Service Opportunities

Sugar River family and friends are committed to further the work of Christ by bringing healing and hope to those in need as well as helping to alleviate suffering in the world.

Help Paint a Veteran's home - September 11th & 12th

Sugar River UMC will be painting a disabled Veteran's home (interior) September 11th and 12th. We will be working from 9am-4pm on Saturday and 1pm-4pm on Sunday. You don't need to work the entire time, sign-up as your able.

There is a Sign-up sheet is in fellowship hall or contact Jason Sloat 608-848-9226.

Verona Food Pantry Volunteers

The Verona Food Pantry is in need of volunteers to assist clients going through the Pantry and to restock shelves on Mondays and Thursdays from 5-7pm. A commitment of 1-2 times per month for a year is requested. If interested or for more information, please call Judy at 832-6361. Thank you.

Verona CROP Walk 2010

The second annual Verona Crop Walk as a part of the VANN (Verona Area Needs Network ) project will be held on Sunday, October 17, 2010. Registration will start at 12:45 with the walk beginning at 1:30. The walk will start  and end at Sugar River United Methodist Church. The route will pass by all the churches involved in the planning of the Crop Walk this year: Sugar River, St James, Salem, and St. Andrews.  the walk is 2.3 miles and walkers will be greeted back at Sugar River to the sounds of the SR Band and fellowship.

Sugar River has an adult recruiter, Tracey Shaughnessy, and a youth recruiter, Joe Pryzwara. Any member of Sugar River or the community can get information and sign up materials from the recruiters or from Sandy Wolf.

The Walk was started in 1969 to help people of Bismark, ND and was such a huge success hundreds of  crop walks occur nationally each year.

CROP stands for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty and our crop event engages a broad cross section of the community in service to the neediest of the world. It is an interfaith, community-oriented event that:

(1) raises funds to help hungry people in Verona, the United States, and around the world
(2) raises awareness of hunger as an issue,
(3) engages and trains volunteers for community service, and
(4) brings together persons of many ages and backgrounds in a common endeavor.

This is a Community-led response to a local and global crisis and it will empower people to improve their lives around the block and around the world.

Please join us for the walk or if you are unable to walk but would still like to help, talk to one of the recruiters to sponsor a walker or you can donate online by going to the Crop Walk website at www.cropwalkonline.org. Once there, pick the  state of Wisconsin, then find the Verona walk, then enter the Sugar River team  to sign up or make your donation.

  Together, we can all make a difference.

Light Cleaning Help Wanted

We are looking for volunteers who would be willing to do some light cleaning (vacuum & wipe tables) in fellowship hall on Monday mornings. For more information or to volunteer, contact Mark Hagensick at mmhagen@yahoo.com or 833-3097

Service Interest Groups

The community services team would like to create service interest groups where people with common service interests could partner together to create their own service opportunities. The following are some of the opportunities that the community services team has identified. If you are interested in any of these or have other ideas, please contact Jason Sloat:

• Community Service Team Member
• Shoveling snow !!!!!
• Working with the Homeless
• Working with Children
• Construction
• Community Clean up
• Workingwith Seniors
• Literacy
• Food Pantry
• Gardening
• Working with animals
• Working with health/medical services

"Sugar River Serves" cookbooks available

We've replenished our supply of our Sugar River Serves family cookbooks. Full of wonderful recipes provided by members of Sugar River, These cookbooks make great stocking stuffers or Christmas gifts for friends or family. Many of the treats that you've enjoyed at Sunday fellowship time can be found in the cookbook. Cookbooks can be purchased in fellowship hall, for $10 each or 3 for $25. All proceeds go to the Sugar River building fund.

Help Keep The River Clean

Did you know that all the cleaning and janitorial work here at the River is done by volunteers? We currently have four teams that clean the church on a monthly rotation system.  We are in need of additional couples/families/groups, to join the rotation and help keep our Church Home clean.  Time commitment is approximately 3-4 hours per week during your rotation.  The reward is the feeling of satisfaction from serving our Church family.  For more information please contact Mark Hagensick at 833-3097 or mmhagen@yahoo.com.