BULLETIN AND NEWSLETTER BLURBS:

V. 1BETTER TOGETHER: PACKAGING FOOD AND BUILDING COMMUNITYAs you know the Greater St. Cloud Community continues to change and grow more diverse. Jesus Christ call us to welcome and love the strangers who come into our communities and provide for their needs, saying: “I was hun-gry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Mt 25:35, NRSV). In hopes of building a

stronger community and serving our God and neighbors, many local organizations including Catholic Charities, Local Faith Communities, Habitat for Humanity, Lutheran Social Services, SW MN Synod of the ELCA, Times Media, Thrivent Financial, United Way of Central Minnesota, #UniteCloud and the Central Minnesota Community Foundation will be sponsoring a food packaging event to bring people together to develop relationships and do something positive for the good of the community, as a community, be-cause we are BETTER TOGETHER.

On July 28th, at Apollo High School, we plan to package over 200,000 meals and to distribute those meals to local charities, food shelves and disabled veterans’ support organizations. Online sign ups to serve at this event will begin in late June. In the meantime, please pray for this event and consider mak-ing a tax-deductible donation to help purchase food packaging supplies. Financial contributions can be sent directly to United Way of Central Minnesota at 3001 Clearwater Road, Suite 201, St. Cloud, MN 56301. Please denote the gift is for the BETTER TOGETHER event! Congregations and individuals may also give online at https://www.classy.org/feedingourcommunities. We will also accept gifts on the day of the event. Thank you for your prayers and support.

V. 2BETTER TOGETHER: PACKAGING FOOD AND BUILDING COMMUNITYOn July 28th, at Apollo High School, a coalition of local faith-based and com-munity organizations plans to package over 200,000 meals for local charities, food shelves and disabled veterans’ support organizations. Online sign ups to serve at this event will begin in late June. In the meantime, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help purchase food packaging supplies.

Financial contributions can be sent directly to United Way of Central Minnesota at 3001 Clearwater Road, Suite 201, St. Cloud, MN 56301. Please denote the gift is for the BETTER TOGETHER event! Con-gregations and individuals may also give online at https://www.classy.org/feedingourcommunities. We will also accept gifts on the day of the event. Thank you for your prayers and support.