Calling all truck drivers! Service opportunity!

Over the past couple of years we have established a good partnership with the Food Bank at Seventh Street Church. For example, it was through Food Bank connections we were able to provide all the STARTS families with filled-way-past-the-rim Christmas boxes of food these past two years.  For those of you who were part of our Christmas programs, you know how much that was appreciated by everyone involved - both those who gave and those who received!

Now there is a service opportunity for all you truck drivers out there :)  The Food Bank needs someone to drive the food truck one Thursday morning each month (normally the fourth Thursday).  The truck needs to leave Seventh Street Church parking lot at 7 a.m. and will be back around 11 a.m.  There are two stops in downtown Los Angeles, and one in Long Beach.  There will be people to load the food into the truck at each stop, as well as to unload everything back at Seventh Street.
We pray that there just might be someone out there who is looking for a way to serve, but haven't found it yet - and who will know that driving the Food Bank truck is the perfect fit!
If not you, talk to your friends, and have anyone interested contact us.
God bless you today!

Join Team YesWeServe for Long Beach Marathon!

Here is a follow-up from last week’s announcement about YesWeServe, Inc being accepted as an official charity with the Long Beach Marathon on Sunday 13 October 2013.

We need 20 volunteers and 20 runners.  Volunteers may help out with various relatively simple tasks the couple of days before the race, including “manning” our booth during the pre-race Expo.  YesWeServe will also have a tent in the Finish Line area for celebration after completed runs and bicycle rides.

We must have TWENTY runners signed up by 1 June!  Don’t worry, that doesn’t mean that everyone has to be a full marathoner J.  There are four options, three of them runs; a 5K, half- and full marathon, plus a 20 mile bicycle ride.  However, the organizers request that at least half our total number of twenty runners do either the half- or full marathon.

Wherever you are in your fitness right now, there is a place for you on our (at least) 40 person Team YesWeServe!  If you are not on a running schedule, we will be providing exactly that as we launch Team YesWeServe with our first group run on the beach on Saturday 8 June at 8:30 a.m.  All members will do their own training during the week, maybe even team up with others.

The cost for the half-/full marathon is US$80.00, and US$30.00 for each either the 5K or the bicycle ride.

Each runner will commit to helping fund-raise (at least) $250.00 for YesWeServe to reach our goal of ten thousand dollars.  We will provide much more detail about the project (-s) as we move forward.

If you had already signed up to run before  the Team YesWeServe option became available, you can still, of course join us, and help us in the fund-raising!

Do not sign up online (Long Beach Marathon’s website).  Contact me immediately so that I can get the number of sign-ups and I will give you further information on how to proceed.