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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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‘Strong Woman’ from Soup of Success…because we need to hear MORE good news

23 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Achievement, Activism, Civic Benefit, Civic Engagement, Civic Service, Education, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Faith-base, Farm, Farming, Food, Food Aid, Food Pantries, Food Prices, FUN, Fundraisers, Gardening, Goshen, Hard Work, Independence, People helping Neighbors, Principles, Vegetables, Volunteer

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Need some inspiration?

WEEKLY ‘SEED TO FEED’ UPDATE…IT IS ALL GOOD!

Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:45 AM
Subject: Seed to Feed Weekly Update

Hi Everyone,

This past week we had two great harvests at both of our gardens. There
were 29 volunteers who showed up at the Bullard Garden on Monday and 25
volunteers at the Goshen Garden on Tuesday. Thank You all.

We are moving the time of the Bullard Garden picking to 6:00 p.m. We are moving the time of the Bullard Garden picking on Monday evenings. We still need 30 volunteers to pick green beans and sweet corn. Although we will pick on Monday evenings, if anyone wants to pull weeds between the rows, please do so at your own time schedule. If more weeds are pulled,that means more beans get picked. The Bullard Garden is
directly across from Sorg Jewelers, C.R. 17. With 30 volunteers, weeds pulled and fast pickers, we could pick a 1000# of green beans in 3 hrs—-we have lots of beans!!!!!

The Goshen Garden has tons of green tomatoes that should be ready
soon. We will pick every Tuesday at 6:00pm and it is located at 14723
C.R. 36. Last week with 25 volunteers, we picked 11 boxes of beans, tomatoes
and peppers in 1 1/2 hours.

This was a great week and thanks to ALL the volunteers that came and
helped pick. See you Monday and Tuesday at the gardens.

Blessings
Dave Hochstetler

Tea Party, NRA Throw 5 RINOS Out Of Tennessee Legislature

16 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in 2012 Election, 2nd Amendment, Activism, Agenda 21, Audit the Fed, Bailouts, Constitution, Faith-base, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, Gun Control, Gun Ownership, Lieberman-Collins Cyber Security Act, McCain Cybersecurity Act, Nullify Obamacare, Obama, Obamacare, Tea Party, Vote

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On August 2, 5 GOP candidates seeking re-election to the Tennessee State legislature discovered just how dangerous it can be to disdain the wishes of those conservatives who helped put them in office. More…

‘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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Come to the Table: Dinner/Auction Event

06 Monday Aug 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Community, Community Service Event, Community Services, Compassion, Faith-base, Indiana, Volunteer

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Amish, Auction, Chef, Civic Engagement, Civic Minded, Civic Servic, Clothing Assistance, Dinner, Donors, Food Pantry, Friends, Fundraiser, Medical Assistance, Mediication, Nappanee, Nappanee Indiana, Neighbors, Northern Indiana, People helping People, Philanthropic, Silent Auction, Utility Assistance, Well Baby Care

C O M E   T O   T H E  T A B L E

D I N N E R / A U C T I O N  E V E N T 

A UNIQUE CULINARY EXPERIENCE YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS!    \

SATURDAY AUGUST 11, 2012

6 to 10 p.m. at the newly renovated Coppes Commons

Upper Room Event facility – 401 E. Market St., Nappanee, IN

Featuring locally grown food prepared by some of Northern Indiana’s most noted Chefs, including…

Kevin Crouch of Charlie’s Butcher Block and Deli Stephanie Hapner of Crazy Day

Gourmet Steve Helmuth of Rocket Science Ice Cream

Emily Hershberger of Veni’s Sweet Shop

Chase Hinton of Cerulean

Andrew Jones of Viand Chef Services

Pat Knott of Classic Catering / The Old Train Depot

Zach Lucchese of Lucchese’s Renee Lyles of Table 52, The Brown Trout, Chicago, IL

Dustin Mattern of Mattern’s Butcher Shop and Corner Deli

Amy Maurer of Elegance in Thyme (Nelson’s) Karla Miller of Teapot & More

Marcus Miller of Main Street Coffee

Margaret Potuck of Happy Dance Cupcakes

Loren Shaum, Local Chef and Cookbook Author Scott Woods of Noa Noa

Local Farms & Food Providers…

Clay Bottom Farm

Four Rail Farm

Goldwood Gardens

Grass is Greener Meats & Produce

John’s Butcher Shop

Maple Leaf Farms

Martin’s Super Markets

Olive Branch Rentown

Amish Country Store

TICKETS $60 PER PERSON

All proceeds will support Family Christian Development Center which served more than 5,500 families in 2011 through its food pantriy, well-baby programs, clothing ministry and programs in medication and crisis assistance.

Family Christian Development Center
151 South Locke St
Nappanee IN 46550
Phone: (574) 773-2149
Fax: (574) 773-5337
Email: fcdc@fcdcin.org

Office Hours:
Mon-Fri 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm

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Volunteers needed this week to help Seed to Feed’s garden (part of Church Community Services)

04 Saturday Aug 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Cooking, Corn, Crops, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Faith-base, Food, Food Pantries, Food Prices, Gardening, Goshen, Hard Work, Hoosier, Incentive, Indiana, Neighbors, Vegetables, Volunteer

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Our first Seed to Feed harvest — so beautiful. Much more to come!

There are some really IMPORTANT events coming up this next week. Volunteers are needed to pick green beans at the Bullard Farm on Monday, Aug 6th at 9:00 a.m.

The location is on CR17, just south of CR14 on the west side of the road. It is directly across from Sorg Jewelers. 8 to 10 volunteers are needed.

‘Seed to Feed’ also needs help picking produce and tying up tomato plants in the Goshen garden. The meet-up time is at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug 7th. The garden is located on CR 36, just east of CR 33 by about 4-5 blocks on the north side.  As they start to get good yields from the garden, ‘Seed to Feed’ wants to thank all the volunteers who come out to help and to welcome our newest volunteers who are joining our weekly updates.

Thanks to the Elkhart community for supporting the “Seed to Feed” program.

When the Seed to Feed program started, there were only two people and an idea. Now the group has 40 members and 70 acres of land. Dave Hochstetler is the coordinator for the Seed to Feed program, which is trying to grow fresh produce for Church Community Services, an Elkhart food pantry. The group held its first harvest on Tuesday with volunteers coming out to help pick.

The garden is one acre, full of peppers, onions, corn, bell peppers, tomatoes and green beans. They have 70 acres of land total, with some acres full of crops they can sell and use the proceeds to buy produce at auction.

Volunteers working in the garden in Goshen.

While the program only extends to Church Community Services, its organizers hope to expand it so they can help all of the 30-plus pantries in the Elkhart County area.

The Future Farmers of America chapters for both NorthWood and Fairfield high schools have also become involved in the project. Students from the Future Farmers of America from both Northwood and Fairfield came out to Tuesday’s harvest.

Director of Food Services Mary Kneller came out on Tuesday to pick vegetables. Since CCS feeds about 2,500 families a month, it would take a large project to be able to feed all of them fresh vegetables.

“This is self-sustaining,” she said. “It’s exciting.”

The group started last winter and planted the seeds in late May and will continue harvesting throughout the summer and will be looking for people to help. They are also looking for other people to donate land they can use for gardening.

Kneller said she didn’t know what to expect when they first started the program. Right now the group has 70 acres and hope to grow that number until they have enough land to be able to feed all the hungry families in the area.

“It’s Elkhart County taking care of Elkhart County,” she said.

More about ‘Seed to Feed’ HERE and HERE.

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Coming to Elkhart — 1st Annual Elkhart Freedom Ride and Bike Night Rally

01 Wednesday Aug 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Community, Community Services, Elkhart County, Faith-base, Family times, Firefighters, Food, FUN, Fundraisers, Indiana, Military Support, Motorcycles, Music, Police, Service, Volunteer, Wounded Soldiers

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Hundreds of motorcycles will be rolling through the Elkhart community soon to honor the families of wounded and fallen troops. (Photo/Channel 16)

Hundreds of motorcycles will be rolling through the Elkhart community soon to honor the families of wounded and fallen troops. The Freedom Ride and Bike Night Rally will happen Saturday, August 11. Members of local law enforcement bike groups will ride through Elkhart, Bristol, Middlebury, Goshen, Nappanee, and Wakarusa escorting local families of soldiers killed in action.

Organizers say they aim to draw people out to line the roads in support of the families.

“What makes us do it is our patriotism,” said Jim Ballard, Corporal of the Elkhart City Police Department. “We believe in this community, we believe in what the soldiers did for this community”

“I have a lot of friends and buddies who have injures from previous wars and this one, who have served 20 years and to have my family involved in 3 different wars, it’s really kind of a key point to me,” said Jim Vance of the Elkhart Fire Department.

Read more HERE and HERE.

Musical Acts

Local Goshen Church gives away free school backpacks, gym shoes and hair cuts

30 Monday Jul 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Activism, Community, Community Service Event, Community Services, Compassion, Education, Elkhart County, Events, Faith-base, Hoosier, Indiana, Neighbors, Service, Student, Volunteer

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By AMANDA GRAY/THE GOSHEN NEWS

Brenneman Memorial Missionary Church is helping students in kindergarten through fifth grades get ready for school by giving away 1,000 backpacks, 500 pairs of gym shoes, free hair cuts and more at the first Back to School Goshen Aug. 4.

Brenneman Memorial Missionary Church, 61115 Ind. 15, Goshen, is hosting the event for Goshen-area school children from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.

“Everything is free while supplies last,” said Director of Worship Kelli Armentrout.

Along with the gym shoes, canvas-style backpacks and school supplies giveaway, the day will include free lunch for all attendees, basic hair cuts, a car wash with fluid and tire checks, child safety seat inspections, a dental education booth with free dental supplies and a mini social services fair. There will also be a bouncey house to play in and drawings for gift cards throughout the day.

The shoes, backpacks, haircuts and dental station are only for children in grades K -5, Armentrout said. But younger children will be able to use the bouncey house and lunch is available to everyone.

Continue reading HERE.

For more information call 574-534-1491.

COMMUNITY SERVICE–ONE PERSON can make a DIFFERENCE to SO MANY!

28 Saturday Jul 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Achievement, American, Amish, Aspire, Community, Community Services, Compassion, economy, Elkhart County, Faith-base, Farm, Farming, Gardening, Hoosier, Independence, Indiana, Investment, Liberty, Mennonite, Neighbors, Philanthropic, Service, Too Busy, Volunteer

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“I would like to get more involved in my community, but I do not have time.”

“I’m just too busy with life to volunteer.”

“Life is too hectic for me to make a commitment to volunteering.

How often do we hear those words? I used to say them. Then I met Freeda Helmuth.

Monday through Friday, 93-year-old Freeda (Schwietert) Helmuth babysat for her two-year-old, 4-year-old and her 6-year-old great-grandchildren. She also gardened, kept house and made quilts. The last time I talked to Freeda she had made grape jelly and grape juice that day from her homegrown grapes. She also gave me her recipe for a cucumber and onion mix. Freeda ALWAYS had time to give.

My friend, Freeda Helmuth.

An active member of Salem Mennonite Church, Nappanee, Freeda was involved with the Nappanee Missionary Church’s Sewing Circle and attended Nappanee Care Givers. But, Freeda’s “giving” wasn’t limited to church or missionary service work.

In 1936 Freeda married Eli and by 1959, they had eight children. Then they further expanded their family by taking in foster children needing a home. Over the next 25 years Freeda and Eli took in 46 children including those with handicaps and serious illnesses.

“Several children came that were so undernourished,” Freeda told me, “one girl was hit on the head by her daddy and was blind and paralyzed because of it. She had surgery on her head and was able to see and walk again. She was soon adopted after that.

“It’s hard to give up children in foster care. They never left without tears and a prayer, knowing that God would take care of them wherever they are.

“After 25 years we quit foster care. Five years later they wanted us to start up again, but in the meantime, friends and neighbors had started bringing in their babies and I started daycare. I did not realize it would last until now, over 20 years later.

“I just thank God for my health so I can continue to have the children since it helps pass the time and the days are not so long.”

In 1981, Freeda and Eli traveled to Germany, France, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and Denmark. In 1987 they took a 6 week trip to Alaska. They went up to see the pipeline. While in Fairbanks, they saw an Eskimo lady sweeping the sidewalks.

Freeda grew up in North Dakota during a time of dust storms and the depression. She was the fifth child from a family of eleven. Her nearest neighbors were a mile away. This is a picture of the farm where she lived.

She said, “Are you what we call Amish?” She told Freeda and Eli that she had read about the Amish and that there were just a few left. Freeda told her there were Amish in almost every state in the United States.

Says Freeda, “She had the Shaker people in mind. There are just a few of them left.”

In 1990, when Eli was 80 years old, he and Freeda went to Paraguay, South America for two weeks for a wedding. In 1993, Eli had flu symptoms and a pain in his side.

Eli’s first horse and buggy.

Only it wasn’t the flu. Eli had had an abdominal aneurysm. Freeda and Eli had been married 57 years when he died. Together they had bought and paid for their farm. They had traveled around the world. They had raised 8 children and fostered 46. In addition, Freeda has 20 grandchildren and 24 greatgrandchildren.

“We had a good life,” said Freeda, “It was a busy one, I’m still busy and I have no regrets. The Lord has been good to me and for that I am grateful and truly at peace.”

Freeda Helmuth, 95, died Thursday at 3:30 p.m., March 3, 2011 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. Today, I believe that Freeda is caring for children. She is also encouraging each and every one of us to do ALL that we can to help those less fortunate.

I am grateful to have met Freeda Helmuth and blessed that she shared her story and friendship with me.

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Saturday night: ‘Elkhart Memorial grad to hold concert, food drive to benefit Church Community Services’

26 Thursday Jul 2012

Posted by HattieBelle in Activism, Caring, Community, Community Service Event, Community Services, Compassion, Elkhart County, Emergency Measures, Events, Faith-base, Family times, Food, Food Pantries, Hoosier, Indiana, Neighbors, Volunteer

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The county fair may wind down this weekend, but the music scene won’t, and all a fantastic show will cost you is a canned good.

A recent Memorial High School graduate, Paxton Manly will perform in his third annual concert/food drive to benefit Church Community Services (CCS) Saturday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m. The concert will be at the First Baptist Church, 53953 C.R. 17, Bristol (on the edge of Elkhart in the Six Span Bridge area). Manly offers a night of live music entertainment covering artists including Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Coldplay, U2, The Beatles, David Phelps, the Gaith Vocal Band and many more.

Your admission price? A non-perishable food item or monetary donation to CCS.

An interview of the Food Services Director, Mary Kneller, about the services CCS offers, as well as interviews of food pantry clients about their experiences.

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