Scrapbook  Thanks for Giving!





Christmas Eve 2007


Monday, December 24, 2007 Volunteers fill the over 300 Christmas Dinner Bags for clients of the mission.





Monday December 24, 2007BDT  Tradition of giving shines at Bluefield Union Mission

Saturday, December 15, 2007     Just like clockwork.....the 3rd Saturday of December.....for 20 years....members of the West Virginia Ghost Riders, Mercer County Chapter arrive here at the Bluefield Union Mission....loaded with food and toys!

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Food City    Craig Hammond, Director of the Bluefield Union Mission accepts a check for $4,000 from Steve Remines, Manager of Food City Grocery in Bluefield, VA .

December, 2007 McDowell County native Jim Dalton delivered a truck load of food to the Mission in early December. Dalton his family, friends, and former classmastes conducted food drives in Roanoke (where he now resides) during the month of November.  A heartfelt thanks to Jim and his family for giving of themselves this holiday season.

Friday, November 30, 2007 PT Pantries need giving spirits to fill shelves

Thursday, November 22, 2007 BDT   Area residents receive hot meal courtesy of Bluefield Union Mission

Thursday, November 22, 2007 Thanksgiving  Because YOU helped....over 500 families were provided with a hot Thanksgiving meal and a grocery bag filled with all the ingredients to prepare another one at home.


Monday November 13, 2007 Century 21 Real Estate   Jeffrey Livingston (right) of Century 21 Real Estate, presented Craig Hammond (left) of the Bluefield Union Mission, with two pallets of spaghetti and spaghetti sauce at Sam's Club.   
The sauce and pasta weighed in at more than 2500 pounds and was a welcome sight for the volunteers at the mission's food pantry.

October, 2007 Bronze Look    Pictured is Craig Hammond, Director of the Bluefield Union Mission, accepting a check for $400 from Ashley Evans, Youth Representaive of the Bronze Look.  The Bronze Look, a Gold Showcase Dealer for Fenton Glass, recently conducted a special promotion to raise monies for the food pantries of the Bluefield Union Mission and Tender Mercies of Princeton.                                            

Summer, 2007 McCord Road Christian Church    Thirty members of the McCord Road Christian Church of Sylvania, Ohio provided a labor of love this past summer by lending a helping hand at the Bluefield Union Mission. The group served the afternoon meal, worked in the food pantry, the clothing room, the furniture distribution center, and helped with landscaping around the Mission building.  Check out McCord Road Christian Church of Sylvania, Ohio

2007 World's Greatest BBQJune 22-23, 2007 World's Greatest BBQ The fourth annual "World's Greatest BBQ Buffet" is sponsored by the Bluefield Union Mission to help fund the agency's emergency assistance fund. 
 
The menu included hickory-smoked ribs, pulled pork BBQ, smoked chicken, broasted chicken, hot dogs, cole slaw, macaroni salad, potato salad, tea, coffee, lemonade, and the famous ice cream sundae buffet. Thanks for coming out and enjoying the "world's greatest BBQ" and at the same time helping out some of our unfortunate neighbors.







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