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BRING-A-BAG BACK
Do your church members have difficulty remembering what goods are needed for special ministries? The "Bring-A-Bag Back" offering helps refresh their memories and boosts donations dramatically.
Attach labels with specific needs to some brown paper bags (sometimes grocery stores will donate these bags). Distribute the labeled bags at the worship service, and print right on the bag the date to return the items. Instruct the church or group members to return the filled bags by the prescribed date and watch the donations roll in. The following are suggested items for the labels.
EXAMPLE: NAPKINS, PAPER TOWELS, TOILET PAPER, TISSUE, BAR SOAP, LAUNDRY DETERGENT, DISH SOAP, CLEANSER, AND OTHER PAPER GOODS/CLEANING SUPPLIES.
EXAMPLE: YOUR GROUP COULD DECIDE TO CREATE A CLEANING PRODUCTS BAG. FILL A BOX OR BAG FULL OF DIFFERENT CLEANING SUPPLIES, SPONGES, PAPER TOWELS, AND THE LIKE.
EXAMPLE: YOUR GROUP COULD CHOOSE TO CREATE BAKING BAGS. FILL A BOX OR A BAG FULL OF BAKING SUPPLIES LIKE FLOUR, SUGAR, BAKING SODA, BAKING POWDER, RECIPE, ETC.
Please call the LOVE INC - Heartland office when your drive has ended for instructions for the best place to deliver your collected items.
COAT, JACKET, SNOW PANTS, AND BOOT DRIVES
Beginning in the early fall, the collection of winter apparel is a great benefit to dozens, if not hundreds, of needy individuals. Those who sponsor this type of drive often find that many are very happy to have a good place to donate their outgrown and/or excess winter apparel. Sizes needed include everything from 3 Toddler through Adult Large and Extra Large. The following warm items are needed.
Please call the LOVE INC – Heartland office when your drive has ended for instructions as to the best place to deliver your collected items.
IDEA! -- SOME GROUPS/ENTIRE CHURCHES HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE "COAT, JACKET, SNOW PANTS, AND BOOT DRIVE" BY PLACING ONE, TWO, OR THREE VERY LARGE BOXES IN A VISIBLE PLACE IN THEIR CHURCH. EVERYONE STRIVES TO FILL THOSE BOXES TO THE BRIM AND MORE. THE BOXES SERVE AS A HELPFUL VISUAL REMINDER AS WELL.
"FOOD FOR THOUGHT" PANTRY RESTOCKING
LOVE INC – Heartland’s five food pantries are always in need of a variety of items. This ongoing need and your help with pantry donations (large and small) are always appreciated. They can always use the following commonly used non-perishable items.
Please call the LOVE INC - Heartland office when your drive has ended for instructions as to the best place to deliver your collected items.
The furniture ministry is a ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church in Watertown. The most widely needed items are beds and mattresses. Consider gathering donations of new twin bed mattresses as a project.
FURNITURE MINISTRY
This ministry of LOVE INC- Heartland is constantly increasing in size. We have a tremendous need for furniture that is in good condition -
couches, chairs, tables, lamps, beds (Twin and Double), dressers, etc. Please call our office at any time if you have questions about what can or can not be donated. Our Furniture ministry will schedule a time that they can come and pick-up the items.
FURNITURE DELIVERY HELPERS
LOVE INC - Heartland has a furniture ministry that is forever growing. Our volunteer’s work all week long picking up and delivering items, but sometimes they get behind on their deliveries. We are in need of a few individuals who have pickup trucks and would be available on an occasional day to help deliver items to families in need.
Please call the LOVE INC - Heartland office if you could help out from time to time. We would be happy to set up a schedule with you.
HAT, SCARF, AND MITTEN DRIVES
Beginning in the early fall, the collection of winter apparel is a great benefit to hundreds of needy individuals.
Please call the LOVE INC - Heartland office when your drive has ended for instructions for the best place to deliver your collected items.
NOTE: LOVE INC – HEARTLAND COLLECTS YARN YEAR AROUND FROM MANY DONORS. THE YARN IS SHARED WITH MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO LIKE TO KEEP THEIR HANDS BUSY KNITTING AND CROCHETING. HUNDREDS OF HATS, MITTENS, SCARVES, AND OTHER ITEMS ARE SUPPLIED IN THIS WAY.
IDEA! -- CHURCH COULD EVEN DO A DRIVE FOR YARN. BRING THE RESULTS OF THE DRIVE TO THE LOVE INC – HEARTLAND OFFICE AND THEN LOVE WOULD PASS THE YARN ON TO THE KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS.
In the first year of operation the Lyndale Lutheran Lullaby ministry helped over 60 babies, with diapers, cribs and baby supplies. Join in showing the Love of Christ to our precious babies.
The Love INC – Heartland Lullaby Ministry welcomes the following infant items:
DUSTING FOR DIAPERS PROJECT
Our babies need diapers, mom’s are unable to use “food stamp” money to purchase diapers, it is only for food. An idea for your group may be to go out and do household projects and ask for diapers as payment. Diapers can then be donated to the Lullaby ministry for home delivery. (Keep in mind the diapers that are needed the most are size 4, 5 & 6). Diaper collections are always welcome.
ADOPT-A-CRIB PROJECT
It is often difficult to find useable cribs for new mothers. In response to this need, LOVE In the Name of Christ is currently coordinating a new program called Adopt-A-Crib. We will be asking churches and other interested groups to purchase a complete crib (approximately $125) and donate it to LOVE INC. These cribs would then be given to new mothers and their newborn.
Please call the LOVE – INC office, we will provide you with more details.
ONCE-A-MONTH COLLECTION PROJECT
This project would be wonderful for schools or youth groups, but everyone is welcome to give it their best. It is extremely easy and you will be amazed by the results.
Any time during the year your group can brainstorm about things they would like to donate to needy families. Once eight to twelve ideas have been selected, you can decide which items you would like to collect during each month of the school year.
EXAMPLE:
OCTOBER COULD BE BLANKET COLLECTION MONTH WHERE THE STUDENTS BRING IN AS MANY WARM BLANKETS THAT THEY CAN FIND.
APRIL COULD BE EASTER BASKET MONTH WHERE THEY OFFER TO ADOPT A FAMILY IN THEIR LOCAL CHURCH.
FEBRUARY COULD BE CANDY HEART AND VALENTINE MONTH WHERE THE GROUP GIVES THEIR COLLECTIONS TO A GROUP OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL DURING THE HOLIDAY.
THE LIST GOES ON AND THE IDEAS ARE ENDLESS.
Once you've completed your collections, please contact the LOVE INC – Heartland office for further instructions.
PENNY DRIVE
It is amazing to witness how quickly money adds up. School children often choose to do the "Penny Drive". They collect money they find in their couches or that they get from their allowance and they bring it in to the classroom. Often there is a milk jug in each classroom where the kids put their money and they watch each day as the amount of coinage grows.
This money can be donated directly to LOVE INC – Heartland or it can be used to purchase other items that the kids wish to donate. This is also a wonderful project for businesses to participate in.
When the project is completed, it is recommended that the money be counted before the funds are turned over to the LOVE INC - Heartland office for a specific need
Our annual “Back to School Bash” in August is hosted by Delano Assembly of God. Families in need enjoy a nice lunch, free school supplies and an afternoon of fun, games and even face painting.
We held our first one in August of 2008 – what a day of joy filled abundance!
SCHOOL SUPPLIES PROJECT
This project is usually done during the summer months of June, July, and August. When children are preparing for their return to school, certain supplies are needed. These supplies are put together in kits based on the needs of the child and then distributed to them. In addition, new clothing items for school are also provided.
Each family is screened to ensure that the need is legitimate before they are given these back to school kits. These kits include:
Please contact the LOVE INC – Heartland office when you've concluded your "School Supplies Project" collection. The items you've collected will be sorted and then distributed in packets by church volunteers.
THANKSGIVING BASKETS PROJECT
Approximately four to six weeks prior to Thanksgiving, the LOVE INC - Heartland office screens needy families in our communities and coordinates food baskets for them. The name and the size of the family are supplied along with suggestions for food items that they need. Some groups supply the food and also choose to supply a certain recipe(s) along with all the ingredients for the recipe(s) as a personal touch for the holiday meal.
A Church coordinator will be asked to make contact with the family well in advance of your delivery so the family knows that they will receive a "Thanksgiving Basket". At an appropriate time before the holiday, your group, never just an individual, will deliver the "Thanksgiving Basket" and all the trimmings. Your church may choose to have a pick up day at the church for the families to receive their baskets.
If you have any questions or you would like to become involved in this program, please contact the LOVE INC - Heartland office.
Delano Assembly of God annually hosts our “Free Toy Store”, it is a magnificent ministry and volunteers love to help on that grace filled project.
TOY STORE COLLECTION PROJECT
Each year in December the store is open for a day. Families in need who have received vouchers from Love INC – Heartland may come in and choose toys for their own children. This is especially meaningful to these parents because they are able to personally choose something for their child other than randomly receiving from our Adopt-A-Family program. All toys need to be new. We particularly need teen gifts, that is the area we are always lacking in.
IDEA! -- YOUR CHURCH COULD CONSTRUCT A LARGE PAPER TURKEY WITH DOZENS OF TAIL FEATHERS. THESE TAIL FEATHERS WOULD HAVE ITEMS THAT COULD BE PURCHASED WRITTEN ON THEM. AN INDIVIDUAL COULD PICK A TAIL FEATHER, PURCHASE THAT ITEM, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE CHURCH WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME.
IDEA! -- SOME GROUPS CHOOSE TO DO THEIR GIFT CLOSET DRIVE BY PUTTING UP A CHRISTMAS TREE AND HANGING PAPER ORNAMENTS ON THE TREE. EACH ORNAMENT HAS DIFFERENT GIFT ITEMS LISTED ON THEM. EACH PERSON PICKS AN ORNAMENT AND PURCHASES THE GIFT LISTED ON IT. THEY THEN BRING THE GIFT TO THE CHURCH WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME.
Please contact the LOVE INC – Heartland office when your "Gift Drive" is completed and you will be advised as to the best place to deliver your collected items.
Volunteers needed for the Free Food distribution events
Hello friends of Love INC,
Thank you for helping to get the word out to people. These flyers are to share with anyone who may benefit from having some good free food.
If you would like to volunteer to help give food away please contact the Love INC office at each food giveaway we have a three shifts available. First shift is set up, 11:30 am - 3:30 pm. the second is set up and distribution 3:00-6:00pm and the third is distribution and clean up 5:30-8:00pm. Come dressed for the weather and bring a 2 wheeler and or utility knife. A light meal is provided by the host church.
We have "Got Love?" Love INC t-shirts available for all volunteers at a cost of $10. they come in a wide variety of colors. It is very helpful for picking the volunteers out of the crowd if you have one please wear it to Love INC volunteer events. We will have some available at the food give aways. To insure you get the size and or color you want please call the Love INC office.
Thank you for helping us spread the word! God bless you.
Pastor Terri Harris
Love INC - Heartland
