HUMAN CARE BOARD

The Human Care Board. is offering SAFETY NET, a service for people who live alone. At a time specified by you, someone would call daily to check in with you. If you need help, your designated contact person would be notified or the person who called to check on you would get the assistance you need. To sign up for this service or for more information, contact Ruth Gulley 779-4554, Mary Pirsig 783-4684, or Linda Vetsch 269-2889.
Just a reminder that the CONGREGATIONAL NEEDS LIST is still available for use. If you have specific needs or items to give away, please write them down on the list on the podium in the narthex.
Once again our congregation has the opportunity to contribute to the cost of building materials for a home-building project of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. Simply sign your name on the board and put your contnbution in the metal box attached to the board. The board will be displayed either in the narthex or the fellowship room and will be U$Cd in the building of a Habitat home.
After taking the summer off: THE SHEPHERD'S SENIORS are resuming their activities this month. They will be having lunch at Signature's Restaurant in Winona on Thursday, September 16. More information will be coming out as the date comes closer. If you have any questions, please call Helen Harms at 783-0537.
THE PIECE MAKERS is currently in need of backing and also filling for quilts. If you have old cotton or flannel sheets in fairly good condition or any other suitable material that could be used for backing or filling, please consider dlonating them to the Piece Makers. The group will have quilts for sale at the
L WML Craft and Bake Sale in October. Quilts will be on display in the Fellowship Room for a week or two before the sale. The Piece Makers meets at church on Wednesday mornings at 11 :30. If you have questions, contact Lorraine Koch.
FAMILY RESOURCES will be offering the following workshops/classes/activities during the month of August. Call Family Resources at 784-8125 to register or for more information.
1. Parent Connection (for parents with young children) - every Tuesday from 9:30-11 :00 am
2. Holmen/Onalaska Play Shoppe (for parents and their children ages birth to five) - Wednesday from 9:30-11 :00 am at Oak Grove Family Learning Center (W7908 County Rd. Z, Onalaska)
3. La Crosse Play Shoppe (for parents and their children ages birth to five) - Fridays from 9:30- 11am at Family Resources (1500 Green Bay St., La Crosse), except on the FIRST FRIDAY of every month, when La Crosse Play Shoppe meets at Huggelheim Paul Stry Preserve (Highway 33 near Hillside Animal Hospital)
4. Active Parenting - September 1, 8, 15,22,29 5.2417 Dad - September 2,9, 16,23,30
5. Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention - September 7
6. SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - September 7
7. Orientation for County Child Care Certification - September 7
8. Make A Difference In the Life Of A Child - September 9
9. Happiest Baby On the Block - September 14
10.Stewards of Children: Training for Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse - September 21

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The Shepherd's Seniors is a social group aimed mainly at people who consider themselves . senior citizens. It does not have officers or business meetings. It was formed as an opportunity to enjoy fellowship and food together, and to get to know our church family better.
Helen Harms, Pastor E.T. Keller, Roger Umland and Mary Pirsig met recently to plan thls : year's schedule of outings. Everyone is welcome to join us as often or as little as you wish. Most of our gatherings are at suppertime; exceptions are noted below.
For outings at a distance, we will use the church van if it is available and if we have a driver. If the van is not available we will carpool.
We normally post a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board so that we can arrange reservations if needed, and so that we know who we're waiting for when we gather at church to carpool.

September 16th: Lunch at Signatures in Winona. (We chose lunch
    because dinner is quite tipricey".) Food is great, and will be something different for us. We'll probably leave     church around 12:30pm.

October 21st: Little Miami in Freeburg, MN. If the date coincides with the swans being at Brownsville, or fall colors, we could see that ... Little Miami's Thursday special is a 6 oz. ranch steak, French fries and a roll for $7.95. Good ice cream drinks too!
 
November 18th:    Beedel's in Centerville (changed ownership recently).

December 9th:    Red Lobster. [Note: Because of Christmas, this date is one week earlier than we usually meet.]

January 20th:     China Inn - Onalaska.
February 17th:     Ciatti's - Onalaska.
March 17th:     Sullivan's - Trempealeau.
April 21st:     German Haus Restaurant east of Tomah, near Volk Field.
May 19th:     Rocky's - Stoddard.
If you have questions, call Helen Harms at 7183-0537 or Mary Pirsig at 783-4684  

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'Classified'

There is a new podium in the narthex, built by Roger Umland of the Human Care Committee ... .it is for the new "Classified" service that Human Care is launching within our congregation. You may advertise your need OR availability of "goods" or "services". Note that one tablet is for: "goods" only; the other is for help wanted or available. There is just enough room for you to briefly write the item or service wanted/offered, and your phone number. If you have questions, please phone Roger at: 526-6054.