LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF
School Kits, Personal Care Kits, Fabric Kits, Baby Care Kits, Mission Quilts, Fleece Tied Blankets, soap and more…..are small gestures with a Spirit-inspired impact. Women of the ELCA’s annual contributions make us part of Lutheran World Relief’s broad focus: a world where all people live in justice, dignity, and peace….working to end poverty, injustice and human suffering. Through participating in LWR Quilt & Kit Ministry, we put our faith into action, stretching hearts and hands across the ocean to people in need.
Information on the contents of and packing instructions for all kits may be found on the LWR website (www.lwr.org). A printed copy of the updated brochure is available by phone at 800.597.5972. The website also has a page summarizing where our various contributions were distributed last year. Do you want to know where your quilts and kits go? Go onto the LWR website www.lwr.org/tracker and learn how to barcode your boxes! Follow the journey of your gifts of love as they make their way around the world.
Be creative! Challenge circles and Sunday School classes to compete to donate the most of one kind of kit or soap, schedule “assembly days” for fun and fellowship to put kits together, distribute empty school bags to the congregation with a list of needed contents, share quilt & kit shopping lists with friends, civic clubs and other organizations, ask about the possibility of merchant discounts for bulk supplies.
Reminders about details
Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund
Contributing toward shipping may be a simpler way for some women to participate. Estimated costs of shipping a single kit range from $1.00 (fabric kit) to $2.65 (personal care kit). Shipping for one 18-pound carton of soap is $11.60. Checks should be made payable to Southeastern Synod Women of the ELCA with a notation in the memo line “LWR-Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund”. Send your contribution to our synodical treasurer,
Additional ways to support LWR Goals
Other options are to purchase and share information about LWR Fair Trade coffee and chocolate or items available through the handicraft project. Details about each of these opportunities are on the website.
- Quilts, Personal Care Kits, and School Kits are the most needed;
- Soap should be bath size (4-5 oz) and must be in its original wrapper;
- Each type of kit or quilts must be boxed separately and clearly labeled;
- Maximum weight per box is 40 pounds…..less is better for spinal health;
- Absolutely no plastic or paper bags;
- Your church’s donations (delivered to a collection site) must include a copy of the 2017 Reporting Form
- Quilt & Kit In-gatherings will be held on August 23 and 24, 2019 at 7 locations throughout the synod
Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund
Contributing toward shipping may be a simpler way for some women to participate. Estimated costs of shipping a single kit range from $1.00 (fabric kit) to $2.65 (personal care kit). Shipping for one 18-pound carton of soap is $11.60. Checks should be made payable to Southeastern Synod Women of the ELCA with a notation in the memo line “LWR-Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund”. Send your contribution to our synodical treasurer,
Additional ways to support LWR Goals
Other options are to purchase and share information about LWR Fair Trade coffee and chocolate or items available through the handicraft project. Details about each of these opportunities are on the website.
2019 LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF DROP-OFF SITES
Friday, August 23 and Saturday, August 24
2019 LWR Coordinator: Janice Hawkins, 770-712-6090
2019 LWR Coordinator: Janice Hawkins, 770-712-6090
ALABAMA - Coast
Friday and Saturday: 9 am-12 noon
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Church Phone: 251-621-2968 (call coordinator))
8271 Whispering Pines, Daphne 36526
Coordinator: Tommie Morgan Phone: 251-591-1019 or 251-342-9337
Eileen Becker Phone : (cell) 251-454-5912 or (home) 251-666-1896
ALABAMA - Central (Call coordinator to drop off at church Aug 19-22 for truck loading on Friday 23rd)
Shades Valley Lutheran Church Church Phone: 205-871-3512 (call coordinator)
720 Shades Creek Parkway, Birmingham 35209
Coordinator: Anne Scholl Phone : 770-403-0023
Kathryn Waters Phone: 205-967-8101 or 205-243-8038
ALABAMA - Northeast
Saturday: 9 am-12 noon NO FRIDAY DROP-OFF
Messiah Lutheran Church Church Phone: 256-721-0041 (call coordinator)
7740 Hwy 72 West, Madison 35758
Coordinator: Rhonda Gaede Phone: 256-679-2931
GEORGIA - Atlanta Area
Friday 8:30am-1 pm Saturday 9am-noon
Trinity Lutheran Church Church Phone: 770-972-4418 (call coordinator)
1826 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn 30047
Coordinator: Janice Hawkins Phone : 770-712-6090
GEORGIA - Coast
Friday: 1 pm-5 pm Saturday: Drop-off by appointment - call Sandy Gibson at 912-658-0868
St. Johns Lutheran Church Church Phone: 912-826-5411 (call coordinator)
Highway 21 & 7th Street, Rincon 31326
Coordinator: Sandra Gibson Phone: (cell) 912-658-0868 or (home) 912-826-5005
Marty Hendrix Phone: (cell) 912-661-4122 or (home) 912-754-4860
TENNESSEE - Nashville Area
Friday: 9 am-1 pm Saturday: Drop-off by appointment-call Joni at 615-584-9309
Saint Andrew Lutheran Church Church Phone: 615-794-1624 or 615-714-2928-call Jolene Richardson
908 Murfreesboro Rd, Franklin 37064 to arrange time & place for truck
Coordinator: Joni Donegan Phone: 615-584-9309
TENNESSEE - East/Central
Friday: 4-8 pm Saturday: 8:30-11 am
Reformation Lutheran Church Church Phone: 423-638-4627 (call coordinator)
400 West Main St., Greeneville 37743
Coordinator: Mary Jane Gray Phone: (cell) 423-525-2177 or (work) 423-798-1706
PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL NOT BE A LWR TRUCK AT THE CONVENTION IN PIGEON FORGE, TN
Friday and Saturday: 9 am-12 noon
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Church Phone: 251-621-2968 (call coordinator))
8271 Whispering Pines, Daphne 36526
Coordinator: Tommie Morgan Phone: 251-591-1019 or 251-342-9337
Eileen Becker Phone : (cell) 251-454-5912 or (home) 251-666-1896
ALABAMA - Central (Call coordinator to drop off at church Aug 19-22 for truck loading on Friday 23rd)
Shades Valley Lutheran Church Church Phone: 205-871-3512 (call coordinator)
720 Shades Creek Parkway, Birmingham 35209
Coordinator: Anne Scholl Phone : 770-403-0023
Kathryn Waters Phone: 205-967-8101 or 205-243-8038
ALABAMA - Northeast
Saturday: 9 am-12 noon NO FRIDAY DROP-OFF
Messiah Lutheran Church Church Phone: 256-721-0041 (call coordinator)
7740 Hwy 72 West, Madison 35758
Coordinator: Rhonda Gaede Phone: 256-679-2931
GEORGIA - Atlanta Area
Friday 8:30am-1 pm Saturday 9am-noon
Trinity Lutheran Church Church Phone: 770-972-4418 (call coordinator)
1826 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn 30047
Coordinator: Janice Hawkins Phone : 770-712-6090
GEORGIA - Coast
Friday: 1 pm-5 pm Saturday: Drop-off by appointment - call Sandy Gibson at 912-658-0868
St. Johns Lutheran Church Church Phone: 912-826-5411 (call coordinator)
Highway 21 & 7th Street, Rincon 31326
Coordinator: Sandra Gibson Phone: (cell) 912-658-0868 or (home) 912-826-5005
Marty Hendrix Phone: (cell) 912-661-4122 or (home) 912-754-4860
TENNESSEE - Nashville Area
Friday: 9 am-1 pm Saturday: Drop-off by appointment-call Joni at 615-584-9309
Saint Andrew Lutheran Church Church Phone: 615-794-1624 or 615-714-2928-call Jolene Richardson
908 Murfreesboro Rd, Franklin 37064 to arrange time & place for truck
Coordinator: Joni Donegan Phone: 615-584-9309
TENNESSEE - East/Central
Friday: 4-8 pm Saturday: 8:30-11 am
Reformation Lutheran Church Church Phone: 423-638-4627 (call coordinator)
400 West Main St., Greeneville 37743
Coordinator: Mary Jane Gray Phone: (cell) 423-525-2177 or (work) 423-798-1706
PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL NOT BE A LWR TRUCK AT THE CONVENTION IN PIGEON FORGE, TN
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