West Side Young Adults

During the last five weeks, the YA ministry has been collecting food as part of a church-wide effort to help fill West Side’s food pantry.
Here’s what the YA ministry contributed:

78 boxes of breakfast cereal
34 lbs of spaghetti
33 jars/cans of spaghetti sauce
179 cans of tuna
55 boxes of Tuna Helper
30 boxes of Hamburger Helper
44 cans of soup
93 cans of Corn
43 cans of green beans
24 cans of baked beans
27 cans of pork & beans
80 cans of Fruit
31 cans of pasta
84 boxes of pudding
24 boxes of Jell-O
10 bottles of shampoo
9 bottles of conditioner
38 bars of soap
32 rolls of toilet paper
15 toothbrushes
4 tubes of toothpaste
19 jars of peanut butter
69 jars of jelly
1 box of taco shells
1 box of AuGratin potatoes
12 boxes of Mac & Cheese
4 pkgs Ramen Noodles
6 bags of pasta sides
3 cans of refried beans
1 can of tomatoes
1 can of drink mix
2 cans of black olives
12 Bags Used Clothing dropped off at Goodwill Store

And the winners of the Food Frenzy competition are…

First place overall:  Atkins/McDow group
1,205 points (2nd fastest shoppers)

And just 15 points shy…

2nd place overall: Huss/Wenzel group
(First place in event day points)

3rd place: Comstock/Traughber group
(Fastest shoppers)

Fourth place: Combined couples group

Congratulations!!

Join in and SERVE!
Saturday, October 3rd
3:30 pm
All Purpose Room at WSCC

Bring your final donations … Still double points for canned corn, canned fruit, and boxes of pudding
Hope to see you there!

I’ll start with a thank you note you received this week from the WSCC Food Pantry Coordinator…
“I wanted to thank you for all of the donations we got this week!!!  Blessings, Anne Tetzlaff”

The donations this week were amazing!!
The Comstock/Traughber Small Group collected the most this week scoring 216 points with 24 boxes of cereal, 6 boxes of spaghetti, 6 jars spaghetti sauce, 6 cans tuna, 6 boxes each of tuna and hamburger helper, 8 cans of soup, 8 cans of veggies, 4 cans baked beans, 4 cans pork & beans, 4 cans fruit, 4 cans pasta, 4 boxes each pudding & jello, 4 bottles each of shampoo & conditioner, 12 bars soap, 16 rolls toilet paper, 4 toothbrushes and for double points 2 jars peanut butter and 6 jars of jelly.
The Atkins/McDow Small Group collected the second highest number of donations this week scoring 98 points with 1 bottle each of shampoo & conditioner, 3 bars of soap, 4 rolls of toilet paper, 1 toothbrush, 10 boxes of macaroni & cheese and for double points 6 jars of peanut butter and 8 jars of jelly.
The Huss/Wenzel Small Group is still collecting and scored 60 points with 12 boxes of cereal, 2 boxes of spaghetti, 2 jars spaghetti sauce, 2 cans tuna, and 2 boxes each of tuna & hamburger helper and for double points 10 jars of pb&j

Bottom Line Standings to-date…
1st Place – Huss/Wenzel (392 points)
2nd Place – Comstock/Traughber (216 points)
3rd Place – Atkins/McDow (170 points)

If your group hasn’t started yet, it’s not too late!!  However, this is the final week … don’t miss out on the opportunity to serve others.  See the previous entry for news about the FINALE, Saturday, October 3rd.  Bring your final donations and receive double points for Canned Fruit, Canned Corn, and pudding boxes.  In addition to these donations, there will be opportunity at the event to rack up major points to add to your score.

Looking forward to celebrating with you on Saturday, October 3rd, beginning at 3:30 in the All Purpose Room at West Side!

Don’t forget: There’s only one week left in the Food Frenzy competition.

The winners will be announced on Oct. 3 during the SERVE! event, which  begins @ 3:30 p.m.

So empty your pantry…

Points will be tallied, dinner will be served and the final winners (and prizes) will be awarded.

Don’t miss out!

Half of each small group’s members must attend in order to get ANY prizes.

Want to get ahead of the competition?

500 Bonus points will be awarded to any group that contacts the St. John’s Bread Line to schedule a date to volunteer to serve a meal (approximately 2 hour commitment). Write down the date that is scheduled, a name of the contact person from your group and a list of at least five people from your group who have committed to participate in order to receive the points. Bring this statement with you to the SERVE! event.

(You may schedule multiple volunteer dates…and will receive 500 points for each committed date.)

St. John’s Breadline: 430 N 5th St, Springfield.
(217) 528-6098

Points will be tallied and posted again tomorrow for the food frenzy. You may be surprised with the new post! If you have food to deliver for your team, just call or text me to be sure I’m home … 741-0196

Be sure to save the date of October 3 at 3:30 so you can participate in the Food Frenzy Finale!!

In the Lead with 332 points — Huss/Wenzel Team. 
In second place with 72 points — Atkins/McDow Team. 
Yet to score are the Comstock/Traughber, Fretz/Trewartha, and Spear/Spilman Teams.

On 9/26, the Huss/Wenzel group delivered 3 cereal kits, 5 meal kits (with extra spaghetti and sauce); 4 canned goods kits (with extra veggies); 3 toiletry items kits (with extra bar soap) for a total of 166 points…  These points were DOUBLED because their group made the first delivery.
Today, the Atkins/McDow group delivered 2 cereal kits; 2 meal kits (with extra hamburger helper); 2 canned goods kits; and the bonus pb&jelly.

Double Point BONUS ITEMS for this week…
Peanut butter (minimum 28 oz.) normally 3 points (doubled to 6 this week)
Jelly (minimum 20 oz.) normally 2 points (doubled to 4 this week)
The peanut butter and jelly points will be doubled if delivered this week (deadline is noon on Sat. 9/26)

After their small group met tonight Kevin Minick, Steven Bull, Chad Johnson, and Chad Huss delivered the food pantry donations that their group collected this week. Group members not pictured are Ryan Janssen, Tom McEvoy, Elizabeth Wenzel, Allison Gnuse, Jamie Ingram, Christi Minick, Kristin Sullivan, and Stephanie Wise. Their donations totaled 166 points, but because they made the first delivery of the contest they racked up a total of 332 points!
GAME ON!!!

You may have noticed that scores were not updated Saturday for the Food Frenzy…that’s because they did not change.  If your small group had made a drop off at the Minick’s for West Side’s Food Pantry, you would be in 1st Place!

So…let’s up the challenge.  Be the FIRST small group to make a drop off  (see Food Frenzy post for rules), and you will receive double points for that donation.  Click here to see the scorecard we will be using.

All West Side small groups have been asked to participate in a five-week food drive from September 6th through October 4th to restock the church’s food pantry.

Just for fun, the YA ministry plans to add some friendly competition. We call it the “Food Frenzy Challenge.”

Our competition will culminate on October 3rd with the YA Serve! event… the “Food Frenzy.”

Be sure to mark your calendar – extra points will be given based on the percentage of your small group that attends the “Frenzy!”  A small group must have a minimum of 50 percent of their group in attendance to claim a prize at the “Frenzy!”

Needed items for the church’s food pantry have been grouped into “kits” and have been assigned a point value.

Basically, the more points, the better the prize (and the bigger the bragging rights).  You can size up the competition through weekly updates on this blog each Saturday.  Let’s show West Side what young adults are made of!

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