Hi everyone!
What an amazing year 2016 has turned out to be. We are now in our 15th year, and in all those years, we have not turned one worthy person away that needed our help. We hope that God will continue to bless us in the New Year. This would not be possible without the Good Lord and you wonderful Charitable Deeds members, churches, businesses, organizations, and the public for the donations and the help that you give to Charitable Deeds.
In the month of December, we made an impact on 575 lives financially and 197 with household and furniture.
Let’s just stop for now, and pray for those on our prayer chain. If you know of anyone that needs added or deleted, please contact Bobbi @ 814-782-3733.
That’s all for now, just remember you are still our favorite people
God Bless you all – Keep smiling
John Kerle (814)-221-9966 & Bobbi Wolfgong (814)221-8987
Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others
What an amazing year 2016 has turned out to be. We are now in our 15th year, and in all those years, we have not turned one worthy person away that needed our help. We hope that God will continue to bless us in the New Year. This would not be possible without the Good Lord and you wonderful Charitable Deeds members, churches, businesses, organizations, and the public for the donations and the help that you give to Charitable Deeds.
In the month of December, we made an impact on 575 lives financially and 197 with household and furniture.
- We still are in need of lift chairs for the elderly and disabled. Also, if anyone has any dressers that they would like to donate we still need them. We are also looking for mattress and box springs that are clean and have no stains on them. If you would like to donate to Charitable Deeds, please call John for pick up.
- Our 2017 Golf Scramble will be held on June 17th. We are looking for volunteers to help us with this project. Anyone wishing to help can call Bobbi at 814-797-0286.
- We distributed Clarion County A.B.A.T.E Christmas presents to the poor and needy in Clarion County again this year. We want to also thank Clarion Hospital, the churches, and all the individual people that also donated to help put a smile on a child’s face. This is such a great thing A.B.A.T.E and all involved have done at Christmas time, when parents worry how to get that present under the tree. We know presents aren’t the meaning of Christmas, but try telling that to that child looking at you wondering why Santa did not come to them. We also want to thank the Clarion Mall for the use of one of their stores and their toy donations. Remember if you see the A.B.A.T.E boxes setting around town, drop in a present. It sure does put a smile on the face of a child. We gave out a total of 936 presents before Christmas.
- Now that the 2016 food giveaway is over, we will be returning to our regular schedule, the 4th Thursday of every month. The next food giveaway will be Thursday, January 26th. This food giveaway is located at 260 High Point Rd, Knox, Pa 16232 at the Charitable Deeds building. To receive this food, you must call in and preregister. You can call in the 1,2, or 3rd week of each month to this # 814-797-0286. If you are not registered, you cannot receive food. This food giveaway is sponsored by Charitable Deeds and 3 area churches. Each month we supply up to 160 families with a shopping cart of food. The future dates are as follows Thurs, January 26th, Thurs, February 23rd, Thurs March 23rd, Thurs, April 27th, Thurs, May 25th, Thurs, June 22nd Thurs, July 27th, Thurs, August 24th, Thurs, September28th, Thurs, October 26th, Tues, November 14th and Tues December 5th.
- REMINDER: Keep bringing in your aluminum cans and the tabs. If you just have tabs we are excepting them also. Right now being that the price of aluminum is down, we are accumulating cans. We will sell them as soon as the price of aluminum goes up. We are also still excepting any plastic lid- this helps a patient with treatments.
- Well what a great, great year for ringing the bell for the Salvation Army. Charitable Deeds raised $15,840.00 to help needy families with their gas, electric, water, etc. Thank you to all the wonderful people that rang the bell at Wal-Mart (Clarion), Tom’s Riverside (Knox), and the Clarion Mall, and all the wonderful, wonderful people that dropped money in that red kettle. Charitable Deeds also helps distribute the money raised for Salvation Army in Clarion County.
- We are also distributing Family Funds for Central Electric customers that have a shut-off notice, been a customer for at least 6 months, and are eligible for Li-Heap. We can get them up to $500.00 from family funds towards their bill. We have also started distributing funds for Dollar Energy in Clarion County. So if you know of anyone that needs our help, and they fall within the guide lines of these programs, we could possibly get them additional help.
- The next “All You Can Eat” spaghetti dinner will be held on March 18th from 3:30 -7 p.m. at the Wolf’s Den. Anyone wishing to help, or bake a cake or two, can contact Bobbi. We are always looking for someone to help with clean up. So if you are interested in helping with cleanup, you can just show up at 6 p.m. to help. Please don’t forget to mark your calendars for the 2017 spaghetti dinner year. They are as follows: March 18th, May 20st, July 8yh, September16th, and November 11th.
- We are in the middle of our Winter Utility Campaign. Being the winter weather is turning cold we have people in 3 counties – Clarion, Venango, and Forest, plus surrounding area’s flocking in here to get help with their utilities. Please help to keep your neighbors warm this year. With the starting of a New Year if you would like to make a donation to a charity that gives back 100 percent to the community, then consider Charitable Deeds. If any trust, foundation, or other charity that would like to send us a grant, we can distribute it in their name, and send back an application for each family that we helped. We would like to have banks, businesses, and factories help us with this Utility Campaign.
Let’s just stop for now, and pray for those on our prayer chain. If you know of anyone that needs added or deleted, please contact Bobbi @ 814-782-3733.
That’s all for now, just remember you are still our favorite people
God Bless you all – Keep smiling
John Kerle (814)-221-9966 & Bobbi Wolfgong (814)221-8987
Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others