#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

#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.

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Operation Give Back: Christmas Edition 12/14/19

This was our awesome crew (+1 more not pictured) that gave back this afternoon.

Keeping the tables organized and helping people bag up their Santa sacks were among the invaluable tasks they did to keep the event running smoothly. We are thankful for you!

Garden work coming along

A small group of volunteers measured, dug up sod, moved soil and laid sand and brick to expand the garden space at the Glendale New Church today. The weather cooperated! Here are some pictures of the progress so far.

Great day for volunteering!

So much to be thankful for! We loved building community fellowship today with members and leaders of Tri(umphant) City Fellowship as we helped Matthew 25 Ministries put together supplies.

Volunteering Today at 11 @M25M_org

It’s always a worthwhile trip to volunteer in Blue Ash at Matthew 25 Ministries. Can you spare two hours from your day to help out? We meet our front of their building (11060 Kenwood Road, Blue Ash) and begin at 11. End at 1 with lunch together,after.

#Support @BethanyHouseSvc on #InternationalCharityDay

We support the mission of those around the world doing good in the best way they can.

Locally, we support Bethany House Services (which) “empowers homeless and at-risk families with solutions to achieve housing stability and long-term self-sufficiency.”

You can support their mission today by donating, by volunteering or by gathering toys for or Toy Swap to be traded, September 7, 2019.

Volunteer Day @M25M_org Coming Up 9/14/19

Please mark your calendars to spend some time helping out at Matthew 25 Ministries in Blue Ash.  This September’s date is 9/14/19 from 11 am -1pm.  We usually get together for lunch after our service project at an restaurant close to M25M.  If you would like to join us, please email the church at newchurchofmontgomery@gmail.com

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A way to help school kids

Buy supplies,volunteer to give them out, or register to receive them if you are in need:

via http://www.ogiveback.com

BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE

The first day of school will be here before we know it, and it’s time to start thinking about school supplies! We invite you to support Sycamore Community School students by purchasing new supplies or donating unused school supplies to Operation Give Back.  Our goal is to provide over 350 students with a backpack, along with items from their specific school supply lists.  

Our School Supply Wish List includes (but is not limited to) the following NEW or UNUSED items:

• 1″ or 1.5″ binders

• Dividers

• Folders

• Notebooks

• Pens

• Pencils

• Ear Buds

• Flash Drives

• Backpacks

• Ziploc Bags

• Tissues

• Hand Sanitizer

• Paper Towels

Please look through your child’s backpack before you put it away for the summer!  If there are any unused items from the list above that made their way home at the end of the school year, we would love to add them to our inventory.  Maybe you like to start your Back to School shopping early? Please consider buying extras when you find those great deals, and drop them off at an OGB School Supply Collection Site!!   Sites include:

• Sycamore District Office, 5959 Hagewa Drive

• E.H. Greene Intermediate School, 5200 Aldine Drive

• Blue Ash Elementary, 9541 Plainfield Road

• Blue Ash Recreation Center, 4433 Cooper Road

• Visit us at Operation Give Back’s Headquarters!! 10891 Millington Ct, Blue Ash, OH 45242. Donation drop offs will be welcomed on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 10AM-2PM.

Questions?  Please call us at 513-489-2023 or e-mail us at office@ogiveback.com.

Next Saturday: Volunteering @M25M in @BlueAshOhio

6/22/19: Join our core of volunteers to bring light into the world; helping those who help others. Helping at Matthew 25 Ministries helps their long-standing mission of “caring for the needy world with the things we throw away.”

Many hands make light work! Whether it’s sorting clothes, bagging goods for disaster kits, or stacking containers, it’s all for good, and that’s a good thing.

11:00 am-1 pm

11060 Kenwood Rd, Blue Ash, OH 45242, USA

Lunch after at Sammy’s