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Upcoming Events
Youth Life Skills classes- Ages: 13-18-Times: 6-8 P.M. Free food and prizes every month.
February 9th - Making and Keeping Your Money
March 16th - What do you want to be when you grow up?
April 13th - Relationships 101
May 11th - End of Year Celebration/Having fun over the summer
Adult Budget Course:
9am – 4pm- One hour lunch, provided. Please pre-register with Nicole
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
5 Loaves and 2 Fish Cooking Class- Dates TBD:
Upcoming class will cover cooking with crock-pots.
Lenten Lunches:
The Hollidaysburg Ministerium hosts Lenton Lunches every Thursday at 12 noon starting February 18th through March 23rd with their final Lunch on Good Friday April 2nd. A donation of $2.00 for each lunch WIth the proceeds donated to the American Rescue Workers. These will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church at Allegheny & Union Streets in Hollidaysburg. Enjoy good fellowship, food and a short message from the local ministerium on the Lent season. Come join us!
Come and join us!!! Starting in March our American Rescue Workers box truck will be in the Hollidaysburg Church of the Brethren parking lot the first SATURDAY of EACH MONTH, weather permitting. We will be collecting Non perishable food items for our pantry and Clothing. Hours will be from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. You will be able to drop off your donations and get a tax receipt at the same time!
The Churches will be manning the truck schedule with teams of two people working in two-hour shifts. If your church has not already signed up for this ministry and would like to become a part of it, please call Keith Eldred, who is coordinating this effort, at 695-7631. This is a fun way to help your community and the mission at the same time.
Stockings! Cheer! A magical time of year!
Smith Transport of Roaring Spring is well known for delivering goods; but this time the company was looking to get into the spirit of the season by delivering stockings- specifically, Christmas stockings. And these stocking are special for they are filled with fun items for local children.
And what better way to accomplish this festivity than to team up with the American Rescue Workers Inc, a national organization whose primary purpose is to assist those in personal crises throughout local communities. The "stairway of stockings" and items depicted in the photo were donated and collected by Smith Transport employees. All told the employees donated enough items to fill 120 Christmas stockings, additionally various food items and toiletries were also collected and distributed. The smiles on the faces of the employees in the photo prove there is a satisfaction and a magical spirit in helping others, not only during the holiday season, but also throughout the entire the year.
Smith Transport would like to thank their employees for their participation in this program and their "Dedicated to Excellence" spirit.
The Hollidaysburg Rotary Club presented the American Rescue Workers with a check for $1,500.00 for the Christmas season.
Proceeds came from the Hollidaysburg Rotary 1st annual Rotary's Helping Hand for the Holidays. Local Rotarians collected food and money on the diamond in Hollidaysburg to benefit the American Rescue Workers. The Hollidaysburg Rotary Club is planning on holding this event again in December of 2010 and appreciates all the support from local residents.
Three organizations have come together and made donating a sport! Keller Engineers, P. Jospeh Lehman and Stiffler, McGraw and Associates had a little competition on which office could bring in the most weight in groceries to the American Rescue Workers! What a great time we had as they were unloading and weighing! Their offices collected and brought out to our food pantry a total of 2,622 pounds of groceries and what a blessing! The group had fun with the friendly competition and plan to make it an annual event.
This is just another way that local companies are helping to reach out to this community in need. We want to thank all the employees who helped make this happen and good luck to you next year!
Local Martin's Food Grocery Store participated in a drive for "Bag the Hunger" campaign which resulted in a check for $3,600.00 that was converted into Martin's Food Gift Certificates. This money was given by customers who wanted to help their neighbors who might not be making ends meet. To all those who gave and who participated in the drive, THANK YOU! Your generous gift of kindness is still reaching to those who are struggling today!
This fall, the Boy Scout Troop #32 & Cub Scout Pack #332 from the First United Methodist Church of Hollidaysburg did a food drive during the holiday season and brought in 300 bags of groceries weighing 2, 215 pounds! These kids were energetic and enthusiastic about helping others. They canvassed the local area with Belle Bags and let people know when they would be back for donations and then they helped unload these groceries at the mission. What a blessing these kids and adult leaders were! Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." (NIV version) These kids have learned the joy of giving of themselves and are learning to help others along the way. In a world that so often is filled with 'me, me, me', we are thrilled to see kids seeking to help others.
Book and a Cause Campaign
If you purchase a book from www.humblepiepublishing.com use the code word "Rescue" at check out and 20% will be donated to the American Rescue Workers.
We RECYCLE used plastic grocery bags, and use them to pack our food pantry orders. Please drop them off at our 811 Scotch Valley Rd. Address, or give us a call for more information.
 Don't know what to do with your old cell phone? Donate it!!! We collect them and recycle them for a small profit! The money goes to our many projects and programs here at the mission.
VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED. Volunteers are how the American Rescue Workers in Hollidaysburg can accomplish so much. Volunteers are a very vital part of this work. We use volunteers for almost every aspect of the work and there are so many ways to help. We have projects to do on the premises and off. Groups are welcome too! The giving of yourself is the best gift to give and has never been so much fun! Not ready for a project? Do you have at least 3 hours a week? We have routine volunteer work to get our daily food orders out in a timely manner! If you would like to volunteer, please call or email us and we would be glad to send you a volunteer application or better yet, stop by and fill one out, we would love to give you more information on it.
We are Bananas for Banana Boxes, if you have any that you are not using, please donate them to our food pantry!
REMEMBER ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE, PLEASE ASK AT THE TIME OF YOUR DONATION FOR A TAX RECEIPT!
Thank you for all your support!
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