What is Fundango?

Fundango is 3 hours of respite for foster and adoptive families!!!!  Heart of the Rockies Christian Church in Fort Collins has faithfully cared for foster and adoptive families through Fundango.  



Mark your calendar for the upcoming 2013 Fundango dates!!

Date Location Theme Coordinator
January 26, 2013 Fort Collins * Game Night Katie
February 16, 2013 Loveland ** Chinese New Year Katie
March 2, 2013 Fort Collins Happy Birthday Dr. Suess Katie
March 23, 2013 Loveland Science Jody
April 6, 2013 Fort Collins Western Katie
April 20, 2013 Loveland Earth Day Jody
May 4, 2013 Fort Collins Alice in Wonderland Jody
May 11, 2013 Loveland Spring Fling Katie
June 15, 2013 Greeley *** Bike Rodeo Erica
July 13, 2013 Fort Collins Summer Fun Jody
August 3, 2013 TBD TBD Katie
September 7, 2013 Fort Collins Carnival Katie
September 21, 2013 Loveland Fall Festival Katie
October 5, 2013 Fort Collins Music Katie
October 9, 2013 Loveland Pirates Jody
November 9, 2013 Fort Collins Hero's Katie
December 7, 2013 Loveland Lego Star Wars Jody
All events start at 5:00 pm and end at 8:30 pm. If you would like to sign up for any of these events, please contact Erica Wharton @ 970-223-1230 or via email at director@kidsatheartfundango.org. Please remember that all registrations need to be received by the Wednesday prior to the Fundango Event. 
*Our Loveland Location is located the Boys and Girls Club - 2500 East 1st Street
**Our Fort Collins location is located at the Boys and Girls club - 1608 Lancer Drive.
***First Christian Church in Greeley is located on 2230 13thStreet

Building Hope Playhouse up for Auction on Ebay - Bid Today!

Ebay Link:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/251126519820;jsessionid=6F6CE9A6F343C5A48E5C529E87CCACE9?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D251126519820%26_rdc%3D1#ht_2948wt_1186

Building Hope Vision: To bring hope and healing through restorative home repair to families in our community.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is the tree of life.  Proverbs 13:12

Building Hope will not be limited to, but will specifically serve: Foster and Adoptive Families, Single Parent Homes, Widows and those with health concerns or disabilities.

All proceeds from this auction will got to serve families in our community through Building Hope.

For more information about Building Hope contact:  Kari Stewart at:  Karalot9@gmail.com

A Backpack of My Own

Timberline Windsor has started collecting their filled backpacks!!!  That pile will grow this weekend as people continue to bring in their backpacks.  Windsor is partnering with Windsor School District and Weld County Children Services to distribute their filled backpacks.


Timberline Fort Collins will have Backpack sign-ups and supply list available in the mall this weekend.  Filled Backpacks can be delivered to our Fort Collins campus the weekends of Aug. 4/5 and Aug. 11/12.  Fort Collins  is partnering with Foster and Adoptive Families of Larimer County and The Matthews House to distribute their filled backpacks.


When a child or youth is in a desperate situation they often don't have the supplies that they need to be successful in the classroom setting.  When you take the time, expense and effort to fill a backpack for a child - you are making a deposit into their life that will not return void. :)


A Backpack of My Own Contacts:
Timberline Fort Collins:  Erin Branchflower - erinbeth21@hotmail.com
Timberline Windsor: Lynn Peterson - LPETERSON6876@msn.com

It is Summertime!!!  Summer can be a long season for foster and adoption families. Set aside some time to spend time with families like yours who know from experience the journey that you are on.  Our foster/adoption support group will be meeting through out the summer.  Please mark these dates on your calendar.  :)

Tonight at support group we scheduled some fun summer activities, in addition to our being together on the fourth Sunday evenings of June, July and August for our regular support group meetings from 5-7pm at Timberline.  If you would like to get in on those (our regular meetings at the church) but are needing childcare please use the link below to sign up.  The sooner you sign up the better but if you don't fill out the form at least one week prior to our meeting your kids won't have a spot in Childcare.  

http://fs8.formsite.com/timberline/Childcareenrollmentform/index.html 

Here's the summer schedule--mark your calendars and get ready for some fun times!

June 2012:

• June 11th-- moms are taking a quick tour of the FAFLC (Foster and Adoptive Families of Larimer County) facilities--the Little House (where clothes are housed and can be picked up by members of the association) and the Construction Supply Warehouse (where surplus food is stored as well as miscellaneous supplies--sometimes cribs, beds, and such for members who are in need of things for their families, especially as kids come and go from your care)  We will meet at Bounce on Lincoln Ave in Loveland at 9:30AM.  Erin Branchflower is our contact for this outing so call her if you have questions about specifics or if you get lost or are running late that morning :-)  (970) 420-5784

        more info about FAFLC if you are interested: https://faflc.org/default.aspx

• June 24th--Regular Support Group meeting (room 212 from 5-7pm at Timberline)

• June 29th--Mom's play date  Bring your kiddos and meet at Troutman Park at 9am  Come play and leave when your kids hit the wall :-) 

               Troutman park: http://www.fcgov.com/parks/finder/park/id/53    (500 West Troutman Parkway; Fort Collins)

July 2012

• July 6th--guys night out  (dad's only--no kids please)  Details TBA when the date gets closer

• July 15th--meet at 5pm at Spring Canyon Park, stay as long as you want to.  Bring your own picnic dinner for your family only. 

        link for Spring Canyon Park--this is the park if you take Horsetooth Road until it dead ends into a park on your right.   

The address is: 2626 West Horsetooth Road; Fort Collins    http://www.fcgov.com/parks/finder/spring-canyon 

• July 22nd-- Regular Support Group meeting (room 212 from 5-7pm at Timberline)

August 2012

• August 10th--Girls night out (no kids please)  Details TBA when the date gets closer

• August 26th --Regular Support Group meeting (room 212 from 5-7pm at Timberline)

We look forward to seeing you this summer as we are out and about with our group!  If you have questions feel free to contact myself (Heather Alverson-- 970.391.4913 or Erin Branchflower 970.420.5784

Backyard Child Size Playhouse needed!!! :)

***Child Size Backyard Playhouse needed***

Building Hope is a new ministry being launched in Northern Colorado to offer home restorative care for foster and adoptive families. Building Hope will assist its first family within the next month.

Timberline Men's Ministry annual Golf Tournament scheduled for August 13th will go to Building Hope.

It would be a lot of fun to have a child size backyard playhouse not only to auction off, but to introduce the community to Building Hope.

If you know of a builder that would be willing to build one or someone willing to donate one.

Please have them contact me: Karalot9@gmail.com

Finally Home Foundation March Newsletter

Faith E. Free in Fort Collins, CO hosted an event a couple weeks ago. These Family Wellness Events fill up quickly!! Foster and Adoptive Families need this kind of support. :)

Please watch their website for the next upcoming Event in Colorado: http://www.finallyhomefoundation.net/

FHF

March, 2012

Quick Links Our Website Donate Now Contact Us

Rescue Arts Team Rebecca Shultz from Project Rescue joined CO's childcare team to lead art therapy for kids at FHF's Family Wellness Events. She is looking forward to reconnecting with these special kids again.

Rebecca, Danielle and Beth You can Sponsor a Family to attend the next "Surviving & Thriving" Family Wellness Event,on May 5th @ Newport Mesa Church, Costa Mesa, CA. $250/family Click to give online Send checks to: FHF PO Box 2110 Orange, CA 92859 Thank you Foster Care Aux Orange County!! for the generous donation of children's equipment at the January 28th Family Wellness Event. Please consider donating your gently used goods to this wonderful organization! 333 South Brookhurst St. Anaheim, CA 92804 www.FosterCareAux.com Join the team @ FHFVolunteer!

January & March Events A Big Success! Picture what happens when 28 volunteers give their time to serve 39 foster & adoptive families..... Families welcomed with a smile. New friends made. Smiles shared. Games played. Faces painted. Lunch served. Parents refreshed!

Extraordinary Volunteers Adoptive mom, Kari Stewart and daughter Abby served together at the March 3rd Colorado event. They know personally that families like theirs need the kind of practical support and encouragement that FHF offers. "As a volunteer, Abby enjoyed that day so much! She loved every minute of being there with the kids and families. We know that families really need a day like this." Kari

Please visit our website at www.finallyhomefoundation.net. Donate to our cause at FHFDonate.

Surviving and Thriving Family Wellness Event

Register for this Event today!! Finally Home Foundation is committed to supporting families who have adopted or provide foster care. The time that you spend in this class will strengthen your marriage, give you tools in dealing with conflict and help you know that you are not alone in the challenges that you face in this journey. The best part is there is no charge to attend this event. Lunch and snacks are provided. :)

Presents

Surviving & Thriving

A Free Marriage and Family Wellness Event

A 7 HOUR COURSE FOR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES

Saturday, March 3rd

9am-4pm

(check-in at 8:30am)

Lunch and refreshments provided

Faith Evangelical Free Church

3920 South Shields Street

Fort Collins, Colorado 80526

RSVP by February 27th

For more information and registration, contact

Kristin Orphan at Kristin@finallyhomefoundation.net

**Excellent childcare and activities for 0-12 years.

www.finallyhomefoundation.net

Guarding Beauty that lives here still

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is the story of Naomi and Ruth. Ruth's love and commitment to Naomi is clearly stated in:

Ruth 1:16

Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.

As an adoptive mom, I see the parallels of Ruth and Naomi's story being very similar to the struggles and emotions that we go through as an adoptive parent.

This song by Nicole Nordeman and Amy Grant titled: "I'm with you" tells the story beautifully.

As you listen to this song, I think you will see that you and your foster/adoptive child are actually on the same side. A line in this songs says: "falling on your hands and knees, trying to gather up my dreams trying to hold onto to anything". While at times it feels like we are opposing each other, we are each trying desperately in our own way to keep our hopes and dreams (individually and collectively) from slipping away.

While ours kids display behaviors and emotions that stem from their past, our hearts grieve for what they have experienced and felt.

It is clear in God's Word that He is near the brokenhearted.

Psalms 34:18

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

This is promise that we can stand on!! God is near us and our children as we walk through this valley of healing. :)

Finally Home Foundation

Welcome Child Ministries is honored to partner with Finally Home Foundation. The impact that FHF is making in supporting adoptive and foster families through their one day "Surviving and Thriving" Family Wellness Events is significant. :)

FHF News

January, 2012 Table of Contents 2012 Event Dates Reach More Families FHF Launches Scholarship Program Quick Links Our Website Donate Now Email Us 2012 Event Dates January 28 - Irvine, CA March 3 - Fort Collins, CO April 28 - Costa Mesa, CA September 15 - Windsor, CO October 20 - Santa Ana, CA Click on a date for more information and to register as an attendee or volunteer. During November and December, FHF gave out four Encouragement Packages consisting of a $50 gift card, a customized family pillow and an invitation to an FHF Event. Thank you for giving the gift of encouragement! "Thanks for the encouragement package. What a blessing!" Heather & Brandon Alverson

Reach More Families Deadline to double your gift fast approaching FHF was given a $30,000 match gift in December and since then, our partners have given $26,696. We only have $3,304 more to go to reach our $30K goal and make the most of this generous match gift. The deadline to finish the match is January 31 in order to launch the 2012 Reach More Families Advance. When you commit to this essential project, here’s what you’ll help accomplish: Identify foster/adoptive families with the greatest needs. Invite families to a special day where they’ll learn how valued they are and how to network with other families. Where they’ll be safe to ask questions Where they’ll hear practical ways to nurture their marriage & care for children with prior abuse and neglect Because you care, five special days will be held where foster/adoptive parents will learn they’re not alone, and that success for wounded children is far closer than they know today. The investment for a one-day Reach More Families event is $5,000 (includes 100 meals, specialized children’s program, handouts for parents, ABC's of Character book & "Super Heroes Academy" t-shirt for all of the kids). You can go online and set up a one time gift towards the match gift OR a recurring, monthly donation at www.finallyhomefoundation.net. Any amount will help us Reach More Families in 2012. FHF Launches Scholarship Program A new ministry is launched! In January, 2011, FHF launched a mental health scholarship program. Recognizing that many families do not have the resources to provide the kind of intervention that children with acute emotional trauma require, FHF worked to establish a program to address this gap. In keeping with the vision to "equip communities to rally around the heroes who are foster and adoptive families," FHF is always looking for strategic partnerships that serve families effectively in the areas where they are hurting the most. 2011 FHF Mental Health Scholarship Recipient: "Our 15 year old daughter has been living at a Therapeutic Group Home for almost 8 months and the emotional struggle of that has taken some getting used to. Being in full-time, support-based ministry, we live on a modest income and found it equally challenging to cover the expenses related to our daughter's "out of home care". Receiving the scholarship from FHF has been a huge blessing to us during this time. Several of our ministry supporters have wanted to help by giving to the scholarship fund which has relieved a good deal of the burden of trying to pay for our daughter's care out of our normal income. We are very grateful for the servant-hearted help and encouragement we have received from the staff and volunteers of FHF!" Shannon and Susan This effort has grown into it's own partnering non-profit organization called, Adoptive Families Coalition. "It’s truly been an honor to help birth an organization dedicated to coming alongside foster and adoptive families in crisis." Mark VanDruff, Chairman of FHF Board For more information on the launch of this new organization, you may contact: Adoptive Families Coalition, PO Box 54281, Phoenix, AZ 85078 info@adoptivefamiliescoalition.org Jackie Palmer, 602-740-7149 Carol Barger, 602-390-0220

Wait No More by Kelly and John Rosati

I recently received a copy of Wait No More written by Kelly and John Rosati compliments of Focus on the Family. Kelly Rosati is the Vice President of Community Outreach at Focus on the Family.

Before moving to Colorado the Rosati family lived in Hawaii where God opened their hearts to foster care and adoption. Their foster to adoption journey was not easy. Wait No More is an honest reflection of the challenges that they faced. If you are a foster/adoptive parent you will see your thoughts and feelings reflected in their story. You will see yourself reflected because no matter who you are, if God calls you to journey with Him in obedience in this thing called foster care and/or adoption we all will face the same challenges personally and spiritually.

What comes shining through is God's faithfulness to sustain and lead us on this journey. God sustains us through the truth of His word, the faithfulness of friends who commit to be present with us and to cover us in prayer. The Rosati's story reflects the need to build a support network around you and your family.

Support comes in a lot of different ways! Make sure you don't miss the branches of support that are extended right in front of you. :)

A couple excerpts from Wait No More:

I'll never forget when the pastor described to me that going through the adoption process was like "pouring Miracle-Gro on your sin." I laughed out loud. It's so true. So much of this process is about God changing and growing us - the parents - to be more like Christ. It's painful sometimes, but the heart of the Christian Life is to be transformed and become more like Christ.

If every Christian family in the United States would simply commit to pray and ask God if He wants to use them to bless a child without a family, well, we'd change the world. If we can get the church to think about adoption not in the terms of the desires of adults but in terms of the needs of children, I think we'd see on a much grander scale how God sets the lonely in families.

FHF - Surviving and Thriving Healthy Families Event

Finally Home Foundation launched in Colorado this past weekend. 23 families were supported and encouraged in their journey of foster care and adoption. There is nothing like sitting across the table from someone who can relate to your every day struggles in parenting children who have been hurt. The relief was evident in the shared stories, laughter and a few tears.

61 kids were cared for by our amazing volunteers who dedicated their time to "Make their Day".

The statements below are powerful!!! These were given by parents who attended the event this past weekend.

"It was great just to be able to talk with other parents with kids with problems just to know you're not alone!"

The topic found most beneficial was:
* The need to focus on our marriage.

* The practice on listening to our our spouse.

* The adult relationship piece because the couple has to be the strongest link in the family for the kids to be healthy.

This event filled up quickly! Finally Home Foundation is planning to offer another Surviving and Thriving Family Wellness Event the end of February 2012 in Northern Colorado.

http://www.finallyhomefoundation.net/

Kristin Orphan and The Finally Home Band in Concert!!

Mark your calendars - Do not miss this concert!!! Kristin and her band have an amazing ability to bless and inspire you as they perform and share from their hearts. This is a great night for a date, or a family night. You will be blessed!!

:) Sunday - November 6th - Everyday Joe's in Old Town, Fort Collins - Doors open at 6pm - Concert begins at 6:30.

Tickets are a suggested donation of $10 each (kids 10 and younger are free).

All proceeds benefit Finally Home Foundation serving families in California, Colorado and Arizona. Finally Home Foundation serves families is a powerful way!

Through a one-day family wellness event adoptive, foster and kinship families receive the tools they need to be successful in parenting children who have experienced trauma, grief and loss in their lives. There is a realization that hits parents at an event like this - they are not alone.

Invite your friends, co-workers, family and neighbors to attend. Tickets will be available at the Welcome Child Table this weekend. If you are not going to be at Timberline and would like to purchase tickets, please call me at 430-1568 and we can make arrangements for you to get your tickets.

The facebook event page to share in your email or facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=133801556719731

Thank you!! :)

Healthy Meals for your Family!! :)

This Sunday, September 25th Allyson Joy, licensed dietician will be joining our Adoption/Foster Care Support Group to share ideas with us on how we can feed our families a healthier diet and stay within our budget. :)

Fall always throws our dinner time for a loop because not everyone is home at dinnertime. With kids gone for football and cross country until almost bedtime, we find ourselves eating later and a lot of the times not very healthy.

Childcare is provided for your children.
Register at this link: http://fs8.formsite.com/timberline/Childcareenrollmentform/index.html

For more information about Welcome Child Adoption/Foster Care Support Groups contact:
Heather Alverson - timberlineheart4orphans@gmail.com
Erin Branchflower - erinbeth21@hotmail.com

Your Children, Their Trauma

What a Great Opportunity to get this training right here in Northern Colorado.
Register Today!!! :)

The Adoptive Families Program Empowered Adoptive Parenting Series continues…

It's A Package Deal Your Children, Their Trauma

Fort Collins Date: September 27, 2011 Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location: Faith Evangelical Free Church 3920 South Shields Street Ft. Collins, CO 80526 Cost: FREE This is a Free class offered to all adoptive families. Register below to secure your spot. CLICK HERE to Register Now Light snacks and drinks will be provided. Feel free to bring food.

This class will address how trauma affects the developing brain in infant adoptions. We will discuss the impact of trauma on child development, attachment and sensory integration, and will review the effects of neglect and issues of institutionalization. Practical parenting solutions provided. Due to the sensitive nature of the material being discussed, we ask that you make other arrangements for child care. Contact Denise Leffingwell at 303-755-4756, x222 (toll free 1-800-451-5246) or by emailwith questions.

The Heart of Anger - written by Lou Priolo

I would like you to consider being part of a new study in September by our Adoption and Foster Care Ministry Leaders of the book The Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo.



This book gives families some tools for success in dealing with the anger issues that trouble some of our children. Even though God has called us to adopt and nurture these precious children, when faced with their outbursts of anger, we often find ourselves reacting the same way they do -- with anger.

The author offers ideas on how parents can help their children recognize what triggers their angry responses and then suggests how, as parents, they can respond in ways that brings healing instead of more anger.

What triggers anger?

For our kids it could be:
* Lack of control
* Resistance to allowing someone to get close
* Fear of being rejected once again

For us, as parents, it could be:
* Our kid's reaction
* Our kids' anger
* Disappointment in ourselves for not handling the situation like we should have
* Fear that we have allowed God to lead us down a path that is bigger than what we feel we can personally handle.

What better people could we talk to about these challenges than those who have been in similar situations or are currently experiencing the same things we are?

Childcare is provided. :)

Register for childcare:

http://fs8.formsite.com/timberline/Childcareenrollmentform/index.html

For more information about this study contact:

Brandon and Heather Alverson - timberlineheart4orphans@gmail.com

Chris and Erin Branchflower - erinbeth21@hotmail.com

Foster and Adoption Support Group :)

It is such a relief to be able to connect with other families who are on this journey of foster care and adoption. They understand the challenges that you face and are willing to support you through them.

Welcome Child Adoption and Foster Care Ministry Leaders have been busy this summer planning the next several months of our adoption/foster care support groups. - The 2nd and 4th Sunday evening from 5-7 of each month is reserved just for you. One of those evening will be a time to have guest speakers and the other to set aside time to do a study together. It starts on Sept. 11 - see the link below to get your children registered for childcare.




- The 2nd Wednesday from 9-11:30 is a social time for you mom's to connect at Timberline cafe. What a great opportunity to talk with mom's who are going through some of the same joys and challenges that you are facing right now. The best news is that childcare is provided for all of these times. :)



Please register your child or children at:
http://fs8.formsite.com/timberline/Childcareenrollmentform/index.html

For more information you can contact:

Foster Care Ministry Leaders:
Chris and Erin Branchflower at erinbeth21@hotmail.com

Adoption Ministry Leaders:
Brandon and Heather Alverson at timberlineheart4orphans@gmail.com

A Backpack of My Own - Sweet Success!! :)

Thank you Timberline Church!


Our 3rd annual "A Backpack of My Own" was a great success!!

Our Welcome Child Ministry team delivered 236 filled backpacks, 83 flash drives and 67 scientific calculators to Foster and Adoptive Families of Larimer County!!!

One of the board members asked me to convey a huge "Thank you" to you our church family for meeting this need for them. The families that they serve were so appreciative and blessed by your love and thoughtfulness in filling these backpacks. The personal notes were encouraging, not only to the kids who received them, but to the families who care for them as well.

Many times foster and adoptive families feel isolated in the journey that they are on. These filled backpacks helped them to know that someone cares about them and what God has called them to do.

Thank you to all of you who filled a backpack, your loving response to this need will touch the life of a child through-out the entire school year!! :)

Project 1.27

Guest Blog Post by Rick Valore, Executive Director of Project 1.27

Project 1.27 is based on the verse in the New Testament book of James, Chapter 1, verse 27 which states; “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widow in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”

The vision of Project 1.27 is “No waiting children in Colorado by 2014”. We would like to see the day when there are more parents waiting to adopt children than children waiting to be adopted.

The ministry is designed to act as a connecting bridge between parents in local churches wanting to adopt and foster children and the county government departments of human services. We assist Christian parents with navigating the process of Colorado’s Child Welfare System. We provide the training required to be a certified adoptive/foster parent and assist with the related paperwork. Additionally, we explain to parents how the process works and the laws that govern the process of bringing children into their homes.

Several times a year, Project 1.27 offers a free parent orientation, which is an informational meeting for parents wanting to know more about adopting and fostering in Colorado. We encourage interested families to bring family members and friends to join them to hear about the process, challenges and rewards of bringing children into their homes. Our next Orientation will be September 13^th, 2011 at Grace Chapel, 8508 S. Valley Hwy, Englewood, CO from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Interested parents can register for this event online through the Project 1.27 website (www.project127.com).

Since it’s inception in 2005, Project 1.27 has been able to secure forever families for 172 children in Colorado with more than 60 other children in the process of finalizing their adoption. We also are looking for Christian parents willing to be foster parents, willing to serve children that need temporary care while issues are worked out with the children’s parents.

We have also played a key role in training church leaders about the needs of children in foster care and how to appropriately support the parents that reach for them. The support that parents receive from their local church plays an important part of that family’s adoptive or fostering success.

Project 1.27 is a non-profit ministry that depends on the donations from the body of Christ to provide these services for Christian families. If you are not called to bring children into your home, you still have a call to “look after orphans”. Maybe your way to care is to support a family that is adopting or fostering or to financially support Project 1.27 in its mission to empty the foster care system in Colorado of adoptable children.

Timberline Church is filling backpacks!!!!

This was our first weekend to collect backpacks for Foster and Adoptive Families of Larimer County!! It was such a blessing to see the love in which these backpacks were filled. We will be collecting filled backpacks again this weekend in the mall area.

You can make a difference in the life of a child here in Larimer County!!!

A Backpack of My Own

Welcome Child is partnering with Foster and Adoptive Families of Larimer County to provide filled backpacks for foster and adoptive families of Larimer County. Thank you to all of you have signed up to fill a backpack. A personal note (attached on the outside) on the backpack is not required, but I can tell you that the kids and the parents are so blessed by those notes. In fact those are generally the first ones that the kids pick. If you have not signed up yet, it is not too late. Our drop-off dates are Aug. 6/7 and Aug. 13/14 during all services in the mall area. Filled Backpacks can also be dropped off at the church office. :)

Recommended Supply List-

Elementary:

24 pk crayons

1 pk markers

1 pk colored pencils

5 glue sticks

24 pencils

2 blue pens

2 black pens

yellow highlighter

5 spiral notebooks

5 2-pocket folders, different colors

ruler - inches and metric

scissors

pink eraser

5x8 schoolbox

1 box tissue

4th and 5th graders - basic calculator

Middle School:

3 1" 3-ring binder

3 pkgs loose leaf notebook paper - wide ruled

24 pencils

blue pen

black pen

1 pkg markers - 12 ct

1 pkg colored pencils - 12 ct

pencil bag

3 2-pocket folders - 3 prong

5 spiral notebooks

divider tabs - 2 sets of 5

calculator - basic

protractor

highlighter

High School:

3 1" 3-ring binders

3 pkgs loose leaf paper - wide and college ruled

divider tabs - 2 pkgs of 5

24 pencils

blue and black pens - 5 each

2 2-pocket folders - 3 prong

calculator

combination lock

book covers for text books

protractor

index cards - ruled and unruled

highlighters

Extra Items Needed:

Scientific Calculators

flash drives

graph paper black sharpies

sticky notes

hand sanitizer

Thank you for your faithfulness to help with this outreach.

For more information contact: Erin Branchflower at:
erinbeth21@hotmail.com

"Whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me." Matthew 18:5