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.
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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
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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
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"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.
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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.
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