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Save Your Labels for Education at Spofford and Bar Codes for the Choir
Don’t forget to collect your Campbell’s Soup labels and your barcodes from several types of products, i.e. cereals, biscuits, waffles, snacks, baking products, paper products, plastic bags. A complete list can be found at the Ambassador Desk. Both the Campbell’s Soup labels and the bar codes can be put in the Campbell's collection can. The proceeds will support Spofford. Best Choice labels are collected for the choir, those can be left in the Campbell’s can as well.
Spofford Mission Statement: Spofford provides premier preventative and therapeutic services by connecting child, family and community to achieve their potential. Spofford serves children 5-12 years of age. They have a year round program of offering educational and recreational activities.
Nothing But Nets Jesus asked us to take care of each other. Remember how he said, “If you have done it to others, you have done it to me”? In that spirit, CrossRoads is reaching out to improve lives among some of our brothers and sisters nearby and farther away.
The first opportunity to serve comes to us in an amazing way. Lives are being saved by a global grassroots campaign led by the people of the United Methodist Church, along with Sports Illustrated, NBA Cares, the United Nations Foundation and several others. The organization, Nothing But Nets is working to protect the people of Africa from the deadly effects of malaria, by purchasing bed nets for $10 each.
Here are some facts worth noting:
Currently malaria kills a child in Africa every thirty seconds.
Because the disease is carried by mosquitoes, one of the most effective ways to prevent the disease is to prevent mosquito bites.
Bed nets treated with insecticide keep entire families safe from the biting insects while they sleep.
If we get enough nets in a village, it greatly reduces the number of mosquitoes present in the area, reducing the possibility of transmission even in daytime.
The insecticide treatment on the nets is effective for about four years, so one net protects a whole family for four years.
The UMC has been in mission in Africa for 160 years, and is efficient at distributing the nets, even to remote villages. Every penny donated will be used to purchase and distribute the nets, as well as to educate families on their use. Your $10 donation can truly save multiple lives. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will match all donations dollar for dollar! What an opportunity to double the effect of your gift.
Please share this information with your friends, family, and coworkers. They can log onto www.nothingbutnets.net to get information and watch videos about the project. The cool thing is anybody can make a donation in CrossRoads’ name. It is easy to make a positive difference for folks who need our help.
Donations can be made in one of two ways:
Online, by going to www.umc.org/nets and clicking on ‘start or find a team’. Next, click on ‘find a net raiser team’. When the box comes up, type in CrossRoads for our team name and Evelyn Polk for the team captain. From here, anyone can make a donation or check to see how we’re doing.
Drop your donation (or your friends’) at the office or in the offering plate. Be sure it is clearly marked, “Nothing but Nets”. |
