[Lekooks] Rummage Committee meeting Tomorrow after service

[Brewer Mark T]

Chris and Rummage Committee,

Sorry I didn’t see this sooner.  I only had one request, not to pick Saturday, May 14.

As you many of you know, I have given several sermons at LCUUC on mental illness, primarily because my family (my father, my son and myself),  like hundreds of millions of people around the world,  have been afflicted with mental illness.   Currently estimates are around 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental disorders among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide.  That is more people than live in these United States.

I feel very passionate about reducing the stigma around mental illness,  and for several years I tried to organize a group from our church to walk along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Milwaukee chapter’s most significant fundraiser, the NAMI walk.

But every year, it fell on the same day as the Rummage sale (another very important fundraiser for our church), so participation was very minimal, one year we had 2 people, and one year we had 5 people, so because of the conflict and other reasons, I stopped trying to organize a group to walk from our church.

So hopefully, you didn’t pick Saturday, May 14.  But if you did, maybe I can act earlier and try and get the date changed next year.

If you want more info on NAMI and the work that this organization does to reduce the stigma around mental illness, see the link below.

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. - See more at: https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI#sthash.NmqQjYBN.dpuf

Sincerely,

Mark Brewer

From: Lekooks [mailto:lekooks-bounces at lekook.org] On Behalf Of C Rollins via Lekooks
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 4:28 PM
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Subject: [Lekooks] Rummage Committee meeting Tomorrow after service


Hi Everyone,
There will be a brief meeting tomorrow after service 11:30 in classroom 3 (the middle-school room). Please come and help select a date for out rummage sale this year and to sign up to help with the planning and/or execution of this event. I am hoping someone can take on being the point person for the rummage committee this year since I begin my new DRE responsibilities on May 1st and will not be able to be involved heavily with the rummage this year. I have been involved with several of the past rummages and I find that it takes a team to accomplish a successful event!

If you are unable to attend the meeting tomorrow but would like to help... please let me know via email.

Thanks!!

Chris Rollins

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