1001 Mission Drive, Pawnee, IL 62558 217.483.7911
1001 Mission Drive, Pawnee, IL 62558 217.483.7911 www.midwestmission.org [email protected] midwestmission INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS WERE THE FOCUS IN FEBRUARY AT MIDWEST MISSION 2 Shipments Bound for Kenya, Africa. On February 7, a shipment of 72 MMDC School Desks requested by our partners at KenyaRelief.org were prayed over by our volunteers and loaded for transport to Kenya (pictured below). This shipment was valued at $10,800.00. On February 22, 203 Personal Dignity Kits, 199 Student School Bags, and 4 Electric Sewing Machines were sent to Mombasa, Kenya through the Mombasa Relief Initiative. The value of this shipment was $5,630.00.
FLOOD SEASON HAS STARTED EARLY ! With heavy rains throughout the Midwest, Cleaning Bucket Kits have started flying off the shelves. The first shipment of 144 Cleaning Bucket Kits, 300 Personal Dignity Kits, 48 School Bags, 20 Layette Kits, and 100 storage totes left for Watseka and Aroma Park in Northern Illinois on February 28. (see photo) Volunteers began to prepare for additional shipments to locations in Indiana and Michigan for delivery on March 1st, 2nd, & 3rd.
Shipment to Port-Au-Prince Haiti through Food for the Poor A container filled with 4,190 Birthing Kits, 76 Sewing Machines, 1,197 Layette Kits, 24 Bicycles, various household cleaners, linens, and medical equipment (over 20,000 pounds of supplies, valued at $154,123.56!) left Midwest Mission on February 24th bound for Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER! On April 2nd, 2018 MMDC will begin taking team reservations for 2020 . NEW RATES will also take effect on April 2, 2018: Dorm Lodging: NEW RATE - $20.00 per person per day RV Lodging: NEW RATE - $10.00 per day Duplex Lodging: NEW RATE - $40.00 per day
The staff of MMDC wishes you a blessed and joyful Easter! The MMDC facilities will be closed March 29th & 30th for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: SEWING MACHINE REPAIR 304 Sewing Machines were shipped in 2017 In 2017, a dedicated team of local and not-so-local volunteers including Ralph Barr, Terry House, Clarence Harms, and Ester Mendosa repaired 264 Sewing Machines at an expense of only $414.15! Midwest Mission accepts donations of Electric and Treadle Sewing Machines and this team restores them and gets them ready to include on both domestic and international shipments. Last year they went to Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, and Ghana. In February, an 1885 Davis Treadle Machine was given a second life - hopefully changing the life of a recipient. If you would like to be part of this exciting mission at MMDC, please let us know! This team is happy to provide training to willing volunteers. Terry says, “If you can take something apart and put it back together without too many pieces left over, you would be a good trainee.” Ralph
Terry
Clarence
Ester
1885 Davis Treadle
Blue and Black Pens Crayons Quart-size Storage Bags (such as Ziploc) Please consider donating bulk supplies and having them shipped directly to Midwest Mission o go to www.dollardays.com/midwestmission/wishlist Please send all monetary donations to Midwest Mission: 1001 Mission Drive in Pawnee, IL 62558 or donate online at www.midwestmission.org
February Volunteer Coordinators Tim Sherrow and Sharon Galley Sherrow love coming to Midwest Mission! Sharon started in 2006 after she retired from teaching and Tim joined her in 2014 when he retired from being an engineer. The last two years they have served as volunteer coordinators for two weeks in February. Sharon is especially passionate about sewing and helping children. Tim loves working in the warehouse, building (and tearing down.) Both Tim and Sharon lost their first spouses early: to a stroke (Tim) and a brain tumor (Sharon). They found each other in the midst of their grief and have been very happily married for over twenty years. Sharon has two children and four grandchildren, Tim has two sons and two grandchildren. Together they share happy, happy times as combined Mimi and Grandpa. They live in Michigan, in Clarkston and beautiful Traverse Bay. Their home church is Clarkston United Methodist where they are actively involved in many projects including Adult Righteous Mission (a church led community mission.) Tim also serves as treasurer for the UMM and Sharon is involved with a Companions spiritual study group and helps organize a weekly afterschool program called Camp B for first and second graders. After being at Midwest Mission, Sharon started Mercy Threads for church sewers to work on Midwest Mission sewing projects and Sleeper Sunday where the entire congregation collects sleepers for Layette Kits.
February
YTD
2017
214
397
2,314
VOLUNTEER HOURS
2,300
4,862
33,217
DONATIONS RECEIVED (Pounds)
9,066
108,083
668,703
SHIPMENTS - International
3
6
29
SHIPMENTS - Domestic
8
16
201
88,116
119,242
909,031
VOLUNTEERS
DONATIONS DISTRIBUTED (Pounds)
The mission of the Midwest Mission Distribution Center is to compassionately help God’s people in need locally, nationally and around the world and to offer a center to fulfill the call for service to our neighbors in Christ’s name.
FLOOD SEASON HAS STARTED EARLY ! With heavy rains throughout the Midwest, Cleaning Bucket Kits have started flying off the shelves. The first shipment of 144 Cleaning Bucket Kits, 300 Personal Dignity Kits, 48 School Bags, 20 Layette Kits, and 100 storage totes left for Watseka and Aroma Park in Northern Illinois on February 28. (see photo) Volunteers began to prepare for additional shipments to locations in Indiana and Michigan for delivery on March 1st, 2nd, & 3rd.
Shipment to Port-Au-Prince Haiti through Food for the Poor A container filled with 4,190 Birthing Kits, 76 Sewing Machines, 1,197 Layette Kits, 24 Bicycles, various household cleaners, linens, and medical equipment (over 20,000 pounds of supplies, valued at $154,123.56!) left Midwest Mission on February 24th bound for Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER! On April 2nd, 2018 MMDC will begin taking team reservations for 2020 . NEW RATES will also take effect on April 2, 2018: Dorm Lodging: NEW RATE - $20.00 per person per day RV Lodging: NEW RATE - $10.00 per day Duplex Lodging: NEW RATE - $40.00 per day
The staff of MMDC wishes you a blessed and joyful Easter! The MMDC facilities will be closed March 29th & 30th for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: SEWING MACHINE REPAIR 304 Sewing Machines were shipped in 2017 In 2017, a dedicated team of local and not-so-local volunteers including Ralph Barr, Terry House, Clarence Harms, and Ester Mendosa repaired 264 Sewing Machines at an expense of only $414.15! Midwest Mission accepts donations of Electric and Treadle Sewing Machines and this team restores them and gets them ready to include on both domestic and international shipments. Last year they went to Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, and Ghana. In February, an 1885 Davis Treadle Machine was given a second life - hopefully changing the life of a recipient. If you would like to be part of this exciting mission at MMDC, please let us know! This team is happy to provide training to willing volunteers. Terry says, “If you can take something apart and put it back together without too many pieces left over, you would be a good trainee.” Ralph
Terry
Clarence
Ester
1885 Davis Treadle
Blue and Black Pens Crayons Quart-size Storage Bags (such as Ziploc) Please consider donating bulk supplies and having them shipped directly to Midwest Mission o go to www.dollardays.com/midwestmission/wishlist Please send all monetary donations to Midwest Mission: 1001 Mission Drive in Pawnee, IL 62558 or donate online at www.midwestmission.org
February Volunteer Coordinators Tim Sherrow and Sharon Galley Sherrow love coming to Midwest Mission! Sharon started in 2006 after she retired from teaching and Tim joined her in 2014 when he retired from being an engineer. The last two years they have served as volunteer coordinators for two weeks in February. Sharon is especially passionate about sewing and helping children. Tim loves working in the warehouse, building (and tearing down.) Both Tim and Sharon lost their first spouses early: to a stroke (Tim) and a brain tumor (Sharon). They found each other in the midst of their grief and have been very happily married for over twenty years. Sharon has two children and four grandchildren, Tim has two sons and two grandchildren. Together they share happy, happy times as combined Mimi and Grandpa. They live in Michigan, in Clarkston and beautiful Traverse Bay. Their home church is Clarkston United Methodist where they are actively involved in many projects including Adult Righteous Mission (a church led community mission.) Tim also serves as treasurer for the UMM and Sharon is involved with a Companions spiritual study group and helps organize a weekly afterschool program called Camp B for first and second graders. After being at Midwest Mission, Sharon started Mercy Threads for church sewers to work on Midwest Mission sewing projects and Sleeper Sunday where the entire congregation collects sleepers for Layette Kits.
February
YTD
2017
214
397
2,314
VOLUNTEER HOURS
2,300
4,862
33,217
DONATIONS RECEIVED (Pounds)
9,066
108,083
668,703
SHIPMENTS - International
3
6
29
SHIPMENTS - Domestic
8
16
201
88,116
119,242
909,031
VOLUNTEERS
DONATIONS DISTRIBUTED (Pounds)
The mission of the Midwest Mission Distribution Center is to compassionately help God’s people in need locally, nationally and around the world and to offer a center to fulfill the call for service to our neighbors in Christ’s name.
