Family Promise
Guests from Family Promise will be staying with us again from October 23rd through November 6th. Zion has been a part of this important effort for 20 some years, assisting the only organization serving families with children in Hunterdon. During our two week slot, volunteers are needed to prepare meals, eat dinner with and visit with guests during the evenings and weekends. This has been a truly rewarding experience particularly spending time with the children. If you have never volunteered before, sign up with a friend or ask any member of the Social Ministry committee what expect. Please also reach out to Rebecca Melick 908-229-3744 with any questions. Look for the emails with the link to the online sign up tool.
Senior Baskets
This year Senior Baskets will be somewhat different, based on feedback from volunteers at the food pantries. Rather than creating an actual bag, Zion will be donating handmade Christmas cards with gift cards to Shoprite and Walmart in $10 increments. These cards will be disbursed as usual through the Flemington and Clinton food pantries to be given to the neediest seniors. If anyone would like to donate to the Senior Basket project, please clearly mark checks for "Senior Baskets". Opportunities will follow to donate actual gift cards.
Giving Tree
Once again Zion will be requesting names for 20 children associated with Family Promise and will be placing the tree with tags for gifts and clothing requests. Watch for the tree to go up on November 20th.
Alternative Giving
The organizations selected for Alternative Giving this year are: Market Street Mission, Give Kids the World, Puppies Behind Bars and ELCA Honey Bee project. Kay Beagle will be giving her famous and always amusing talk with a rundown of how she will be using these alternative gifts for her family on Sunday November 13th. Gifts will then be available for purchase through Sunday December 4th.
Feed My Starving Children
Planning ahead for next year, Zion will once again be hosting Feed My Starving Children on Friday March 31st and Saturday April 1st.
Oldwick Town-Wide Tag Sale
Just in time for spring cleaning, the Tag Sale will be held next year on Saturday April 29th, with a rain date of Saturday May 6th.
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