Neighbors Helping Neighbors Summer Project

Summer 2026 Neighbors Helping Neighbors is again focusing on the vulnerable children in our

community. We are collecting school supplies to give to the teachers, who find themselves providing those school supplies which many parents cannot afford to purchase. Teachers, and nurses, at all schools were contacted for suggestions of what they need most.

We will divide donations among the schools and

deliver the week of August 18, before students

return. We can also accept cash donations and will do the shopping for you!

For the teachers *=most needed

pencils*

Kleenex**

poster board

index cards

post-its

expo markers**- black please, thick (not thin) these run out by spring break, the more the better

binders*

glue sticks*

scissors

composition notebooks- these are the ones with the sewn in binding (requested by 6th grade science)

mints (for coughs, cough drops cannot be dispensed)

ear buds

pencil eraser tops

loose leaf paper

expo erasers

crayons

2 pocket folders- in solid colors

disinfecting wipes*

Sheet protectors 

Highlighters 

Binders

Sticky-notes

For the nurses

granola bars***

peppermints

life savers (sore throats)

bandages

ace bandages

bandaids- all sizes

kitchen sponges and ziploc bags (these make reusable ice packs)

refillable water bottles

Remember to check your drawers and other places for these items that you may have put away because

you don’t use them, the schools can!

Join Isaac Green for breakfast/Bible Study every Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

CAPSTONE CONNECTIONS

Capstone Connections Building is remodeled and now offering laundry

facilities, showers, Substance Misuse Treatment, Connections Mental

Health, Support Groups, and more!

Many personal care and hygiene items will be needed on an ongoing

basis. This is an ongoing mission. Let’s continue our mission work with Connections by keeping

a collection container at the back of the Sanctuary available for donations of the following:

Bath Soap

Shampoo & Conditioner

Dark Colored Towels and Wash Cloths

Combs & Brushes

Toothbrushes

Toothpaste

Deodorant

Feminine Personal Items

Disposable Razors

Shaving Cream

Cleaning Supplies

Garbage Bags

Plastic Storage Bags

Storage Totes

Neighbors Helping Neighbors is embarking upon an exciting new outreach program. We are going to offer mending clinics! We have sewists eager to help and a location. Next we will need supplies. If you have mending supplies in your home that you would like to pass on, please consider giving them to us. Things like thread, pocket inserts, zippers, velcro, interfacing, patches. Please call Judy Monroe, 641-275-0142 if you have questions or if you are a sewist and wish to be included in our group of sewists. We will have a shoebox in the back of the nave for you to leave your donations, which will be greatly appreciated.

Men as well as women: if you have a skill repairing something else and this sparks your imagination for how you could help someone with something broken but repairable, we would love to expand what we repair! Here is a link to the worldwide movement of Repair Cafes https://www.repaircafe.org/en/. If it comes up in a different language see the top right corner for a dropdown menu of languages. We hope to add a few of you to this exciting new venture, which is catching on all over the country. Thank you for considering gifting us with your time and talents.

The second Sunday of each month is Healing Sunday with Steve Halstead. Join him at the altar after worship service

Merle will be in his office every Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for anyone who wishes to visit with him

Mark Your Calendar for Sunday, July 19!

Church Picnic with grilled hot dogs.

Jasper County Hunger Relief packaging will take place at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Saturday, July 18 at 9:00 a.m. If you would like to participate, please contact Barry Hurto.