For
Your Church Newsletter - Prepared by: Steve Tindall
From
Lutheran Community Services September 2014
Editors: This information is prepared for church
newsletter editors, secretaries and pastors. Your help in getting the word out
is appreciated and will help LCS achieve its mission of “Sharing God’s
blessings by helping others in need.” Comments about timing or content are
welcome. Contact Steve Tindall
(stindall@lcsde.org). 302 654 8886.
No, the Annual
Hunger Walk Run has not “gone to the dogs,” but we are making accommodations
this year so that owners can register their dogs for the first time. This
should prove to add some entertainment to the event and at the same offer dog
owners an opportunity to raise more money in sponsorships, because sponsorships
for the dog are attributed to the human owner that registered it. The best way
to register is to do it online at our website:
www.lcsde.org. Make sure
that when you are registering you click the box that indicates the registration
is for a “Canine.” This year’s Walk Run will be held at Rockford Park on
Saturday September 20, 2014. Registration
starts at 8:00 for the 9:00 start.
Capital
Campaign for New Building
LCS’s home of 30-plus
years on Rodney Street has been sold, and LCS is going to be moving across town
to a new location at 2809 Baynard Boulevard. The building we have acquired,
with financing through the Lutheran Church Extension Fund, is two stories high,
built of brick, with a total of 6,000 square feet. Renovations are set to start
in September and should be finished by March. Until then, we will continue to
be located at 1304 Rodney Street. Benefits of the new building are many, and they
should take LCS to new levels of service and commitment to the community.
New advantages
include a “choice” pantry, where people needing food can have a role in
deciding what they get. We also plan to construct a community garden to create
a seasonal source of fresh produce for our low income clients. Additional space
will be devoted to client interview rooms where they can discuss their needs in
private, and to a volunteer center to help manage the many volunteers that
support us. To make this all happen, LCS has recruited a Capital Campaign
Committee composed of 17 talented community leaders. The committee meets
monthly and has been charting strategies to raise the $1.6 million needed to complete
this project. While we are in the quiet phase of the campaign now, concentrating
on leadership donors, a broader community-based campaign will begin in early
2015.
