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The 2010 Fall Ingathering took place on October 2 and 3. More than two semi-trailers full were collected at five receiving centers in the Chicago area and then piggybacked by train to New Windsor, Maryland.
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Information about the 2011 Fall Ingathering will be shared when it becomes available. Congregations can carry out LWR’s appeal for goods* collected, made or assembled year-round. Goods may be brought to: Church of the Brethren, 1451 Dundee Avenue (Route 25), Elgin, IL 60120 (847.742.5100). Monday-Friday 8:00 to 11:30 A.M. and 1:00 to 3:30 P.M. (24-hour advance notice requested.) * quilts and blankets, school kits, health kits (without toothpaste), sewing kits, sewing fabrics (3 yards each, cotton or cotton blend), soap; (new soap in original wrappers, layettes). For information on proper packing and shipping, click on: http://www.lwr.org/beinvolved/pack.asp * * * “For over 30 years FLWR has assisted Lutheran World Relief in its ministries of healing and hope. Your area contributes mightily and faithfully to the quilts, health kits, school kits, sewing kits, layettes, soap and fabric distributed to people in need in many parts of the world each year. In 2009, LWR delivered 1,371 tons of these items worth $13.5 million to 742,560 people in 22 different countries. The number of quilts alone numbered 378,050!” – Melanie Gibbons, LWR parish projects coordinator
Ingathering at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church |
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