Adopted Christmas Family

Thanks to everyone who made Christmas a little brighter for our adopted Christmas family, a single mom with three kids. The donations were amazing, your generosity is overwhelming.

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Our Christmas Family

I know it is late to ask for more generous giving on your part, but this is the situation. Think of the family requesting Christmas help from the Issaquah Food Bank and finding that no help is possible. We would like to be the help for that family.

The Issaquah Food Bank has graciously allowed us to sponsor Family #396. Our family includes the mother age 30, and three children. The oldest two are girls, ages 8 and 6. The youngest is a boy age 4. I’ve attached the specifics on each person, and will share the guidelines issued by the Issaquah Food Bank. I questioned the location of the family and find that Issaquah stores such as the Issaquah Safeway and the Target store make good choices for gift cards.

Our latest possible collection time is Sunday the 20^th, which gives us a week to put this together. I will have boxes at church tomorrow (the 13^th) in case you read this email and have a chance to respond by then

Guidelines for Baskets

1 All boxes should be labeled with the number provided #396.

2 Please do not include any perishable food items. Due to lack of space, we recommend gift certificates for our clients Christmas dinner.

3 Suggested items to include are: candy, stocking stuffers, cookies, paper goods, detergent, soaps, shampoo and toiletries.

4 Please mark all wrapped gifts. For example – Boy age 6. If you wish, the gifts could be placed in a large bag labeled with the age and sex of the person for whom the gift is intended. Please include wrapping paper, ribbon, tape and tags if possible. We would like to help parents feel involved by wrapping Christmas gifts themselves for their family members.

What does our Christmas Family look like?

Our Christmas Family
Gender	Age	Shirt Size	Pant Size	Shoe Size	Clothes Needed	Wish List
F	8	10	10	2	Warm Clothing	CD Player & Barbies
F	6	8	8	13 1/2	Warm Clothing	CD Player & Barbies
M	4	6	6	10 1/2	Warm Clothing	Bike & Cars
F	30	Large	12	7	Gift Card for Food

Plant a Row for the Hungry

We have an exciting mission project coming up! We have confirmed one pea patch plot (and are working on a second) in Issaquah. All of the food we raise will go to the Issaquah Food Bank. This will be an exciting project for all ages. Thanks to our Master Gardener friend Wally for leading this!

Tent City date confirmed

We are serving at Issaquah's Tent City on January 25th. If you'd like to join, there are many opportunities to serve, either by cooking, serving or cleaning up.

Worth our Weight

Many thanks to everyone's generosity in making our food drive a great success! We delivered 1438.82 pounds of food to the Issaquah Food Bank today and it was the biggest delivery of the week. Here is a picture of the kids with the food loaded up and ready to deliver - in the rain!

Many thanks to Paula for making this happen and to Wally for getting us into the Food Bank today.

Coats, socks and blanket drive

Here's a note from our friend, Tricia Lapitan, founder of Heroes for the Homeless, in regard to our recent coats, socks and blanket drive. We delivered many bags of warm necessities that Tricia and team will directly deliver to our homeless neighbors.

Thank you for the opportunity to worship with you yesterday. It was a pleasure. Thank you also for your insightful questions and interest in supporting the work of Heroes for the Homeless. I will stay in contact with Julie and Cindy about fundraising and donation drives. Please keep us in mind for garage sales, sock drives, and opportunities to help bring awareness to the many issues that encompass homelessness.

Sincerely,
Tricia Lapitan

School supplies and backpacks

Thank you for all the school supplies for August's mission project! We filled 3+ vans of school supplies for our local schools!