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NOMADS Serving at Richmond Hill Each year the Magnolia Manor Campus inRichmond Hill has been fortunate enough to acquire some of the most skilled volunteers through a Christian ministry known as NOMADS which stands for Nomads On a Mission Active in Divine Service. NOMADS is a mission outreach ministry of the United Methodist Church through the General Board of Global Ministries. The NOMADS program offers persons with recreational vehicles the opportunity to share their time and skills in United Methodist projects, including churches, camps, mission agencies, disaster areas and local neighborhoods. Four couples, Lee & Bill Miller, Robbie & Ted Johndrow, Donna & Don Hoff, and Joyce & David Mills along with Robert Smith made up the team of NOMADS selected to help the Richmond Hill campus. Administrator, Rich DeLong along with his staff and the residents look forward to this group coming each year not only because of what they do, but because of who they are. “The NOMADS not only bring their skilled hands and hearts of labor to Magnolia Manor each year…. they continue to foster a caring relationship with both our staff and residents. It’s really not about the ‘free work’ that they provide — it’s more about making a connection with people and a positive change in the lives of many for His sake, and in His name,” says Rich DeLong. Among the tasks accomplished were painting apartments, replacing ceiling tiles, repairing potholes in the parking lot, and striping the parking lots. “The list goes on and on… the NOMADS get more done in 3 weeks than we could in an entire year,” says Jennifer Franks. 22 Magnolia Manor | www.magnoliamanor.com Pictured on this page: NOMADS in action working hard at the Richmond Hill Magnolia Manor campus.
Americus Residents Help Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America deliver much more than mail when they walk and drive along their postal routes. They also collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers who participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the nation and probably the world. Led by letter carriers represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFLCIO), with the help of rural letter carriers, other postal employees and numerous volunteers, the drive has resulted in delivery of nearly one billion pounds of donations to community food banks and pantries over the past 17 years. Carriers collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 local NALC branches in all 50 states are involved in the drive. Many Magnolia Manor residents from the Americus campus have saved canned goods to be able to “give back” to others they say. It is really neat to see the residents coming together to contribute to a good cause such as this food drive. The mail carrier, Gloria Harltley, for the Magnolia Manor of Americus says, “Every year, the Magnolia Manor independent residents are major participants in the USPS Stamp Out Hunger food drive.” Gloria’s route gets the most donations in town, and our residents are a big part of that. She had already emptied her truck once, and it was filled up again just from her stop at the Manor. She said, “It’s so much fun coming here— it’s like an Easter egg hunt… I love to see people blessing other people.” Pictured above is resident Kathleen Pope, who contributed to this food drive. Food being loaded on the dock at the post office Magnolia Manor | www.magnoliamanor.com 23
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