The Ingatherings take place on the first weekend of October.

Parish projects, properly packed and labeled, may be brought to the Receiving Centers listed below on October 2 and 3, 2010 after which they will be sent by railway to New Windsor, Maryland, for shipment overseas.
 

For the 2008 fall ingathering these dates and centers apply:

  • Bring donations to Receiving Centers:

  • Saturday Oct. 2 9:00 am —12:00 noon

  • Sunday Oct. 3 12:00 noon —3:00 pm

In packing your goods for shipment, sort and pack in separate boxes, labeling the contents clearly on the outside of the box. Computer-generated labels are a big help.
Note that completed *health kits must be in boxes labeled:

 Note: Clothing is no longer collected, and no toothpaste is included in Healthkits.

Please do not allow each box’s weight to exceed 40 pounds; use strong cartons secured with packing tape.

Important: It is absolutely necessary that you bring someone with you to help carry boxes when unloading your car and reloading onto the trailer if you are unable to do it yourself.

More information about packing -- click on the following link: http://www.lwr.org/parish/pack.asp

Receiving centers

  • Messiah Lutheran Church, 1605 Vernon (1 block SW of Lutheran General Hospital), Park Ridge, IL 60068, (847) 823-6984
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  • Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 4501 Main street (at Grant Street), Downers Grove, IL 60515, (630) 968-6231
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  • Faith Lutheran Church, 353 N. Midland Avenue, Joliet, IL 60455, (815) 725-4213
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  • St. Paul Lutheran Church, 4660 W. 94th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, (708) 423-1040
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  • Zion Lutheran Church, 925 Fifth Avenue, Rockford, IL 61104, (815) 964-4609

Questions? Please call: Mildred (Mickey) Monsen (708) 562-3717 or Pat Mason (815) 498-3667 @ St. John’s Lutheran, Somonauk, IL

Your congregation may carry out LWR’s appeal for goods collected, made or assembled year-round. Properly packed and labeled they may be brought to: Church of the Brethren; 1451 Dundee Ave., (Rte 25), Elgin, IL 60120, (847) 742-5100. Open Mon.-Fri. 8--12 noon and 1--4:30 pm. Phone ahead before bringing in donations.

 

LWR appeals to Lutheran congregations in the U.S. to donate the following goods:

  • Quilts and blankets

  • School kits

  • *Health kits --without toothpaste

  • Sewing kits

  • Sewing fabrics, 3yds. each, cotton or cotton blend

  • Soap; new soap in original wrappers

  • Layettes

     

Ingathering at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church