Help Sergeantsville Methodists send gifts to needy kids around the world
DELAWARE TWP. -- The Sergeantsville United Methodist Church will start at 10 a.m. on Oct. 29 to pack shoe boxes filled with love and prayers and gifts for children around the world.
You can come help pack shoe boxes through Operation Christmas Child and help the congregation pass its goal of 744 boxes.
You are invited to a joyful day of fellowship and service while the boxes are filled with children's toys and health items. Donations of filler items can be dropped off at the church prior to Oct. 29. These are some suggestions for filler items:
TOYS :small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, small Etch A Sketch, toys that light up or make noise (with extra batteries), Slinky, etc.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES: pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, etc.
HYGIENE ITEMS: toothbrush, toothpaste, mild bar soap (in a plastic bag), comb, washcloth, etc.
Walkers will remember loved ones at fourth annual Garth Walk
For the third year, families will come together at the Garth Walk in remembrance of loved ones that were lost due to violence.
The Garth Walk started in October of 2008 in memory of Garth Rector, who was murdered March 21, 2008. Rector was a Ball State employee for nearly 30 years. His younger sister, Angie Mock, has organized the event ever since.
"It's a chance for us to let the ones that have passed know we're here, we love them," she said. "And then to support the ones that are still here, that are left behind."
The walk will take place Saturday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. People who want to participate should meet at the parking lot between the Muncie Fieldhouse and Muncie Central High School. The Walk will then travel north on Wheeling Avenue to Minnetrista and then back south on North Walnut Street back to the fieldhouse.
Refreshments will be available after the walk, as well as T-shirts. There will also be a balloon launch following the walk where families can write notes to loved ones that have passed, tie them to a purple balloon and send them "up to heaven," Mock said.
