Just Bakery and Corner Cup Coffee
Pop-Up on November 3
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Just Bakery, together with The Corner Cup, will be doing a pop-up event at Tucker First on Tuesday, November 3 from 7:00 am - 1:00 pm. They will be under a tent facing Fourth Street next to the electronic sign. Please note: no advanced orders will be taken for this pop-up event. |
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Tucker First UMC in Missions
October 23, 2020
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Three Ws, an H, and a Wow! |
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What? ESOL classes continuing online!
Who? Thirty-six new students in addition to eighteen returnees.
When? We have one class on Monday nights; all other classes meet on Tuesday nights.
How? The classes are meeting via Zoom. Our teachers have worked hard to adapt their curriculum to the online platform, and so far it is going well. Most of our students already know how to use Zoom. If they do not, and they are Spanish speakers, we have an instructional video in Spanish that we can send to them.
Anything new? Yes! We have added a teacher to accommodate the students who are ready to move from Level 1 but not quite ready for the rigors of Level 2. The group met for the first time on October 20 with Donna Blanton (a Tucker First member certified in ESOL) as the teacher.
Thank you to the Tucker First family for your continued support of this vital community outreach!
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You Did "Do Something" in September! |
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Thank you to everyone who participated in "Do Something September." We had a lot of volunteers throughout the month of September writing notes, purchasing items, donating items, making kits, volunteering in our community, working in our local parks, and participating in Zoom calls.
All of these activities in September continued to help build up our community and introduced us to issues important to the people of Tucker. Out of these activities, our missions committee will work to strengthen our community engagement and build new mission programs. Watch for new community opportunities in the coming months.
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NETWorks Helping to Distribute
CARES Funds For The City of Tucker
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The City of Tucker has received $4.1 million in CARES Act funding. They have asked NETWorks to partner with them to distribute these funds to help people affected by the pandemic. Specifically, they have asked NETWorks to provide additional food to the community and additional financial assistance for past due rent, mortgages, and utilities. There are several hundred thousand dollars in financial assistance available, but it all has to be distributed before the end of 2020.
If you have any questions, please contact Supervisory Case Manager for the Tucker CARES program, Holly Duncan. She can be reached at Holly@networkscoop.org or 470-500-6344.
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Financial Assistance is available to residents of the City of Tucker. There are qualifications beyond that. Those qualifications and an online application are available at www.networkscoop.org/tuckercares. All applications will be followed up by a case manager. For questions or other information, please call 470-500-5341.
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Mobile Food Pantries are being scheduled in areas around the City of Tucker. Anyone can receive food from the mobile food pantries but they will have to sign a form indicating how they’ve been affected by COVID. If you have any questions, Justin Beaudrot, Mobile Food Pantry Coordinator, can be reached at justin@networkscoop.org or at 470-500-5343. The first mobile food pantry location is listed below.
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Volunteers Needed for
Saturday Mobile Food Pantry
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Mobile Food Pantry
Saturday, October 24
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Northlake Church of Christ
1625 Cooledge Road
Tucker, GA
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There will be approximately 400 “Farm to Families” boxes of mixed produce, dairy, and protein. Food will be distributed on a “first come, first served” basis until 2:00 pm or until all the food has been distributed.
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November Volunteer Opportunities |
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Red Cross Blood Drive
Sunday, November 22
Tucker First UMC Wesley Center
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers Needed in two hour shifts from 7:45 am – 1:15 pm
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Tucker First is a Premier Blood Partner with the American Red Cross. By hosting our regular quarterly blood drives and additional blood drives during 2020, we have collected 357 pints of life-saving blood!
One pint of blood can save up to three lives. Each unit donated (about one pint) can be divided into the three primary components, red blood cells, plasma, and platelets.
The five most common blood saving transfusions are needed for car accidents victims, trauma patients, organ transplants, bone marrow transplants, and burn victims.
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Tucker First UMC
5095 LaVista Road, Tucker, GA 30084
770-938-3030
Tucker First UMC in Missions is a publication of the Tucker First Missions Committee.
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