Church on the Green Newsletter December 2017 | Page 12

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Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief

Help support victims of Hurricane Maria through the First Church YouGiveGoods fundraiser page. Purchases will be delivered by yougivegoods directly to the Salvation Army in Puerto Rico, and are fully tax deductible. To make a donation, please visit the following website and click on the "shop now" button.

https://yougivegoods.com/firstchurchlongmeadowdrive

Mission

Nursing Bags for Haitian Students

An Alternative Christmas Gift

Give a nursing kit to a student nurse at the Karen School of Nursing at CONASPEH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Each bag will contain a blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, nurse’s watch, digital thermometer, penlight, and bandage scissors. Bags will be personally delivered by Dr. Mark Pohlman and Mary

Friedman who will be going to Haiti in December. The cost of a bag is $50. Checks may be made payable to First Church of Christ, Longmeadow with “Nursing Bag for Haiti” in the memo line. When you purchase a kit, you will receive a note to send to your friend or family member in whose honor you are donating the bag. Please see Mary Friedman (567-7153) or [email protected].

Pajama Collection

There is still time to help the PJ Library (www.pjlibrary.org) with their community wide pajama drive. First Church is proud to be a collection site for drive, with a collection box located outside the church office. Please drop off new pajamas from now until December 17.