Celebration of Hope 2010 event!
We produced:
229 cases of family packs, equaling 45,800 individual family packs, made up of
229,000 individual seed packs of radish, broccoli, onion, carrots and tomato seeds. During the introduction we talked about the potential of the “mustard seed”, the smallest of all seeds that grows into the largest tree in the forest. The seeds we packed, over the weekend at our site alone, have the potential to produce
45.8 million pounds of food. It is hard to believe – only God.
You the volunteers who served over the weekend never cease to amaze me. Your willingness to donate your time, energy and effort to serve the needs of the poor in such a substantial way is nothing short of a huge win for the Kingdom of God here on earth. In addition to that, you inspire me, inviting family, friends and neighbors to enjoy the gift of participation in service to the Kingdom and its rich blessings.
Thank you to Bob Kuehn owner of Nationwide Freight who donated the space we used for our event. And thanks to all of you, who volunteered, putting your hands and feet to use, working to solve the real issue of hunger for brothers and sisters in our world. Well done good and faithful servants, well done.
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Our partner ministry Administer Justice have a beautifully crafted 10' x 4' conference table with a golden oak finish that might be just what you need. We recently switched over to modular tables that can be moved into different configurations to maximize our office space, and so our treasured board room table needs to go.
We, at the Salvation Army: Carpentersville Service Center, (150 S. Rt. 25, Carpentersville - Behind the Tractor Supply Co.) have had good success with the recent change of the hours of our pantry.(which, for those who may not know, is Tuesdays 3 - 5pm). We are now, in our second week, serving an average of 60 - 90 residents of the Carpentersvile community in those 2 hours!
We are always on the look-out for volunteers but even more importantly we are needing more folks to donate their cars to us. With the shrinking economy our resources are diminishing which limits what we are able to do. Here are some asks to help us while you are talking to folks in the different communities.
