October Service Projects

We have 2 service projects we will focus on in October--we will be collecting items for Elizabeth's Closet, and we will be collecting items to donate to a local high school in order to provide low-income students with basic toiletries and hygenic products.


Elizabeth's Closet is a storehouse of supplies for eligible families who are finally going home from Women's Hospital with their NICU "grads." The items currently on their wishlist (especially the items in bold) include:



Frog positioning aids (available through their Adopt-a-Frog program)

New bottles with nipples
Hooded towels
Receiving blankets
New or gently used infant clothing, especially preemie & newborn size clothing for girls
Diapers, newborn or size 1
New or gently used Boppy pillows (positioning aids often used for breastfeeding)
Head-molding helmets
Onesies, size newborn or 0-3 months
New or like new baby furniture & equipment (give us a call to check for need). Please make sure these items are clean and in good working condition.
Scrapbooks or scrapbooking supplies
Gas cards for families who must travel long distances to be with their babies in the NICU
Grocery gift cards or vouchers
Restaurant gift cards or coupons
High back, reclining high chair (great for infants & toddlers with special needs)




The items we will be collecting for the high school include:
sanitary napkins
lotion (for men and women)
safety pins
toothpaste
toothbrushes
deodorant (men and women)

**Please bring donated items to the meetings.  There will be a box for you to place your items.**

Tickle our Taste Buds Winner 9/21: Apple Cream Cheese Bake

Congrats to Joanna Tyler for her winning dish. The picture above is not exactly this dish, but it comes really close. It was so yummy. Now time to make it for our families.

Apple Cream Cheese Bake
2 tubes crescent rolls
2 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar (divided)
1 tbsp vanilla
1 can/jar apple pie filling (I used the jar from Cracker Barrel)
2 tbsp + 1 tsp cinnamon (divided)
1 stick butter, melted

Press one tube of crescent rolls into bottom of ungreased 9 x 13 baking dish. Mix cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, and vanilla; spread over crescents. Pour apple pie filling over cream cheese mixture. Place the other tube of crescents over the apples, pressing seams together. Pour melted butter on top. Mix 2 tbsp cinnamon and 1/3 cup sugar; sprinkle over butter.
Bake at 375 for 30 mins.

Life Sciences 502: Simplified and Organized

Feeling a little overwhelmed by papers, unpacked boxes or life in general?  Well, turn the page, come to class because you will NOT want to miss this MOPS University course!!! 

Life Sciences 502, Discussion Lead by Anne McGugin

Simplified and Organized
      "Life less cluttered, to do the things that matter most."  ~Anne McGugin

Would you believe that God's Word tell us to live this way?  Come, hear His Word and learn how to Simplify and Organize. 
 
Class begins promptly at 9:15 and will conclude at 11:30. 
 

MOPS Begins Sept 7th

Have you missed our MOPS meetings.. I sure have. Well your wait is over. Our first meeting is Sept 7th.

Please join us for "registration" and "orientation" at 9:15am in the overflow room.


Bagels and juice/coffee provided by MOPS.

If you have not filled out your registration forms email me at sschilling@triad.rr.com and I will send them to you.

MNO at Angela's House

These ladies sure had fun at the Mom's Night Out at Angela's house. Thanks for hosting Angela. Its hard to have get together with summer schedules/vacation, but what I am sure these ladies had a blast.

MNO at Elizabeth's Pizza

It was good to see everyone on Monday. What a great turn out as we have 20 moms and 1 newborn. We even had a new friend join us. Welcome Anna.

Luau Pictures...

We had a great ending to an awesome year with our Luau Party. Thank you Steering Team for all your hard work. We are excited for the new year.