Red Door Project Message from the Rogers, VanZee, and Good-Suhm Families

Friends:

Please read the message below from Franci, Robbie, Jill, Brian, and Good-Suhms (whom you'll meet soon enough!). I want to encourage all of us to participate. This is a great opportunity for us and our kids. If you would like to donate some canned goods or other items that are listed below, you can bring them to church this Sunday and Franci and crew will take care of delivering them.

Thank you for taking the lead on this, folks. God bless you guys!

Wes

P.S.--And be sure to share this message and our blog site with your friends!


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A few of us have begun volunteering with the Red Door Project, which has a food pantry for people in the Waco area who are living with HIV or AIDS. It's been a great opportunity to get our kids involved and show them a concrete example of how to "love one another." So far, our efforts have been mainly around marking food items and putting them on the shelves. Next month, we will expand to providing a lunch to (and eating/fellowship with) a support group for HIV+ women.

Once we have been doing this work for a while, we will probably have a better understanding of what the Red Door Project's needs are, and how we can help them best. The pastor of the church that sponsors this project has been fantastic about coming up with ways for us to involve even the youngest kids. So, if other people from the class are looking for meaningful ways to get their kids involved, I'm sure we can help them find a way in the very near future. But for right now, if people would like to donate food, we would be happy to make the delivery on behalf of our class. This would also be a great way to introduce the idea to the kids. Take them on a trip to the grocery store to buy a couple of items for the food pantry. (We did this with Carter, and he was really excited to pick out some of his favorites to share.) We (the Van Zee and Rogers families, and the Good-Suhm family from another class) would be happy to take any donations you want to bring on Sundays. Otherwise, they can be dropped off at the Metropolitan Community Church (the corner of 16th & Clay).

Thanks for your interest in this project!
Franci & Robbie
Jill & Brian
Jennifer & George


Here is a list of the most urgently needed items:


Red Door Pantry Needs
· Canned fruit juices
· Instant potatoes
· Crackers
· Canned spinach
· Fruit cocktail
· Canned peaches
· Canned green beans
· Canned corn
· Canned peas
· Boxed Cereal
· Soup
· Hamburger Helper and other boxed dinners
· Canned stew
· Canned meats and fish
· Candy
· Cookies
· Shampoo
· Disposable Razors
· Toothpaste and brushes
· Antiperspirant