Desert Messenger

10 www.DesertMessenger.com July 15, 2015 Readership of free community papers is now higher than paid daily papers and continues to grow. And more than 70 percent of readers make their buying decisions from free paper advertising and editorial. Your free community paper, promoting connections at a local level – right under your nose. 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com T��� ����� ������� �� D����� M�������� Submitted by Maggie Ross In the past fi ve years Thrivent Financial and Covenant Lutheran Church have been instrumental in conducting fund raising proj- ects and contributing thousands of dollars to the Community of Quartzsite. Three years in a row we had our Community Spaghetti Feeds, our annual garage and bake sales, and last year we held our fi rst Community Roundup. We have been blessed as a church community to have been able to request these matching funds and have continued to receive them generously from Thrivent. In ad- dition to our matching fund mon- Community Action Teams ies, the Yuma Chapter of Thrivent saw the urgent need for the Food Bank to fi x their freezer and gave us an additional $1,000.00 which we included in our total donation of $2,400.00. The other blessing has been our Snowbird congrega- tion and community volunteers who have worked hard to contrib- ute time and monies to our mission of supporting the Food Bank and helping Isaiah 58. This past year Thrivent began a new program called Thrivent Ac- tion Teams. If you were a Lutheran Thrivent Member you were en- titled to put in for two community projects each consisting of $250.00 seed money to use in a larger fund raising project or to spend di- rectly on a project that was already ongoing, example Hero Comfort. With these action team funds we were able to provide food items for the Senior Thanksgiving baskets, purchase toys for the children's Christmas party. Items were pur- chased for Hero Comfort, vandal- ism repairs were made and paid for at Covenant Lutheran Church and new computer and software was provided to replace our old. An on- going project was that of recycling bottles and aluminum cans which added an additional $200.00 each month into our summer Food Bank fund. This past week we were able to donate a check for $2,000.00 to the Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank to help with future needs. DO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR COMMUNITY? If the answer is YES, then you are invited to attend the fi rst Commu- nity Thrivent Action Team meeting on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM at Covenant Lu- theran Church. There are thousands of FREE dol- lars available to individuals and groups to complete various com- munity projects. No longer open to just Lutherans, all Christian de- nominations are eligible and if you President of Bouse Genies has listed the correct dates for meet- ings to start next season below. Have a great Summer. See you in the Fall. Genies Fall meeting dates: 9 & 23 October 2015 6 & 20 November 2015 4 & 18 December 2015 These meetings are held every other Friday from 9:30-2, bring a sack lunch. All meetings, seminars, and workshops are open to the public. Genies Study Group Fall meeting dates: 19 October 2015 16 November 2015 21 December 2015 We study material that has been published in National Genealogical Society Quarterlies to help us learn how to prove our own ancestors information. There will be no more meetings until fall. For further information contact BouseGenies@gmail.com. Bouse Genealogical Society meeting dates are not actively participating in a church you can work with a church member on a project together or as a team. No money to join the orga- nization just complete the applica- tion and be willing to spend your time to complete a specifi c commu- nity project within 90 days. FREE just some time and effort - How can anyone say no! Please attend this meeting and fi nd out more about the Action Teams as well as future plans to have a meet- ing in November with our Repre- sentative from Thrivent. This is a fabulous opportunity for all of you. Come Rotary, Isaiah 58 and all local churches, Boy Scouts, 4-H, VFW, Gunny's Angels, just as examples of who can attend. If you have an interest or a need, please come. Call Maggie Ross 360 490-8175 if you have further questions. Live Generously and increase your ability to make more of a difference in Quartzsite. DEADLINE : WED. AUG. 5 TH for august 12 th edition Desert Messenger Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com

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