YOU CAN HELP FIGHT CANCER IN A WAY THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT! CANCER PATIENTS ARE THE TOP RECIPIENTS OF BLOOD PRODUCTS USED TO HELP THEM STAY STRONG IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. WITHOUT ENOUGH GOOD BLOOD CELLS, CANCER PATIENTS OFTEN HAVE TO SUSPEND THEIR TREATMENTS UNTIL THEIR BLOOD CELL COUNTS RECOVER, OFTEN WITH THE HELP OF A BLOOD TRANSFUSION. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND WHEN YOU REIGSTER TO DONATE BLOOD THROUGH OCTOBER 20TH, YOU WILL NOT ONLY BE HELPING THOSE WHO NEED BLOOD, INCLUDING CANCER VICTIMS, BUT YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE A PINK RIBBON T-SHIRT THAT SAYS “I CAN FIGHT CANCER”. YOU CAN SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO GIVE BLOOD ON-LINE AT: WWW.DONORTIME.COM OR CALL YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER!
THE ENON APPLE BUTTER FESTIVAL IS COMING UP THE WEEKEND OF OCTOBER 13 & 14 AND THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP AN 11 MONTH OLD WHO IS WAITING ON A LIVER TRANSPLANT. 11 MONTH OLD CLAIRE KAUFMAN IS IN NEED OF A LIVER TRANSPLANT AND HER FAMILY IS WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN’S ORGAN TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION OR COTA TO RAISE MONEY TO HELP WITH TRANSPLANT-RELATED EXPENSES. CLAIRE’S KARE BEARS VOLUNTEERS WILL BE AT THE ENON APPLE BUTTER FESTIVAL TO SELL ITEMS TO HELP RAISE AN ESTIMATED $50,000. COTA’S SERVICES ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND 100% OF FUNDS RAISED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FUNDRAISERS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE NEEDING TRANSPLANTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS OR FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES CALL COTA COMMUNITY COORDINATOR ELISE CLICK AT 937/206-5606.
A FRIENDSHIP THAT TOOK ROOT IN A DAYTON-AREA BIBLE STUDY MORE THAN THREE DECADES AGO HAS GROWN INTO AN ONGOING MISSION OUTREACH TO A NAVAJO RESERVATION FOR TEAMS FROM SALEM CHURCH OF GOD IN CLAYTON…AND IT ALSO INVOLVES RETIRED WEEC STAFF MEMBER, LARRY CORRELL’S DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND! ROBIN AND FAITH JELLE WERE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE SALEM CONGREGATION WHO HAVE BEEN MINISTERING ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION SINCE 1991. SIX MEMBERS OF THE SALEM FAMILY MADE THE 1,675 MILE TRIP TO HARDROCK, ARIZONA, THEN FIVE MORE HOURS TO THE NORTHEAST FROM PHOENIX TO WORK SEVEN DAYS ALONGSIDE THE JELLES. SALEM’S JEANIE RARICK WHO COORDINATED THE LATEST TRIP SAID THEY WERE IN A BIBLE STUDY WITH ROBIN JELLE’S PARENTS, HOWARD AND CATHERINE JELLE, DURING THE 1970’S AND 80’S AND THAT IS WHERE THEY LEARNED OF THE MISSION OF ROBIN AND FAITH…TO LEAD THE NAVAJOS INTO A FAITH RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. DURING THEIR SEPTEMBER TRIP THIS YEAR, THE SALEM TEAM HELPED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STORY BUNKHOUSE AT THE MINISTRY CENTER, INSTALLING INSULATION AND DRYWALL ON THE SIDES AND CEILINGS, AS WELL AS PAINTING A PORTION OF THE JELLE’S HOME. SALEM HAS SENT FOUR MISSION GROUPS TO HARDROCK OVER THE YEARS, BUT HAVE BEEN FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THE JELLES SINCE THEY STARTED THEIR MINISTRY IN ARIZONA.
LAST SATURDAY WAS A DAY SET ASIDE FOR THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION’S FIFTH NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY. OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DeWINE SAID THAT OHIOANS RETURNED MORE THAN 9 TONS OF UNNEEDED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THIS PAST SATURDAY. THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICER PARTNERED WITH THE DEA AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO MAKE THIS DAY POSSIBLE AND TO WARN RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN PILLS ARE TAKEN BY THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE PRESCRIPTION. “IT ONLY TAKES ONE PILL TO END SOMEONE’S LIFE,” SAID OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DeWINE. THERE WERE 223 COLLECTION SITES ACROSS OHIO AND ALL RETURNED PILLS WILL BE INCINERATED.
NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND TO KICK OFF THE WEEK, THE FAIRBORN FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HOST AN OPEN HOUSE AT FIRE STATION NO. 2, LOCATED AT 2200 COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD IN FAIRBORN ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6TH FROM 1-4PM. CAREFLIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED.
THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION HAS MOVED! THEIR NEW LOCATION IS NOW ON THE THIRD FLOOR AT 616 NORTH LIMESTONE STREET IN SPRINGFIELD! THE MARRIAGE RESOURCE CENTER, CITILOOKOUT COUNSELING SERVICES AND THE SPRINGFIELD HOUSE OF PRAYER ARE ALL LOCATED IN THAT BUILDING AS WELL AND THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION SHARES THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP MAKE A PLACE OF HOPE IN SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY! THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION IS ALSO INVITING YOU TO ATTEND THEIR ANNUAL FALL BREAKFAST ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18TH FROM 7:30-9AM AT THE COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD! THIS IS THEIR INFORMATIONAL FUNDRAISER, BUT THE BREAKFAST IS FREE, AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION AND THE MINISTRIES IT PARTNERS WITH! FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO RSVP, CALL 937/325-6226 OR GO ON LINE TO: EVENTS@NEHEMIAHFOUNDATION.ORG .
CLOUDS COME INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND LOWS WILL DROP TO 55 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES THEN COOL EACH DAY, WITH HIGHS ON FRIDAY EXPECTED AT 66 DEGREES, THEN 53 FOR SATURDAY AND 51 ON SUNDAY. IT WILL GET COLDER AT NIGHT TOO AS OVERNIGHT LOWS DROP TO 43 FRIDAY NIGHT, 39 SATURDAY NIGHT AND BY SUNDAY NIGHT…WE WILL SEE LOWS DIPPING TO ABOUT 33 DEGREES! RAIN IS PROBABLE FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AS WELL AS SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY. WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME PATCHY FROST DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING!
