March CES Devotional

Elder David A. Bednar addressed the young adults at the March 3 CES Devotional. To view his uplifting message, click here.

Community Easter Egg Hunt - March 23

The RS Humanitarian Committee would like to invite anyone who may be able to participate in a community Easter Egg Hunt hosted by The Hershey Company that will benefit the Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter on Saturday March 23, 2013.

(1) Tues. March 19, 2013 Volunteers are needed to stuff over 25,000 eggs. This is a perfect opportunity for children/teens who would like to help as it is during Spring Break.

(2) Various Volunteer opportunities from dressing in bunny costumes, to set-up, to prize booths and much more are needed for the Easter Egg Hunt. Please review the information provided below.

(3) If you are unable to volunteer, but would like to participate with your family, all proceeds go toward a very worthy cause, so please consider adding to your calendar.

If you have any questions or would like to participate please contact Sister Rachael Andrews andrews.rachael@gmail.com or any member of the Humanitarian Committee (Shanda Thompson and Melissa Morales)

171st Relief Society Birthday

December Quarterly Activity

Food Drive for Children and Families in Need

As 75% of the students at Ben's school live at or below the poverty level, the staff at Kid's First are taking on a food drive to provide food baskets for these families during the holiday season. The Grandy family will be helping the staff at Ben's school to collect the below donations for this holiday food drive. 

Frozen chickens, turkeys, hams
Boxed stuffing mix
Salt
Pepper
Butter
Instant Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
Canned Corn
Canned Green Beans
Condensed Milk
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Frozen Rolls or Breads
Boxed Macaroni and Cheese
Frozen pies
Cake Mixes & Frostings
Paper Plates
Napkins
Disposable Roasting Pans
Or any other shelf stable or freezer safe items that you think the families might enjoy.

The minimum goal is a Thanksgiving dinner for each of these families (approximately 60). If any local friends are interested in donating food items, please contact Kelley! She would be happy to come pick up any donations and deliver them to Ben's school. Donations will be accepted until the 19th of November.  THANK YOU!

Humanitarian Service Project

Our Humanitarian Service Project for the month of November will be to participate in the 

Youth Bridges Christmas Decoration Donation Drive.

Please bring in new to gently used Christmas decorations, lights, bulbs, etc. Only foam or 

plastic decorations pls, NO GLASS!  

We will take donations thru November and deliver them early December. There will be a 

box for donations by the RS room.

Please contact Shelly Wright (wright.8891@yahoo.com) or Rachel Andrews 

(andrews.rachael@gmail.com) if you have questions.

Fabulous Friday

·         Fabulous Friday is this Friday (Nov 2^nd) from 6-10 pm at the church!! Available crafts are on display outside of the RS room and in the email sent by Catherine yesterday.  Money and order forms are due to either Crystal Boyle or Jill Manning by this Thursday!!  Please contact Crystal Boyle if you have any questions.

Two additional “How-To” classes will also be available free of charge:

o    7:00 pm:  FURNITURE RESTORATION

o    8:00 pm:  MAKE YOUR OWN MIXES AT A FRACTION OF THE COST- Includes a demo on how to make a variety of food mixes as well as laundry detergent

General Conference

Below is a website where you can locate places to watch General Conference if you are unable to do go to the church.  The Sunday morning session begins at 11:00 AM and the Afternoon session begins at 3:00 PM. 

Enjoy this beautiful opportunity we have to listen to the Prophet and many others speak and give us inspiration!

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765609240/How-to-attend-watch-or-listen-to-general-conference.html

Relief Society S'More Night

Humanitarian Service

Childhood hunger is a current problem in our area.  The Samaritan Community Center serves over 5,000 kids in Northwest Arkansas who are at risk for malnutrition with their snack pack food program that serves at-risk children.  During the entire month of October, the Humanitarian Committee will have a snack pack food drive to contribute to this effort.  Donation boxes will be at church next week and throughout the month.  Every little bit helps.  In addition, we will be placing boxes at local businesses to help the cause as well.  Here is a current list of items to be donated (everything must be non-perishable):

• Fruit Bars
• Fruit Cups
• Fruit Snacks
• Small Cereal Boxes
• Cheese Crackers
• Pudding Cups
• Oatmeal packets
• Microwave Pasta
• Ramen Noodles
• Animal Crackers
• Beef Jerky
• Individual Pretzel Packets
• Other Individually Packaged Snacks

"When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God."

Thanks for your service,

The Relief Society Humanitarian Committee

Rachael Andrews