Greetings!

I hope this email finds you and yours safe, healthy, and happy. It is not often I get the chance to produce an e-newsletter - so - thanks for going with the flow while I give it my best shot this month!

This sounds cliché, but I just cannot believe that we are in full holiday swing now, with Thanksgiving just a couple of weeks away! With that in mind, MCUM's most important needs to be filled are:


There are a few new initiatives I am thrilled to share in this newsletter - be sure to read on for the full scoop!

With everything going on, I am so grateful to all of our supporters. It is because of your generosity that we are able to make the magic happen around here. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Katie


P.S. If you are planning to donate any of the pantry, Compass, or closet items listed to the right, please do so from 8a-4p Monday-Friday. Thank you!
Quick Links
Needs List
Food Pantry
  • Helper Meals
  • Crackers
  • Volunteers- Fridays 12-2 & 2-4. Email Andy.

Cleaning Closet
  • All-purpose cleaners
  • Laundry Detergent

Compass
  • Markers
  • Glue Sticks

Family Sponsors
Welcome, Jennifer and Andy!
Our New Development Director & Outreach Director
We are so excited to welcome Ms. Jennifer Harris to the MCUM family as our new Development Director! She comes to us with 25 years of fundraising experience and has returned to Bloomington after years living out of state. Welcome!
Mr. Andy Reed has joined the team this month as our Outreach Director and is eager to serve in a role where he can "give back" to the community. He, too, has returned to Bloomington after spending time in a small town a few hours North. Welcome!

We are looking for a group of volunteers who can paint our Compass classrooms while the agency is closed the week between Christmas and New Years Day. Please help Andy hit the ground running by signing up to help! Click here to email Andy!
Round Up to Make a Difference
We have partnered with RoundUp App, which will allow supporters to opt-in to donate change from their credit card purchases to MCUM. Other nonprofits using this App similar in size to MCUM generate about $3,000 of extra revenue each month - that's the equivalent of funding the Puffin room for one month!

When asked, more than 45% of people round up to support organizations. We are hoping one of those people will be you!
SCCAP Makes Spirits Bright
Thanks to CARES funding, we were beyond honored to be the recipient of funding from our friends at the South Central Community Action Program (SCCAP) that fully purchased our SSC's Spring Cleaning Challenge materials and gave us a great start on our Merry Market Wish List.

This partnership diverted more than $12,000 (the equivalent of our food pantry supplemental food budget for an entire year!) in MCUM funds that can now be used to meet other needs. The initiatives supported by this generosity will improve the lives of more than 500 Monroe County residents.

PSSSST!!!!! We are now recruiting Merry Market volunteers. Click here to see the shifts & sign up!
Faure's Requiem a Hit!
We are so appreciative of five local churches, whose choirs banded together to perform Faure's Requiem on Saturday, November 4 as a benefit concert to support us!

More than 300 guests attended and raised over $4,500 for MCUM, starting our end-of-year campaign off on a high note (pun definitely intended). Thank you!!!!
Thank You for your support!
827 West 14th Court,
Bloomington, IN 47404
812-339-3429