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Today was ‘Go Orange for National Hunger Day’

06 Friday Sep 2013

Posted by HattieBelle in Church Community Services, Community Service Event, Compassion, Food Pantries, Food Pantry, Hunger, Indiana, National Hunger Day, Service, Volunteer

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One in six Americans don’t have enough to eat.

According to Marijo Martinec, the Director of Community Impact at the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, “Sixteen percent of residents in Northern Indiana don’t have enough to eat every single day.”

September is Hunger Action Month and Thursday and today, September 5th, was ‘Go Orange for Hunger Day’. In response, in 6 counties across Indiana, businesses and community members  proudly wore orange, to raise awareness about hunger insecurity.

Mike Downing, CCS Pantry Manager, celebrated hunger action day by sporting his orange shirt. Did YOU wear orange today?

Mike Downing, Church Community Services’ Pantry Manager, celebrated hunger action day by sporting his orange shirt. Did YOU wear orange today?

So far this year, Elkhart County’s food bank,Church Community Services has helped 15,580 families. 27,190 families  were helped by Church Community Services in 2012 and 27,395 families received help in 2011.

Church Community Services is located at 907 Oakland Ave., Elkhart, Indiana 46516. To volunteer, donate or inquire about services, call (574) 295-3673. For information on the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, you can visit their website.

Friday night at New Paris’ 2nd Friday Festival

11 Sunday Aug 2013

Posted by HattieBelle in 2nd Friday, Bingo, Boy Scouts, Community Service Event, Corn Hole Contest, Elkhart County, Event, Festival, Firefighters, FUN, Fundraisers, Hoosier, Indiana, New Paris, New Paris Fire Department, Parade, Round Boat Race, Sunnyside Park

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What better way to spend a last summer weekend than at the New Paris’ last 2nd Friday Festival of 2013.

There was something for everyone.

New Paris is the ONLY place in Indiana to hold Round Boat races.

WINNERS OF New Paris Round Boat Race…

$1st Place – $100 prize:

Parker and Nathan Hart took 1st place in the New Paris Round Boat Race.

Parker and Nathan Hart took 1st place in the New Paris Round Boat Race.

Round Boat Race 2nd Place Winners

The 2nd place winners, Nick Harris and Andy Dixon, were in great spirits. They had come close to taking the first place prize.

The 2nd place winners, Nick Harris and Andy Dixon, were in great spirits. They had come close to taking the first place prize.

Bingo, fellowship with friends, and great food!

New Paris friends get together for Bingo and great food for the Sunnyside Park Food Booth.

New Paris friends get together for Bingo and fellowship. It takes time to make the best food choice because EVERYTHING at the Sunnyside Park ‘Food Booth’ is SO GOOD.

The Water Ball Contest, compliments of the New Paris Fire Department, is a huge hit!

The Water Ball Contest is going full blast as Nathan and Parker Hart take on their fellow New Paris Boy Scouts.

The Water Ball Contest goes on full blast as Nathan and Parker Hart take on their fellow New Paris Boy Scouts.

Who has the OLDEST TREE IN NEW PARIS?

A white oak tree very much like the one that is New Paris' oldest tree.

A white oak tree very much like the one that is New Paris’ oldest tree.

Kirby Meyers has the OLDEST TREE in New Paris. His white oak tree, located in Matthew’s woods, is estimated to be 309 years old. In 1704 when the Americas were still in early stages of settlement, Meyers’ tree was just a seedling. White oak trees can grow to a massive size — up to 150 feet with an 80-foot spread. 800-year-old white oak trees have been known to exist.

Congratulations Kirby! You had a LOT of competition, but we are proud to have such a distinguished tree, which has lived through so MUCH HISTORY as part of our community.

Free School Supplies and Immunizations for Elkhart Students

25 Thursday Jul 2013

Posted by HattieBelle in 2013, Civic Engagement, Community Service Event, economy, Education, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Elkhart Indiana, Emergency Measures, Events, Free School Supplies, Indiana, Schools

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Located in Elkhart, Indiana, Back-2-School Elkhart brings together people and organizations to ensure that Elkhart's under-served school aged children are prepared to succeed by creating a "one stop" location for all back-to-school  needs.

Located in Elkhart, Indiana, Back-2-School Elkhart brings together people and organizations to ensure that Elkhart’s under-served school aged children are prepared to succeed by creating a “one stop” location for all back-to-school needs.

Announcing this year’s event:

Saturday, July 27, 2013, 9am until supplies run out
CONCORD MALL:
3701 South Main Street  Elkhart, IN  46517
Supplies, backpacks, shoes, carnival,
concert.

Saturday, August 3, 2013, 9am-3pm
TOLSON CENTER: Health Fair
1300 Benham Avenue Elkhart IN  46516
health fair, school physicals and immunizations.

Free School Supplies for Wa-Nee Students

25 Thursday Jul 2013

Posted by HattieBelle in 2013, Community, Community Service Event, Economics, Elkhart County, Free School Supplies, Indiana, Nappanee, Nappanee Library

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August 10, 2013, at the Nappanee Library, free school supplies will be made available for Wa-Nee Students.

August 10, 2013, at the Nappanee Library, free school supplies will be made available for Wa-Nee Students.

CHECK OUT: Church Community Service’s New Food Pantry

13 Thursday Sep 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in American, Caring, Civic Benefit, Civic Engagement, Civic Service, Civil Rights, Community, Community Service Event, Community Services, economy, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Elkhart Indiana, Emergency Measures, Food, Food Aid, Food Pantries, Food Prices, Gardening, Health, Health Care, Indiana, Labor of Love Plans, Neighbors, News, Philanthropic, Vegetables, Volunteer

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Labor of Love, which included businesses from St. Joseph and Elkhart counties, as well as “We the People” 912 and  the Michiana Tea Party Coalition distributed 80 bins and were among the first contributors to the new pantry.

More and more Elkhart County families are struggling on a daily basis to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. It isn’t just the unemployed either. Parents are working multiple jobs and skipping meals just so they can make sure their children are fed.  They have tough decisions to make every day: whether to fill up the car or put food on the table; whether to pay the utilities or put food on the table; whether to pay the rent or put food on the table. All it takes is one illness, one dead car battery or one rent hike and they can no longer take care of their family without help.

For those without family or friends nearby, Church Community Services provides hope , in the form of food and education and finanacial assistance to families going through hard times in Elkhart County.  When families are living in poverty, they have to do without a lot of things – food should not be one of them.

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 was a huge day for Church Community Services.

It was the grand opening of Church Community Services’ long awaited renovated food pantry and warehouse.  Church Community Services has been working towards making this transition for 4 years.  The new building will give them the resources, space, and opportunity to better serve needs in our growing community.  It will allow them to store and distribute more food. It  will be cleaner and more welcoming, and will give space to be more volunteer- and client- friendly. They will also be able to put more focus on education, such as providing handy recipes and nutritional facts.

The new pantry is 1,225 sq. ft. compared to the former 494 sq. ft.  The new warehouse is 2,910 sq. ft. compared to the current 1,680 sq. ft.  There is also a 864 sq. ft. welcome center complete with a children’s area, and a prayer room for anyone who feels a need to pray. Lots of love and labor was put into this project, and IT SHOWS!

This nutrician video, full of advice on meal planning, preparation and nutrition runs 24/7 in the waiting room.

Amazing things happen when we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit’s prayer. Church Community Service’s new pantry facility includes a chapel to assist client’s needs.

Here is part of the children’s play area where volunteers watch the children while their parents shop at the pantry.

The ‘Seed to Feed’ vegetables look so good! Fresh garden vegetables are ALWAYS so appreciated.

Mary Kneller, Food Director for Church Community Services, generously used up some of her very valuable time to show me the new facilities. It was a real pleasure.

Elkhart Citizen proud to help his Elkhart County neighbors

10 Monday Sep 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Achievement, Activism, Communication, Community, Community Service Event, Community Services, Compassion, Constitution, Crisis Intervention, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Hoosier, Soybeans, Volunteer

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“This a testament to the reach of hunger and the plight of people in need. What an excellent expression of Elkhart…. ” said Rob Robinson, executive director of Church Community Services in response to Mr. Singh of Franklin’s Citgo’s generous donation.

“Elkhart as been good to me and my family. I want to give something back to this community.” Mr. Singh, owner of Franklin’s Citgo, said his generous gift to Elkhart families in need was  his way of giving back to Elkhart County.

Thank you, Mr. Singh, for the financial gift you brought to us from your business. You’re helping us extend hope to lots of your neighbors. What a pleasure to meet you,” Rod Roberson, executive director of Church Community Services, is most appreciative of the support Church Community Services has received from businesses like Mr. Singhs and from much of the Elkhart Community.

The results of some of ‘Seed to Feed’s” first harvest. I can hardly believe the summer and food picking season is almost over.

Church Community Service’s Weekly ‘Seed to Feed’ Update…

Hi Everyone,
As summer is coming to a close, so will our gardens. But, we still have
some good harvests left to pick. We will go back to our regular schedule:
the Bullard Garden on CR17 will be picked on Monday, Sept 10th at 6:00 p.m.
This will probably be about our last picking. We might have one more on the
17th of Sept, but we will let you know.

The Goshen Garden on CR 36 will be picked on Tuesday, Sept 11, at
6:00 p.m. and we should have a “stellar” harvest of tomatoes and peppers. The
green beans are just about finished, but we still might get some this next
week.

The potato field will be tentatively be ready to pick up next Friday,
Sept.14. The field will be “turned” and then we have a 24 hr window to
pick up the potatoes before they turn green which is not good. We will need
about 50 volunteers with 5 gal buckets to pick them up and load them into
the containers that will then be loaded onto the semi. Date and details to
follow next early next week.

And finally, I’d like to thank the 7th grade class of St. Thomas School
for their wonderful support of the Seed to Feed program. They came to CCS
yesterday along with their teachers and mothers, took a tour of CCS to see
what happens on a daily basis at the Food Bank and then came to the Bullard
Garden to pick beans. The students, 50 in total, along with their teachers
and mothers all got down in the dirt and picked 430 lbs of green beans in
2 hrs. It was a good learning experience for the kids and what a wonderful
blessing for the Food Bank and the people they serve. Thank You kids,
teachers and mothers for your wonderful support!!!
Have a great weekend and we’ll see you at the gardens as we close out
the harvests over the next few weeks, and don’t forget the potato field.
Details will follow next week.

Blessings
Dave Hochstetler
Coordinator of the ‘Feed to Seed’ Program

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Help Labor of Love fill Elkhart County’s food pantries

30 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Activism, Caring, Civic Benefit, Civic Engagement, Civic Service, Community, Community Service Event, Community Services, Compassion, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Emergency Measures, Event, Faith-base, Food, Food Aid, Food Pantries, Fundraisers, Goshen, Indiana, Labor Day, Labor Day Weekend, Labor of Love Plans, Neighbors, Tea Party, Victory Center

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Your food donations are needed.

For 44 years, Elkhart Church Community Services Church Community Services, a faith-based not-for-profit agency has helped people in Elkhart County, Indiana, weather life’s storms and build more secure futures. They do do this through emergency assistance and intensive job and life skills training.

So far, in 2012 Church Community Services has assisted over 16,000 families.

Leave your non-perishable food items at businesses in boxes displaying this sign.

Food drop-off locations

Elkhart: Hart City Resale Store, Martin’s Grocery, Starbucks (U.S. 33), GOP Elkhart Victory Center, Miles Lab Restaurant, Sport’s Time Family Pub, McDowell Plating Co., Dibley Chiropractic Center & Family Video Stores

Goshen: Family Chiropractic Clinic

Wakarusa: Larimer Furniture Store, The Dime Store, The Dollar General Store (on Hwy. 19), Forest River Corp.

Mishawaka: Futon Factory, All Famiy Video Stores, B & B Molding and the Mishawaka GOP Victory Center

Kids waiting in the pantry while their parents shop.

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We ARE our brother’s keeper: Elkhart County works together to assist neighbors in need

15 Wednesday Aug 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Caring, Civic Benefit, Civic Engagement, Civic Service, Community, Community Service Event, Community Services, Compassion, Crops, Drought, Elkhart County, Enterprise, Event, Events, Farm, Farming, Food, Food Aid, FUN, Fundraisers, Goshen, Indiana, Journalism, Meeting, Meetings, People helping Neighbors, Philanthropic, Vegetables, Volunteer

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Helping hands come in all shapes and sizes.

Elkhart County’s community gardens bring people together of all ages and from every walk of life. You DON’T have to be an experienced gardener to be of assistance. One woman who picked beans last night told me that she had never before picked a bean in her life. But, she said she likes how working in the garden makes her feel. “This feeds people here in our community,” she explains. “We can get a little sweaty and dirty for someone else. Giving back is a good thing.”

Despite this summer’s earlier drought, I do not think it possible for the bean crop to have been MORE prolific. I have NEVER seen bean bushes so laden.

As the economic recession keeps demand at food banks running high, the “big need” and “big hearts” keep “Seed to Feed” volunteers motivated.

Hi, it’s me. I cheated and brought a garden cart to wheel around on.

Get involved! We believe God will continue to bring people and resources together to produce a harvest of vegetables as well as fruit in the lives of those giving and receiving.

Wow! Look at the results. According to Dave Hochstetler, Seed to Feed Coordinator, yesterday volunteers picked 210 pounds of beans and 94 pounds of cucumbers and tomatoes. All from the Goshen farm!

These tomatoes will be SO appreciated by Church Community Service’s food pantry clients!

‘Seed to Feed’s’ coordinator, Dave Hochstetler, says that the vegetables are coming in so plentifully that “Seed to Feed” needs 30 pickers each time: Mondays at 9 a.m., Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Tell your churches, tell your clubs, tell your families. Great group project. Call Dave for details: 574-349-4905 or dhhooch@aol.com .

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‘Seed to Feed’ has yielded 510 pounds of food so far this summer! More volunteers needed!

10 Friday Aug 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Achievement, Activism, Benefit, Caring, Civic Benefit, Civic Engagement, Civic Service, Community, Community Service Event, Community Services, Compassion, Elkhart County, Faith-base, Family times, Farm, Food, Food Aid, Food Pantries, FUN, Fundraisers, Gardening, Goshen, Hoosier, Indiana, Locations, Meetings, Neighbors, People helping Neighbors, Philanthropic, Volunteer

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Posted on August 10, 2012 by churchcommunityservices

Yield from the Goshen farm.

Beautiful produce from our beautiful Seed to Feed acre in Goshen.  Our clients are so happy!

Fresh vegetables for Elkhart Counties food pantries.

Fresh air, exercise, good honest dirt, and service that helps sustains CCS’s food supply: From now till the end of harvest season, Seed to Feed will need at least 15 volunteers 2 days a week. We will pick the green beans and sweet corn at the Bullard Garden every Monday at 9:00am. It is located on C.R.17 and Middlebury St, directly across from Sorg Jewelers on the west side of C.R.17.

The Fresh Produce Garden in Goshen will be picked every Tuesday at 7:00pm. It is located at 14723 CR36. It is just east of CR33 about 1/8 of a mile on the north side of CR36. The gardens are really starting to produce nice yields each week and should until the end of the season. If you can help, please contact Church Community Services either by email (dhhooch@aol.com) or phone (574-349-4905).

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The Red Barn/Humane Society of Elkhart County needs resale items

07 Tuesday Aug 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Cats, Civic Benefit, Civic Engagement, Community, Community Service Event, Community Services, Compassion, Dogs, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Food, Fundraisers, Humane Society of Elkhart County, Indiana, Pet Adoption, Pet Food Assistance, Philanthropic, Stray Animals

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The Humane Society of Elkhart County’s ‘Red Barn Resale Shop’ is accepting gently used clothes, furniture, household items, books and gift items.

Donations can be dropped off at the Humane Society of Elkhart County, 54687 C.R. 19, Bristol, Indiana. ( One mile off of C.R. 17 off of S.R. 120.) For more informantion call: 574-848-4225.

~ Sale Days ~

Please join us on our sale days Friday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. including August 10 & 11; PET FEST DAY on August 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; August 27 & 28; September 14 & 15; September 28 & 29; October 12 & 13; October 26 & 27; November 9 & 10.

They depend upon us. PLEASE don’t let them down.

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