August 12, 2012 - Westminster Presbyterian Church
August 12, 2012 - Westminster Presbyterian Church
August 12, 2012 - Westminster Presbyterian Church
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ANNOUNCEMENTS (cont.)<br />
P.R.I.S.M. “Garage Giveaway”<br />
(Pittsburgh Regional International Student Ministries)<br />
for newly arrived international students<br />
When: Saturday, <strong>August</strong> 18, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.<br />
Where: Bellefield <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong>,<br />
Fifth Avenue in Oakland<br />
What you can do: Donate useful household items<br />
such as:<br />
• Beds and bedding<br />
• Cooking utensils<br />
• Towels<br />
• Dishes<br />
• Lamps<br />
• Desks<br />
• Small appliances<br />
• Small to moderatesized<br />
furniture<br />
These items will be offered FREE OF CHARGE<br />
to new International students – most of whom<br />
are graduate scholars and many of whom are<br />
married – to set up housekeeping in their new<br />
surroundings in the U.S.<br />
Every year the Garage Giveaway serves over<br />
300 students from 30+ countries as their first<br />
introduction to the United States and, for many, to<br />
the love of Christ. <strong>Westminster</strong> has filled a 14-foot<br />
truck for over 5 years!<br />
Please consider the following important point:<br />
Is each item genuinely useful? Would I give it to<br />
my son or daughter to use for their university living<br />
situation?<br />
Please also recognize that this is P.R.I.S.M.’s<br />
first contact with many newly arrived international<br />
students. This service to them leaves a lasting<br />
impression!<br />
Volunteers are needed:<br />
1. Set-up: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday<br />
(before the giveaway). Anytime between noon<br />
and 8:00 p.m.<br />
2. Drivers with pick-up trucks: to help transport<br />
the international students to their apartments<br />
with the items they select. This is an urgent<br />
need and only requires a few hours of time<br />
(9:00 a.m. to early afternoon) on the day of the<br />
giveaway. It is a lot of fun.<br />
3. Clean-up team: starting at 1:00 p.m.<br />
For additional info, to request a pick-up of<br />
larger items, OR TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP<br />
MOVE FURNITURE AUGUST 16 or 18, call<br />
Doug Mitchell at 4<strong>12</strong>-561-1557 or 724-316-7511<br />
or the P.R.I.S.M. office at 4<strong>12</strong>-683-0342.<br />
Please note:<br />
Bring small items to the P.R.I.S.M. collection point<br />
in the coatroom near the elevator on the ground<br />
floor. Larger items will be scheduled for pick-up on<br />
Thursday afternoon, <strong>August</strong> 16, at donors’ homes.<br />
WROC<br />
Visit our website at wroc.westminster-church.org and see what’s being offered at the<br />
WROC. If you do not have access to a computer, please call Kathy Long, WROC director, April by Jack at 4<strong>12</strong>-835- Puglisi<br />
6630x200 for a complete catalog of classes.<br />
10 | AUGUST <strong>12</strong>, 20<strong>12</strong>
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