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Don't Forget to Sign Up for Ramadan Iftar
You won't want to miss out on this wonderful opportunity to participate in a Ramadan iftar (fast-breaking) dinner with members of the Pacifica Institute. The dinner will be held in Creekside Center at 8:30 PM on Monday June 27. Signups are due tomorrow, Monday June 20. Contact Kathy Nahman.
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Weekday Showers Begin June 23
Starting June 23 Hope's Corner, together with the Community Services Agency, will be making free showers available for the homeless in Mountain View every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. CSA will have a case worker onsite to meet with shower guests and connect them to other services.
Volunteers 18 and older are needed to help facilitate check in/check out. Sign ups are available on the Hope's Corner volunteer page.
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New Habitat Build Dates Announced
Habitat for Humanity has announced a few more work days for the Delmas House in San Jose. Volunteers are needed for July 16, August 13 and October 22. Please follow the links below to sign up. Minimum age is 16.
If you have a group interested in scheduling a Saturday painting day during the summer, please contact Don Varney.
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Compassion Week Project
Leaders Needed
With more than 90 projects scheduled to take place during Compassion Week 2016 (October 3 - 9), the planning team needs to identify lots of project leaders this month! If you have wanted to get more involved in Compassion Week, consider leading a project. No experience is required and the time commitment is minimal. Contact Nadine Tadeo to learn more. Projects include painting, relief kit packing, baking, landscaping, food sorting, beach clean-up, meal preparation, and more.
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Save the Date: Poverty Simulation
Mark your calendar for Sunday August 28, 12-3 pm for the Poverty Simulation to be held in Creekside Center. In this fast-paced role playing event, you will experience the realities of living in poverty in Silicon Valley. For adults and high school students. Registration opens soon. For information contact Nancy Peterson.
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Thank you to all who contributed books and funding for our very successful African Library Project! Project coordinator Janice Maggiora is proud to note that the book drive supporting a new community library in rural Malawi at Royal Secondary School resulted in a huge haul of more than a thousand books. The books are packaged and have been shipped to New Orleans. They will be on their way to Malawi in a few weeks in a shipping container along with books for more than 50 other libraries. With this project, LAUMC has joined the literacy warriors of African Library Project bringing books to communities and schools without books.
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Like us on Facebook
 The Bold Service & Social Justice Committee has a new Facebook page! "Like" us to keep up with the latest news.
Hope's Corner also has a Facebook page. Hope's Corner is a welcome respite to life on the street or cupboards with little food. Hope's Corner serves breakfast and a sack lunch on Saturdays at Trinity United Methodist Church, at the corner of Hope and Mercy Streets in Mountain View. You can help! Sign up to come and volunteer either on Friday afternoons when the food is packed or on Saturday mornings. Families and small groups are welcome.
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