What are we doing?
JLA is rapidly speeding toward the end of the year with the Gifts that Give event on Sunday, December 7, during the coffee hour, and the finalization of our annual giving list. And we’re excited to welcome our newest team member, Martha Coleman.
We collected all 1,000 boxes of pasta for A Place to Turn, and we were also able to donate some cash.
The Veterans Dinner on November 9, at Plymouth Church, was a packed house with many veterans honored. The featured speaker was Larry Bazer, recently retired Deputy Director of the National Guard Bureau – Joint Chaplain Office. There were many volunteers from Plymouth and Edwards Churches.
We researched and publicized options for celebrating the Transgender Day of Remembrance that took place on November 20.
We reported on Gifts that Give table assignments. There will be at least 5 tables at the event after church on December 7.
The Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at St. Andrew’s Sunday, November 23, was also discussed.
Casa support: Drivers are needed for kids to get to school and back home. Advocacy is needed with the city
to cover this need. Laura Beck is coordinating the pickup of food from Restaurant Depot for distribution to immigrants through CASA. Among our regular helpers with this are Amelia and George Burton, Janet Sanders, and Ronda Yeomans. If you would like to help with this, please contact Laura Beck at ljbmusicteacher@gmail.com.
Many people (several from Edwards) are regularly standing out at 10 Speen Street on Tuesdays at 8:30 am.
If you would like more information on this, please contact Laura Beck at ljbmusicteacher@gmail.com.
Discussion was begun about the distribution of JLA funds which takes place in December.
Respectfully submitted,
JLA Team (Heather Gonzalez, Fran Bogle, Debbie Clark, Noah Cichowlas, Martha Coleman, Peggy Harrison, and Ronda Yeomans)