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Stuff the Bus

by | Jun 6, 2017 | News & Notes

Stuff the Bus

Love In the Name of Christ is hosting our annual Stuff the Bus/Back-to-School campaign and will be collecting new backpacks and school supplies now through August 4, 2017. We are in need of donors to sponsor a child and provide them with a new backpack with supplies and/or a new back-to-school outfit for this fall. It is our hope to supply 600 children with backpacks/supplies this year in grades PreK-12th grade and 75 children who are in need of a new back to school outfit. Could you join us as we seek to be part of the solution to local poverty with this opportunity?

Anyone interested in donating items or sponsoring a child, please contact Linda Postma, Love’s Special Projects Coordinator, at 616.662.3300, ext. 114 or email her at [email protected]. Items can be dropped off in the new Relational Ministry Center.

It’s quite incredible that all of this happens almost every day, and every week, by diligent volunteers who embody our diligence core value.

Not only is there a large variety of “things to do,” but also a deep investment by those who say yes to volunteering. Most volunteers serve weekly, some even daily, spending hundreds of hours donating the gift many of us hold most tightly – the gift of time.

In 2023 alone, 420 volunteers invested 49,120 hours – a value of $1.5 million! 

Our core mission is to love, serve and connect with dignity as we follow Jesus Christ closely, watching how he transforms lives – and we often highlight the transformation happening through our Life Skills Program.

What we often forget to highlight is that God is also transforming lives through volunteerism, giving community members purpose, friendship, creativity, and belonging. Here at Love, we believe everyone has something to offer.

If you are a volunteer, at Love Your Neighbor or elsewhere, thank you for this priceless gift!

Check out this volunteer video to learn more about volunteering at Love Your Neighbor.