School Supplies Collection for at-risk Kids is this week!
A big thank you to Jim Skrobot who will be pulling the
trailer to and from Community House Middle School and to all who have already volunteered with Michele
Nichols to be servants at the trailer during the Ballantyne Times End of Summer Bash this Saturday from 11am-8pm
at Community House Middle School.
It's not too late to add your name
to the list! We hope you will make time to participate in what could be the greatest blessing and highest
exposure of our congregation to the wider community that we have ever had in Beloved's short life. In addition to attending the
festival, which we hope you will, here are the details of how you can serve:
As we prepare for our annual Blessing of the Backpacks
celebration on August 27, we will be collecting school supplies for at-risk children of Mecklenburg County who are being served
by the ministry of A Child's Place. We are not simply collecting these supplies from those of us who worship at Beloved;
we are also seeking to bless our wider community by providing an easy way for everyone in Charlotte's South Perimeter to make a difference in these
young people's lives as well. Here's how it will work:
*Gif Lockley, Community House Middle
School's Principal, will be advertising this partnership and will provide returning students an opportunity to bring in these supplies to Beloved
during their Back to School Open House on Wednesday, August 23rd from 1-2:30pm, 3-4:30pm, 5:30-7pm and
during the first several days of school. To volunteer at the Beloved collection boxes during any of these times on Wednesday,
contact Michele Nichols.
*Beloved's Trailer will be
present in Community House Middle School's parking lot on Saturday, August 26th from 11am-8pm for the
Ballantyne Times End of Summer Bash where the collection will continue during this day-long celebration.
Promotion of this partnership effort will be through this new newspaper that has been created to provide local South Perimeter
news. Setup will begin at 9am. The rain date is Sunday, August 27th. To volunteer
at the Beloved booth/trailer during this time, contact Michele
Nichols.
*To help with the
logistical support to make all of this happen, contact Deb
Blackwood.
School supplies can be brought to
any of these events or to the Blessing of the Backpacks. Items
needed include: combination locks for lockers, book bags/backpacks, 1" binders, folders, notebook paper, Mead composition books,
graph paper, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, erasers, scissors, rulers, protractors, glue sticks, pencil boxes, dictionaries, hand sanitizer, liquid
soap and facial tissue.
