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Trips to Africa also being planned for this year
Operation Classroom plans ingathering at each Indiana annual conference session this spring
xOperation Classroom, a mission outreach of the Indiana Area to Liberia and Sierra Leone, plans to hold an ingathering of supplies during each of the two Indiana Annul Conferences June 1-3 at Purdue University in West Lafayette for the North Conference and June 8-10 at Indiana University for the South Conference. The truck will be parked near each conference site and will be open all day Thursday, Friday and until 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Supplies needed are white anti-dust chalk, copy paper, YES (elementary and secondary) and ET kits, notebooks, and other school supplies. Also needed are medical supplies including vitamins, Tylenol, Band-Aids, cough medications, rolled bandages, toothbrushes, toothpaste, light blankets, soap, etc. For more information, check the Operation Classroom Web site at www.operationclassroom.org.
VBS Mission Projects
Operation Classroom also announces that the Vacation Bible School mission projects selected for this year will be:
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Soccer balls, kickballs, volleyballs and basketballs (please, no baseballs, softballs or footballs),
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Table tennis sets (tables can be built in West Africa),
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Bible story coloring books and crayons,
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Construction paper,
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Children's scissors and school glue,
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Spiral notebooks,
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Hand-held solar calculators,
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Band-Aids.
Churches can choose one or more of these projects. For more details, check the Web site www.operationclassroom.org or write to ocmission@frontiernet.net.
Upcoming Trips
Here is a schedule of upcoming trips being planned for Operation Classroom:
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June 19 - July 8 to Fergusson Memorial School, Moyamba, Sierra Leone, contact Monty Barker at 317-856-6056.
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June 29 - July 22 to Baoma, Sierra Leone, contact Kay Hess at 765-847-2748.
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July 7 - 23 to Itabuna, Brazil, contact Carolyn Wagner at 765-436-2805.
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Oct. 1 - 19 to WPL Brumskine School, Buchanan, Liberia, contact Mona Morgan at 317-844-3759.
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Oct. 22 - Nov. 7 to Ganta, Liberia, contact Kay and Lamar Ziegler at 317-773-6620.
Those wanting more information and/or application forms relating to any of these teams can contact Carolyn Wagner, co-coordinator of Operation Classroom, at 765-436-2805 or ccwagner@hotmail.com.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008