Registration News
In order to plan for food and space, we participants to register by August 21st, 2008.  Registration forms have been sent to each parish or you can download a form here (Must fill out, then save form) and email it to Meneta at mpdeaton@gmail.com or print and mail it to the address given.  Form for individuals, Word version click here; pdf version click here.  Form for families and groups, Word version click here; pdf version click here
 
Fundraising News 
  • So far we have commitments for......$2,436. That means we're over 60% of the way to our goal already!
  • St. John's Waynesboro committed $1,000 to the event!  That's great!
  • Emmanuel Staunton is committing the loose offering for the month of August.
  • PAX at Emmanuel Staunton had a U2charist to raise money.
  • St. John's Glasgow had a bake sale to raise money.
  • Trinity Staunton committed to give $1,000!
  • Let us know of any fundraising news you have!
  • Date set for September 7, 2008 from 1:30 - 7:00 P.M.
  • We will need approximately 100 people for packing, food, worship, etc.
  • Our Goal: 20,000 meals, which is $4,000.
  • Planning Committee to include: Food, Worship, Fund-raising, Communication, Set-up/Clean-up, and Separate activities. We would like at least one person from each parish. The Planning Committee met--details are in the document link below. Contact Meneta at mpdeaton@gmail.com if you would like to be a part of this committee.

The schedule will be:

12:30-1:30 - Set-up in Fellowship Hall, training about a dozen adults

1-1:30 - greeting and gathering in Memorial Hall

1:30 - Welcome

1:45 - 3:45 - half of group packages, other half at activities

3:45 - 5:45 - Packaging and Activity groups switch

5:45-6:15 - Food

6:15-7 - U2charist

 

If you are interested in helping make this event possible, contact Meneta Deaton at mpdeaton@gmail.com

 Most of the activities for the event have leaders now. The planning sheet was in an email to those of you that have given your email addresses to Meneta in case you no longer have it, click here. If you have an interest in something, email Meneta, and you will probably get the chance to help.

Check back here for updates and more information that is still to come.

For more information on the organization, click here: Stop Hunger Now.

The latest:

Please let Meneta know if you think of things I need to add to this communication or if you have updates from your parish or planning group.

Meeting:  Meneta will be meeting with the communication and activities groups soon to further plans.  For now, the whole planning group will not gather again until closer to the event, perhaps the second half of August.

Activities:  Mia Kivlighan has volunteered to work with Kate Cianciolo and Emily Clough to plan the activities for the not-packaging shift.

Fundraising: Each parish should make a plan for fundraising and let Meneta know by June 15.  Each parish can write its own check to Stop Hunger Now.  However, each parish needs to communicate with Meneta about fundraising amounts so that if we raise more than $4,000, we can make plans for the extra funds (more meals packaged, mosquito netting, local food bank, etc.).

Communication:  Communicate to all parishes in convocation by May 31.  Generate notices and reminders that each parish can post in their Sunday bulletins or announce, post in other fashions.  Notices and reminders might include a blurb about the event and date, reminder about fundraiser plans, reminder about registration, etc.  Notices might also have information about the MDGs.  The communication group (Marty, Shane, Meneta) will send notices to the email group that can be used as reminders for each parish or adapted to include individual parish needs.