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Thursdays 3:00pm-7:00pm (Located on the corner
of Popcorn Rd and
Harrodsburg Rd) Serving Clear Creek,
Indian Creek, and
Polk Townships
Board Members: Steve Fichtner, President
Tina Baugh, Treasurer
Connie Sowders, Secretary
Jim Baugh, Incorpora-
tor/Member at Large
Joanna Johnson,
Member at Large
Grace Center Inc.’s
mission is: providing
nutritious food and
promoting social
interaction with
commitment and
grace to our rural
community.
Grace Center 701 W. Popcorn Rd. Harrodsburg, Indiana 812-824-5595
Kroger Gift Card
Reload Update Grace Center is $1056
away from Kroger writing us
another check. Keep re-
loading those cards. Use
your card to buy groceries
and gas! What a great way
to help Grace
Center without
spending any
extra money!
How Grace Center
helped the Community
in January
346 Individuals served 137 Households
WISH LIST GOAL:
Beef Stew, Canned Fruit,
Soup, Canned Ham, Pork and Beans,
Milk, Eggs, Macaroni and
Cheese, Ketchup, Mustard,
Mayonnaise, Relish
To make a donation outside of our normal
pantry hours, call
824-4851,279-2854, or 345-7878
F R O M F O O D B A N K TO F O O D P A N T R Y ometimes we reference the Hoosier Hills Food Bank (HHFB) in our newsletters. There is a
purpose for that. We are a Member Agency of the HHFB. We help them distribute food to
needy people and they help us do this in the correct manner and at a reasonable cost. And
you may have seen HHFB in the news recently because they just celebrated their 20th Soup
Bowl Benefit fundraiser.
So, how does this food get from HHFB to Grace Center? A Grace Center volunteer travels to
HHFB once each week, picks out various food items and
places these items on a cart. Selection varies greatly each
week. Having some knowledge of what is needed at the
pantry helps narrow the scope of the search. After the cart
(or carts) are loaded it’s now
time to get weighed. Every-
thing is weighed and that’s
how statistics and process-
ing costs are calculated.
HHFB has a large digital
scale and food can either be
left on the carts or are placed directly on the scale, whichever is
easier. Categories like frozen food, food drive items, and pro-
duce are all weighed separately. There are some limitations on quantities that Grace Center must abide by and that’s where
Ben, the manager of the distribution floor comes in to help. He
knows the allotted amounts
and helps us not go over. He
weighs by category, reads the
digital scale, subtracts the weight of the cart if needed and
writes all of this on a form. At the end of the month, HHFB
calculates the processing fee and sends us an invoice. The
Grace Center volunteer never has to worry about payment.
So really the process is pretty simple and it just takes a
few times at the food bank to learn the ropes. But
this volunteer job is very important! Volunteers
can also help with unloading at the pantry. Let us
know if you think you this might be a volunteer job
for you and we can fill you in on the details.
Floor area at the HHFB warehouse
Dan from Bedford getting his food selections weighed on the scale
Ben is shown here calculating the weight. He has to subtract the weight
of the cart to get the final number.
Q R C O D E S hat are QR codes? QR code: a machine-readable code consist-
ing of an array of black and white squares, typically used for
storing URLs or other information for reading by the camera on a
smartphone.
Since so many of us have smartphones and tablets these days
and practically all of these devices have cameras, the QR code al-
lows quick navigation to websites without typing anything with a key-
board. So, instead of typing our web address into your web browser
(oh the pain), scan this image with your QR reader app and quickly
navigate to our website. Here is our QR code. Give it a try right now. http://gracecenterindiana.org
I U S T U D E N T I N T E R N AT G R A C E C E N T E R race Center is excited and privileged to have a student intern working
with us this spring. You might have seen her at the pantry recently and
are wondering who she might be. So here’s the scoop.
Joanna is from Spokane, Washington and came to IU to get her Master’s
in Public Health (MPH) and will soon be graduating in May. And then this fall
she will attend Auburn University to work on a Mater’s in clinical mental
health. Joanna joined the Grace Center board last August and is using her
schooling to help out at the pantry. She is looking forward to spending the
spring and summer at the pantry and getting to know everyone. Some other
tidbits: owner of an amazing dog Abby (an Australian Cattle dog), enjoys salsa, and other ball-
room dancing, a newer runner running her first 1/2 marathon last April. Also studies Croatian
and Russian. Joanna loves talking to people and is an active member in the Elev8 Campus min-
istry, part of the Indianapolis Church of Christ. And for all you outdoors type people, she drives a
truck on a 10in lift and enjoys being outdoors, camping, hiking, and kayaking. Welcome Joanna!
STAMP
ADDRESS LABEL
Grace Center Inc.
Box 5
Harrodsburg, IN 47434
Return Service Requested
website: www.gracecenterindiana.org email: [email protected]
Thank you to all who are willing to do-
nate their time, money, food, talents,
thoughts and prayers. You are helping
your neighbors. You are part of the
solution to end hunger.
Thank-yous go out to: All our volunteers.
Randy Heath for donating 17 lbs. of misc. food.
Darrell Anderson for donating 68 lbs. of food.
The Fichtner Family for donating 67 lbs. of ba-
nanas, coffee and creamer.
Harrodsburg Assembly of God for your dedica-
tion in sending a monthly monetary donation.
Guardian Martial Arts/Zumba Classes for donat-
ing 14 lbs. of food.
Harrodsburg United Methodist Church for your
dedication in sending a monthly monetary dona-
tion and for donating 17 lbs. of food.
Everyone who donated hats, gloves or scarves
this winter...you helped keep someone warm. All of our board members.
Joanna and Courtney for bringing food, sorting
clothes, making signs, setting up the kids table,
helping with the new sign in forms and offering
some 'young energy' to our volunteers.
Sue and Bob Hearth for volunteering and for all
the extras you do, we appreciate you.
Steve and Richard for your consistent dedica-
tion on Thursday evening (and no! you are not
going to get fired).
Sherry, Anna and Chris for shopping, loading,
unloading, loading, unloading, loading....(you get
the picture, thank you for your hard work)
Connie for your wonderful organization skills.
Jim for your vision of Grace Center and for mak-
ing it a reality.
Julie for your work on the newsletter.
Steve F. for everything you do. There is so much
we can not mention, we appreciate you.
Tina for always showing compassion to those in
need.
M A R C H I S W O M E N ’ S H I S T O R Y M O N T H he 19th amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any
United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of
sex. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, ratified by a required three-
fourths of the states on August 18, 1920, and certified by the Secretary
of State on August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the
right to vote. From 1878 when the amend-
ment was first introduced in Congress until
ratification in 1920, the amendment proc-
ess was long and arduous. Not until New
York adopted woman suffrage in 1917 and
President Wilson changed his position to
support the amendment in 1918, did the
political balance shift dramatically. What
many citizens take for granted today, the woman’s right to vote was once
a hard fought and difficult struggle for many years. Whether a man or a woman, resolve to exercise your right to vote this year.
N E I G H B O R S hat things are of great importance in your life? Many of us would
probably answer with similar responses such as our family or our
faith. There is something I have been thinking about recently… what
importance do my neighbors have in my life? I know my next door
neighbors and I try to be respectful of them. But I don’t put enough effort
into nourishing our relationships. For example, at Christmas I intended to
make cookies and take them to each neighbor - but it never happened.
In 2014, if each of us would spend a little more time being more con-
cerned about our neighbors, would that translate into our communities
becoming a better place to live? Here are a few ideas I have to help
make my community better: pick up trash, drive the speed limit through-
out my community, send a card to someone who is sick or going through
a difficult time, attend meetings designed to better my community, try to
be part of the solution and not the problem, give to those in need, do not
close my eyes to problems that need to be addressed, be patient with others and raise my children to respect their neighbors. There are many
more and I encourage you to think of things as well. I believe our children
and grandchildren could greatly benefit from the small things we begin to
do this year. I appreciate my community in southern Monroe County and
am always thankful that I have neighbors like you.
Tue Mar 4 Grace Center Board Meeting at
Grace Center Pantry Building 6:00pm
Thu Mar 6 Grace Center Food Pantry 3:00-7:00pm
Harrodsburg Lions Club, Harrod. Comm. Bldg. 6:30pm
Tue Mar 11 Euchre 12:30-2:30 at Harrodsburg Comm. Building
Contact John or Martha Bastin for Euchre details.
Thu Mar 13 Grace Center Food Pantry 3:00-7:00pm
Mon Feb.17 Ladies Craft Night, Smithville Com. Center, 6:30pm
Call Patty at 824-2611 for more information
Thu Mar 20 Grace Center Food Pantry 3:00-7:00pm
Tue Mar 25 Euchre 12:30-2:30 at Harrodsburg Comm. Building
Contact John or Martha Bastin for Euchre details.
Wed Mar 26 Indian Creek Lions Club 7:00pm Contact Lloyd,
824-9771 for location
Thu Mar 27 Grace Center Food Pantry 3:00-7:00pm
First Day of
M A R C H C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S
Spring
Ahead March 9 Time Change
Former art teacher, Randy Heath, is
considering teaching Arts and Crafts
projects for free on a Tuesday, once a month,
at the Harrodsburg Community Center.
Possibly during or after one of the Euchre
Tuesdays. If interested or
have suggestions, email Randy at:
