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Project Backpack Waterford MI

CUMC Supporting Project Backpack Again This Year

Once again Central United Methodist Church is collecting school supplies for Project Backpack. School supplies and backpacks will be collected through Friday, August 18th at several drop-off locations throughout the Waterford area. The supplies will then be distributed through the schools to students in need throughout the Waterford School District. Help us get the kids off to a great start by donating: Backpacks Calculators Colored Pencils Crayons (24 count) Erasers Glue Sticks Highlighters Markers Notebooks Notebook Paper Pencil Boxes Pencils…

Riverside Elementary Book Fair & Ice Cream Social

One of the ways that our congregation is building relationships in the community is through our partnership with Riverside Elementary School. Last year I asked the principal how we (CUMC) could partner with the school. The principal, Mrs. Grambush, suggested that they had not had a summer book exchange in many years and wondered if we might be able to do that. Last summer, we held a very successful Ice Cream Social that included a summer reading exchange for Riverside…
Waterford Central United Methodist Bike Drive

SARN Bike Drive a Huge Success

Bikes, Helmets, Locks and Funds Were Donated Thank you to everyone that participated in the bike drive for the Syrian American Rescue Network (SARN). Donations included: 28 bikes 9 helmets 10 bike locks 10 monetary donations to SARN The bikes will go to support families that have been resettled in southeast Michigan as part of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Act, and will help families establish a solid foothold in their new location. The drive was coordinated by Barb Speice in…