How can we care for each other during this time of uncertainty?
#SRkindnesschallenge
: Anyone up for a little challenge...a kindness challenge that is? We are going to revisit our #srkindesschallenge and share some love through small acts of kindness that can make a BIG difference in someone's life! Let's make sure we to follow current guidelines for social distancing as we consider how to share kindness! Write a letter? Call an old friend? Offer to help around the house? Donate blood? Support a charity?
Let's get creative! And please remember to share your random acts on social media using #srkindnesschallenge! Not on social media? No problem, click
here to email your photos and we can upload them for you! H
elp us share the love of Christ in Verona and around the world through random acts of kindness!
Here are some more ways to spread kindness:
SERVE Celebration: Red Cross Blood Drive
:
T
hank you all for the outstanding response to the Red Cross Blood Drive held at SR last week.
The drive collected a total of
72 pints from 65 people (
47 whole blood and 25 power reds)
which can impact up to 216 lives.
- Next Blood Drive (Wednesday, 4/1): We have been asked to host another drive on Wednesday, April 1 from noon-5pm. They will once again be following strict protocol to ensure the safest possible drive for all involved. Please sign up here if you are interested in donating, is strongly recommended you sign up for an appointment so numbers can be controlled. Please also share the link with friends and family to increase awareness of this critical opportunity!
SERVE Celebration: COVID-19 Lunch Program: This past week we established a lunch program that will be used to provide Miller's grocery store gift cards to people during this challenging time. We are delighted to report that we were able to distribute
4 cards just this week because of your giving! We will also be working with Jason's Deli to send lunches to community service providers who are tirelessly working to care for our communities. Stay tuned for more details and please consider donating to this cause.
- Interested in donating? Click here and select COVID -19 Lunch Program.
How else can you share kindness?
Weekend Food Program:
The VASD social workers are hard at work distributing the food we have for this program to families in need. You can continue to support this cause by clicking
here
and donating to the Weekend Food Program.
BPNN Food Pantry: The Food Pantry has had to drastically revise its process for distributing food but they are still hard at work helping to feed the Verona Community. If you would like to donate you can do so
here
by selecting the Food Pantry line item. Click
here to learn more about what the BPNN is doing for the community during this time.
UMCOR:
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is on the ground assisting with the Coronavirus outbreak. You can support UMCOR directly online
here and all donations will be sent directly to the organization. Click
here to learn more about the work UMCOR is doing around the world.
Do you need assistance? SR is here for you!
SR Care Team: The SR Care Team continues to reach out to people in our congregation to check in. Please click
here to contact the care team if you have any questions or want to check in.
Stephen Ministry at Sugar River: The
Stephen Ministers at Sugar River would like to pray with and for people. One way we can care for those who are hurting and dealing with anxiety over the Coronavirus is to make personal phone calls to people. If you know of someone who might enjoy a cheery phone call just to check in during the coming weeks, we would love to reach out to them! Please send Jamie Day an email
here with the persons name and a good number to reach them at and we will add them to our call list!
