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Fall 2014 Volume XXVII, number 3
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
the least of these, my brethren...
ACTS 340 Park Avenue SW Aiken, SC 29801 Phone: (803) 649-3800 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.actsofaiken.org
Read all about it—getting the word out about ACTS
ACTS will be closed
November 26-28 for
Thanksgiving
If you think you’ve been seeing ACTS in local media more often, you’d be right! Donna Martin and Samantha Hall met ACTS Executive Direc-tor Carla Cloud at a Community Service Network Luncheon. Cloud explained that ACTS had no budget for marketing, but Martin and Hall said their newly formed Martin Wilson Marketing Agency “has a heart for non-profits.” As their business grew, they were looking for ways to give back. The agency adopted ACTS, and soon ACTS had its first market-ing plan, re-designed brochures, and advice on re-vamping the Re-sale Store, with more to come! ACTS was also able to take ad-vantage of a special program with the Aiken Standard. Standard staffer Daniele Ligons came to tour ACTS and designed newspa-per ads with the theme “So Much More.” The ads have been used to promote special events at the Resale Store, and the fan and heater drives. ACTS has also taken the “show on the road” with presentations at agency fairs, meetings and conferences including St. Paul Lu-theran, Wise Outrageous Women, DOE, United Way, Community Service Network and others. If you would like to have an ACTS representative make a presenta-tion at your event call 649-3800.
ACTS volunteer John Sanders and store clerk Kim Noah (above) have been working to make the Resale Store look more like a Re-tail Store! They are standing next to the Silent Auction, which has been very successful. Sand-ers, who has a background in fashion, researches items to see what their value might be. Bid-ders are given a number, which they write in a notebook with their bid. Recent items have in-cluded a camera which sold for $160, an authentic Dooney & Bourke handbag, vintage watches, high-end dog accessories, and jewelry.
Noah said books are also a huge seller at 25 cents each, as well as items to re-purpose. A wooden rocker with a damaged seat was recently sold to a crafter who planned to make it into a planter.
Come and see what’s new today!
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Save a Tree!
To have your newsletter delivered electronically, just e-mail [email protected]. Help ACTS save the cost of printing and mailing. If you do get a paper copy, be sure to share it with your friends!
Help Wanted!
Drivers and substitute drivers are needed for the Senior Food Program on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Call 649-3800 for information.
ACTS thanks the UPS Foundation for its gift of $10,000 to be used for utility assistance. L-R are UPS employee Jane Stewart, Aiken Office USP Facility Manager Ron Shepherd, ACTS Ex-ecutive Director Carla Cloud and UPS employee Mandy Sims. Stewart and Sims applied for the UPS grant in memory of Stewart’s father who was a faithful ACTS volunteer.
Volunteer training time!
Volunteers come and go, client needs change, rules and policies shift on the local and national level. But the ACTS Volunteer Handbook hadn’t changed in 12 years!
This past summer ACTS Administrative As-sistant Gaile Boyd took on the task of updating the handbook. She included job descriptions for the various volunteer positions, as well as an organization chart, rights and responsibilities of volunteers, dress code, confidentiality poli-cy, whistleblower policy, service policies, safety and emergency procedures and an ACTS wish list.
“Everyone feels more confident when there is consistency in an organization,” she ex-plained.
Classes were also held re-cently both to train new vol-unteers and to be sure cur-rent volunteers were aware of recent changes in policy and procedures.
Grants and Gifts
Recent grants to ACTS include:
Aiken Lion’s Club—$500
UPS $10,000— utility assistance
Allegra Printing—$1000 for printing
Shopping can help ACTS!
Attention Kroger shoppers! You can help earn money for ACTS just by signing up on the Kroger website and using your Kroger Shoppers’ card.
To register, visit krogercommunityrewards.com and follow directions on your screen.
The ACTS donation drop-off area has
been moved from Hayne Avenue to
the ACTS parking lot at
340 Park Avenue
Save the date!
Harvest Home Concert
November 16, 2014
First Baptist Church
(ACTS will benefit from proceeds)
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In honor and in memory—
Gifts have been given in memory of: Clara Havu Hildreth, Betty Toole, Ewald Sichau, Gary Schultz, Lois Wolf, Gene Plaunt, Robert Rees, James (Jimmy) E. Stewart, and Emanuella Banworth. Gifts have been given in honor of: Bob & Claudia Hayes, the 8th Birthday of Jed Alexander, Jay & Alice Creamer, Jean Weeks, the 60th Anniversary of Lynne and Paul Katonak, Peggy Boykin, Mr. & Mrs. Tom Cherry, Mr. & Mrs. R. C. Ecclaster, Dr. & Mrs. J. Ben Jett, Becky and Jeffrey Reynolds, and the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George Howle and R. J.
Calling All Crafters—
If you enjoy repurposing items for craft projects, check out the glass, china, baskets, furniture and other items in the ACTS Resale Store!
Friends of ACTS!
Follow ACTS on Facebook! Just look for Acts of Aiken. Keep up with the latest and “share” with your friends so they can be friends of ACTS too!
People who bike to ACTS now have a convenient, safe place to leave their bikes thanks to Ernesto Barquet. Barquet, a member of Boy Scout Troop 115 built the bike rack and matching bench in his advancement to Ea-gle Scout. He is a reg-ular volunteer at the monthly Senior Food Program, and the bench is used by those waiting for the senior food drive as well as people waiting at the bus stop in front of ACTS.
Is your mailbox filling up with calendars?
What can you do with all those 2015 calendars? Bring them to ACTS! Senior Food Saturdays will be marked on the calendars and then the calendars are given to clients when they arrive to pick up their food. It helps them remember the 3rd Saturday is Sen-ior Food Saturday!
ACTS 13th ANNUAL HOLIDAY HEATER & UTILITY DRIVE
340 Park Ave SW, Aiken, SC 29801
____Yes, I can sponsor the purchase of ____ heater(s) @ $40.00 each for a total of $_____.
____Yes, I would like to make a donation to ACTS Utility Assistance Fund for $_____.
____Yes, I would like to make a donation to ACTS General Emergency Fund for $_____.
With our thanks -
ACTS is honored to have served the less fortu-nate in our community for over 28 years and thanks to friends such as you we will be able to continue this ministry.
To continue our strong stewardship of donations and funds entrusted to us, we will begin sending donation acknowledgements annually. If you would like to continue receiving an acknowledgement with each donation, or quarterly, please add a note to your donation – or e-mail us. Also, if you prefer, you may receive your acknowledgement via e-mail. Our e-mail address is [email protected]. We appreciate your continued support.
Area Churches Together Serving (ACTS) Inc. 340 Park Avenue SW Aiken, SC 29801 Return Service Requested
Call Judy Clements, Newsletter Editor, at 642-5117 for information about inasmuch.
ACTS Board Members Ernesto Barquet Dave Buchanan
Jay Creamer, President Rev. Chris Crotwell
Sally Jenkins Michael McComb
Jack Mullin Linda Poulson, Secretary
Kevin Price Ann Reinhard, Vice President
Midge Rothrock Mark Sapp, Treasurer
Rev. Amy Stertz Rev. Gregory Wilson
Carla Cloud, Executive Director Karen Perry, Operations Manager
Help ACTS bring home a harvest of things needed by our clients for fall and winter!
Kids clothes, especially jeans, underwear, and diapers
Jackets and coats for kids and adults
Blankets, afghans, “throws”
Non-perishable foods
Soaps, paper products, feminine products
Don’t forget—our drop off area has moved to the ACTS parking lot at 340 Park Ave SW!
