‘Thank you’ to those organizations that donated

I want to publicly thank the organizations that have donated items for the ‘Chip in for CHILE’ Earthquake and Tsunami Relief project:

Doug Miller Soccer

Empire United U14 soccer team

SUNY Brockport Ice Hockey Team

Edgewood Free Methodist Church

Northgate Free Methodist Church

Crossroads Free Methodist Church

Council Rock Primary School

French Road Elementary School

Twelve Corners Middle School

Evans Farm Neighborhood

NOTE: Is there an organization missing on this list? If so, please let me know by commenting below.

Drum Roll Please…

I am just ECSTATIC to announce the tallies of the donations given from the students and families of Council Rock Primary School, French Road Elementary School, and Twelve Corners Middle School.

# of gloves and mittens:  1,304

# of winter hats:  563

# of scarves:  302

In total, 2, 169 items were donated from the Brighton schools!!!

How AWESOME is that?!?!?

On Monday, we had a great group of volunteers that helped out with sorting all of the items:

Thank you again!

393 Back-to-School Kits!!

Exciting update!!!

Now…

393 Chilean children will receive back-to-school kits!!

Keep it coming, friends!

Thank you!

Thanks, French Rd. Elementary School!

…and this is the pile of winter accessories we picked up from FRES (the school that Isaac attends):

(Isaac, holding the sign, with some of his 4th grade classmates)

Thanks SO much, FRES students and families!!

Thanks, Council Rock Primary School!

This past week, CRPS (the school that Jacob attends) had their ‘Chip in for CHILE’ hat & mitten drive.

I stopped in on Monday and took these pictures of the boxes that some of the 2nd graders had decorated for the project:

And then on Friday…

Max and I stopped by to pick up ALL the donated items:

(Jacob, far left, and his 1st grade classmates)

Thank you SO much, CRPS students and families!!!

250 Back-to-School Kits!

We have raised over $2500 so far – isn’t that GREAT??  What that means is that 250 Chilean children will be able to receive much-needed school supplies for the coming year.  What a wonderful way to bless these children that have been so traumatized by the earthquakes, tsunami, and continual aftershocks.

THANK YOU to those that have given in this way!

If you haven’t donated yet, please consider doing so now.

We leave in just 4 DAYS!!

…and please spread the word about this relief project (www.chipinforchile.com)

YNN News Interview

The Rochester TV news station, YNN, came to church this past Sunday and interviewed Max with regard to our upcoming trip.

To see the video, click here:  Family of Local Pastor to Offer Goodwill in Chile