Upcoming Activities

Blood Drive, July 8
Trinity is hosting a blood drive on Saturday, July 8 from 8am to noon. If it's tough for you to find time to donate blood during the workweek, hopefully a Saturday morning appointment will fit your schedule better. Blood donors are always in constant demand, and by donating just one pint of blood, you have the potential to save up to three lives.

Anyone who is at least 17 years old, weighs a minimum of 110 lbs. and is in generally good health can donate blood. The entire process takes about an hour, and all blood types are needed.

Appointments are encouraged, and donors should bring a photo ID. To sign up for your lifesaving appointment, call 1-877-BE-A-HERO, contact Jill Klitz, or reserve a spot online at bcw.edu/trinity. All attempting donors will receive a ticket to the Wisconsin State Fair!

Whether or not you're donating blood, you can also help out by donating snacks! The BloodCenter will provide juice and packaged snacks, and we're looking to supplement that with some cookies, brownies or other goodies to nourish those who've just donated blood.

Please drop off your snacks at Trinity on Friday, July 7 -- the office door will be open from 8am-noon and again from 4-6pm -- or let Jill Klitz know if you'd like to drop them off at a different time. Any donated snacks that are left over can be served at the ice cream social held after our July 9 worship service. Thanks for your support!

Ice Cream Social, July 9
Immediately after the 9am service on Sunday, July 9, join us for an ice cream social!

Serving a meal at Saukville Food Pantry, July 22
The Saukville Community Food Pantry, in connection with many local churches, hosts a free meal site twice a month. On Saturday, July 22, Trinity will be providing and serving the meal, held from noon to 1pm at St. Peter's UCC, 166 W. Dekora Street in Saukville. We will be serving picnic-style ham sandwiches. Volunteers/donations are needed:

• 6 on-site servers (set-up/serve/clean-up). Be at the UCC church at 11am to serve at noon
• 3 large watermelons (whole/not sliced)
• 8 doz. cookies -- chocolate chip preferred
• 6 doz. hamburger buns
• 2 #10 cans of pork and beans (7lb. 2 oz. size or equivalent)
• 6 bags potato chips (10.25 oz./family size)

Ozaukee Ride for Outreach for Hope, Sept. 9
Save the date! On Saturday, Sept. 9, there will be a bike ride to support the ministries of Outreach for Hope, which sustains the work of Christ in communities of poverty in Milwaukee. You can help support their ministry by riding, sponsoring or volunteering for this God's Work Our Hands event. The Saturday morning ride, beginning at Christ the King in Port Washington (420 W. Whitefish Road), will offer multiple distances for everyone from families to serious riders. The event is taking shape now, so save the date and watch for more details! The application website is being developed and will be online soon. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Julie Ische or Carl Ball.

Food Pack for Hunger Relief, Sept. 23
Last year, almost 60 people of all different ages from all over the community came together and packed 107 boxes of food (more than 23,000 meals) for hungry people in Haiti and El Salvador. And we're excited to do it again! Partnering with Worldwide Hunger Relief, Trinity will be hosting a Food Pack for Hunger Relief on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9am-1:30pm.

Our goal is to fill three 90-minute shifts:

• 9-10:30am
• 10:30am-12pm
• 12-1:30pm

There are four tables per shift, with eight people at each table working in assembly-line fashion to fill bags with a measured amount of uncooked rice, dehydrated soy, vegetables, vitamins and minerals. Each table packs about 288 bags (or eight boxes) of food, and when cooked with water, each bag provides a meal for six people. Sit-down jobs are available for those who don’t wish to stand the whole time.

There's no fee to participate, but we'll gladly welcome donations of any amount, whether or not you help pack (we hope to pack 96 boxes, and we pay $43.20 per box for the cost of food and shipping). You can donate when you come to pack, or you can give through the church office or the offering plate (if donating by check, please make your check out to "Trinity Lutheran Church" with "Food Pack" on the memo section of the check). Thank you so much for any contribution you can make!

This event is open to everyone in the community -- from grade-schoolers on up -- and we need your help! To sign up, please contact Linda Staley in the church office at 262-377-0610 or at office@trinitycedarburg.org. You can sign up as an individual or as a group -- invite your friends, family members and coworkers to do this with you!

Please consider participating and making a difference to help alleviate starvation.