Help Local Kids Afford Prom

Lockland High School is doing a popcorn fundraiser to raise money for their students to be able to afford, and attend a great Prom. One of our members, Shannon Fischer is a teacher at Lockland, and this year’s Prom Chair!

This fundraiser lasts a limited time 2/21-2/25, so order your delicious popcorn flavors now! You can have them shipped anywhere in the US, or to US Military Personnel in the Americas, Europe or the Pacific!

Click and Share this LINK for the kids to have a poppin’ good time!

Buttered Popcorn

Currently Lockland prom ticket prices are $25 a “pop” (a good price considering most local school proms are $60+ a student.) However, some kids are still not able to afford tickets at this rate. The more money that is raised, the lower tickets can become.

Share or support this “Double Good” fundraiser, today! Shannon and her students say “Thanks!” https://s.dgpopup.com/25cpfr10

Feeling salty about popcorn? Send a donation to the church with “popcorn” in the check memo, or contact us for Venmo directions.

#ThankfulThursday: November ’22 Service Project

Remember our service project from November to Glendale Elementary School? We received a very thoughtful thank you letter from the principal of the school that was received by the Glendale New Church who forwarded it on to us. Your generosity was appreciated.

Your Generosity in Action @BethanyHouseSvc

Thanks to all of our members who were able to contribute time and money to help make the Christmas of a family of three (a mother and two daughters) a little merrier. Items purchased with your funds included a mountain bike, a Samsung tablet, a set of dishes, pots and pans, curling iron, clothes, makeup, jewelry, and toys.

We hope all of the folks that work and make their temporary home at Bethany House have a very, Merry Christmas!

Learn more about how Bethany House helps families experiencing homelessness in Cincinnati: https://bethanyhouseservices.org/about-us/

Bethany House sign at their new location in the Bond Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati

Staff from Bethany House with boxes of goodies and a bike from the New Church of Montgomery

Some of the clothes and gifts for our youngest recipient whose favorite color is pink

Tuesday. A good day to do a good deed.

Hello Church Friends, 

I am passing along information about my teacher team, grades 7-9, for items we could use throughout the school year.

Almost 99% of our students live in poverty and as a school (Lockland) we don’t have a lot of money for additional resources and supplies.

These items are supplies for the classroom as well as items that can be used for our PBISrewards. (positive-behavior intervention system). Throughout the school year we will be updating the last so feel free to check back in and support. 

Log in through your Amazon Smile account to benefit NCOM, as well. If using the amazon app on your phone, make sure smile is turned on to donate. Go to the menu bar (three horizontal lines) >Gifting, Registry & Charity>AmazonSmile> Mobile App Generating Donations ON

Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/MZJS0WWSUI1?ref_=wl_share

Feel free to share the Shannon Fischer wishlist on facebook and with others around you. If you are not sure what to get, an amazon gift card is also helpful. Thank you so much for the support. It is greatly appreciated and needed

Shannon Fischer

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Gift-Giving at the Holidays

This was our church’s first year “adopt(ing) a family” from Bethany House Services to provide gifts and needed items. Thanks to all who were able to participate, purchase, wrap and label gifts, and transport them, and to the kids from church posing for pictures in the warehouse receiving area.

Items purchased included silverware, shoes, gift cards, clothes and toys to bring smiles to two little ones and their mom; a family experiencing homelessness. We hope they have a Merry Christmas and feel the love we wrapped into each present.

Two kids from our congregation who helped unload the gifts.

Last day to order books for @BethanyHouseSvc!

www.bluemanatee.org/bethanyhouse

Blue Manatee Book Event

You know that feeling when you are into a book and nothing else matters in the world. Well, you can help give a child that same care-free feeling when you buy a book from Blue Manatee Literacy Project.

Buy a book for yourself or a friend and one will be donated to a child experiencing homelessness and receiving shelter through Bethany House Services.

Don’t have time to pick out a book? $12 buys one book and Blue Manatee will pick it out for you. Finding ways to be useful can be tricky some days. This is one idea where you can combine love with wisdom.

https://www.bluemanatee.org/bethanyhousehttp://www.bluemanatee.org/bethanyhouse 15% off with code BETHANY at checkout. Local pickup available. Sale ends today —don’t delay, help today!

#ServiceWithASmile: Dinner for Our Neighbors @BethanyHouseSvcs

During the pandemic, it has been easy to see the need all around us. We at the New Church Of Montgomery have been fortunate enough to be able to take some of the opportunities to help that are in our community.

Bethany House Services, for whom we have done our ToySwap, the Something Wonderful art show, and brunches and dinners, continues to have the need of feeding unhoused families in the Cincinnati area.

If you would like to help provide a dinner for this community helper, please contact bethanyhouseservices.org.

Here is the dinner we provided for half of the families housed at a local hotel since shelters cannot adequately provide enough spacing during Covid-19.

Dinner for 48 of our neighbors: Smoked beef sausage, sautéed tri color bell peppers with onions, rice, applesauce, dinner roll, and chocolate chip cookies.

Peppers and onions

Rice, applesauce, buns, peppers & onions, cookies

Bags of dinners

Description of dinner bag contents

Hopewell Junior School collecting Personal Care Items for Reach Out Lakota

Please bring any personal care items you wish to donate to the vestibule of Hopewell Junior School, by Friday, March 12, 2021, at 2:00 pm. The address is 8200 Cox Road, West Chester, OH 45069. These items are being collected by the HJS PTSO organization as part of their Community Service Fair week and will be given to Reach Out Lakota, a local organization which addresses poverty in the West Chester, OH, area of the Lakota School District.

Examples include: Toilet Paper/Tissues, Toothbrushes/Toothpaste, Bar Soap, Deodorant, Shaving Cream/Razors, Sanitary Pads/Tampons, Infant Wipes, and Lotion. All-purpose cleaners, dish detergent, and paper towels are also accepted and appreciated.

#BeOfGoodUse #MLK2021

“We are now faced with the fact my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

How will you be of service today? Tomorrow is today. Love your enemies. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”-Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr.

#FridayFeeling: Be useful, Be happy

Read this article about usefulness and happiness with a quote from Emerson. Then, check out the attached document for different volunteer opportunities you can do during the Covid-19 pandemic.

volunteering-nov-butlercountyDownload

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