Becker House

A trip to deliver Christmas gifts to Becker House (for homeless women and children) is scheduled for Saturday, December 22nd at 7:00 PM. Please contact Jean Histman for more info.

Year in Review

In the past year Winton Rd. has:

• Given $6,000.00 to buy fish, beans and rice for people in Haiti.
  






• Sent 400 pairs of shoes to Haiti
  






• Sent 400 jars of peanut butter to Haiti (this is like gold because it provides them with
  needed protein)
  
  
  
  
  
• Built a church in the La Font Haiti for the cost of $15,000.00
  
  
• Gave $1,500.00 to purchase 200 bibles for the church in LaFont, Haiti
  






• Sent a team of 12 to Haiti to conduct VBS, preaching, medical, building, and hunger relief missions
  






• Sent 7 tons of product to Pine Ridge Reservation (baby diapers, laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, paper products, soap, shampoo, etc.)
  






• Put electricity in someone's home on the Pine Ridge Reservation
  






• Purchased a door for someone's home on the Pine Ridge Reservation
  






• Bought a brand new upright freezer for the mission at Pine Ridge Reservation
  






• Given 150 kids on the Pine Ridge Reservation brand new backpacks filled with school supplies (and raised money to purchase 350 more for 2008)
  






• Helped to refurbish a trailer at Pine Ridge Reservation that will be used as a laundry facility for the people in the village who do not have water
  






• Sent a team of 27 to Pine Ridge Reservation to do VBS, and work projects
  






• Given $800.00 to the Porcupine Clinic at Pine Ridge Reservation to help get their heat back on
  






• Given 25 electric heaters to the missionaries at Pine Ridge Reservation to be given out this winter (they are all already given away as of the posting of this)
  






• Given a check for $1500.00 to the missionaries at Pine Ridge to support their work on the Reservation
  






• Bought Christmas presents for 6 women and 14 children at the local homeless shelter last Christmas
  






• Provided haircuts and massages to the people at the homeless shelter
  






• Given out 60 hats to the homeless people who cannot stay in shelters
  






• Sent a team to Eagle's Nest to do various work projects
  






• Given an offering to Eagle's Nest (unsure how much at the posting of this)
  






• Raised enough money to build a well in Africa
  

Winton Rd. you have done well in taking care of "the least of these".

Serve City/CHOSEN - Sept. 22, 2007

*Change of Date*

A small group will be going to Serve City to give Haircuts, Manicures/Pedicures, Massage, etc. on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007

Meet at Amber's house at 12 Noon or at Serve City @ 12:30PM

July/August

In late July and early August there are two mission trips planned.

July 27 - August 6 - a team of 27 will be going to Pine Ridge Reservation

August 2 - 11 - a team of 12 will be going to Haiti

Serve City/Chosen: Saturday, June 2nd

Saturday, June 2nd @ 3:00 PM

A small group will be going to Serve City/Chosen, the homeless shelter, to cut hair, give massages, and do manicures/pedicures.

Another Opportunity to Serve God and Others

Matthew 25 Ministries in Blue Ash is a HUGE humanitarian relief organization that relies on volunteers to carry out their mission. The have warehouses full of items that need to be sorted, boxed, and shipped to the world's poorest people. If you would like to volunteer to help them out by sorting items, give them a call at 793-6256 or stop by their offices at 11060 Kenwood Rd., Blue Ash, OH.

Warehouse Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM - 12 Noon

Individual Information
Individuals wanting to volunteer may stop into the warehouse without an appointment any weekday during the regular hours of operation. However, for volunteering on Saturdays, an appointment is necessary. Call the warehouse manager, Anita at 793-6256 by Friday to schedule a Saturday shift.

Group Information
Groups of 4 or more must be scheduled with the warehouse manager.

Child Volunteer Policy
There are many jobs in the warehouse that children of all ages can do. They are welcome under the following guidelines:

All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Children under 8 - 1 adult for each child
Children 9-11 - 1 adult for every 2 children
Children 12-15 - 1 adult for every 3 children
16 and over - may work alone, but if in groups of more than 5, must have an adult present.

Hair & Massage @ Serve City, May 12th

Hair and Massage at Serve City/Chosen on May 12, 2007

Meet at Amber's house at 2:30PM and we will drive to the shelter. Bring any equipment you need.

Backpacks For Pine Ridge

If you have a blog or web page and would like to link to the Backpacks For Pine Ridge site, please send an email to TheMatt25Project@aol.com and I will send you the code to put the following image on your site. It will look like the one on the sidebar of this site and will link to information about the Backpack/School Supplies project.

Eagle's Nest: May 12, 2007

Saturday, May 12, 2007 there will be a day trip to Eagle's Nest to help them with farm chores. If you are interesed in going along, please see Cliff or send an email to TheMatt25Project@aol.com

Some of the projects that day will include:

• Building a fence.
  




• Moving a pile of manure (if someone has a bobcat and can take it, this would really help)
  
  


• Indoor work on a bed/bedroom for Shelly
  
  

Meet at the church at 6:30 AM and plan for a LONG day. Bring any tools you have, money for meals, and a change of clothes.

Click on the pictures for a larger view

The Blanket Brigade

The blanket brigade has been created for ladies who love to sew, quilt, crochet, or knit and want to use their gifts to help the poor.

If you are interested in joining other ladies to make blankets, hats, or scarves that will be donated to the homeless or to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, please see Cathy or send an email to TheMatt25Project@aol.com and it will be forwared to her.

Here are some ways you can be involved in this:

• Get together with other ladies to do your handiwork to be donated
  
  
• Donate materials (yarn, fabric, quilt batting, etc.)
  
  
• Donate crochet or knitted 10x10 inch squares which will be sewn together to make a blanket.
  
  
• Make hats, scarves or gloves to be donated
  
  
• Invite others from your neighborhood to get involved (we would like to for this to go beyond Winton Rd and include our community)

Hair, Nails, Massage for the Homeless

We are working toward setting up a once a month trip to Serve City/Chosen to do hair, give manicures, and 10 min. massages.

If you are gifted in:

• Cutting and styling hair
  
  
• Giving manicures or pedicures
  
  
• Giving massages
  

and would be able to go one Saturday afternoon each month and can bring your own equipment, please let Amber know.

Be looking for the dates to be published here soon!

Coffee & Sugar

Serve City/Chosen, the local homeless shelter is always in need of coffee and sugar. If you bring them to church we will see that they get there.

They also appreciate donations of clothing, furniture, personal care items. These you can take there any time during the week. Their address can be found at the link on the sidebar.