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Making Service Personal

Contact us

Email: MakingServicePersonal

@gmail.com

485 Prairie St. Prairie du Sac, WI 53578

(608) 658-4700

Staff: John Ramthun

jramthun@gmail.com

Sarah Ramthun scramthun@gmail.com

www.MakingService Personal.org

www.MakingServicePersonal.org

6:8 (inspired by Micah 6:8, Isaiah 6:8, Mark 6:8, & 1 Tim 6:8) is a not-for-profit organization, “Transforming communities by making service personal.” Here are some highlights of our activities. Find out more at www.MakingServicePersonal.org. Let us know if and how you would like to join us!

6:8 485 Prairie St. Prairie du Sac, WI 53578

find their next meal) in 2011. Bread for the World says that 16.2 Million children live in food insecure households in the US, 20.6% of households with children according to FeedingAmeri-ca.org. And a report by ABC News says these numbers do not include people who are homeless because they don’t have a household. According to the study Household Food Security in the United States in 2011 (USDA. Coleman-Jensen, A., Nord, M., An-drews, M., & Carlson, S.), 5.7% of households experienced very low food security in 2011, meaning food intake of some household

members was reduced and normal eating patterns were disrupted at times due to limited resources. (You can see the report summary on the 6:8 Website.) And here in Sauk Prairie, our school admin-istrators, teachers, the homeless coordinator, and social workers have identified 83 families in need of assistance with food. YOU HAVE RESPONDED!!!!! 83 Bags of food went home for Thanksgiving Break. $5 of food from Second Harvest, a squash from Green Thumb, voucher for 1.5 lbs of meat from Wyttenbach Meats, 5 bags of Kids Against Hunger Food (rice mixture), and a $20 voucher for fruit, veggies, meat, dairy, or bread products from Sentry, Pig, or Kwik Trip. Your generosity is amazing as each family was sponsored for $25. 68 Families are sponsored for the entire year and will receive similar bags of food at Christmas & Spring Breaks, and at the beginning of summer. We hope to receive sponsorships for the last 15 families for the 3 remaining breaks. Susan Baumann-Duran (SP Schools Homeless Coordinator) said in a thank you note after Thanksgiving “I couldn’t do my job without all the help I receive from 6:8 donors.” You are making an impact!!! 6:8 sends home more than food too. We send home recipes to use with the food and invitations to other classes and service opportunities. For Thanksgiving, all of the families were invited to our Squash Making Party on Dec 12 (see p 3 for details) where anyone can share expertise and/or learn how to make squash to take home.

Get Involved: Help make donations go even farther - join the Challenge starting January 1, 2013!

How it works: You record your exercise online and 6:8 gets 10lbs of food for every hour you exercise! Exercise can be anywhere & any type.

It’s the honor system, you just have to enter your hours each week online, beginning January 1st.

Go to the 6:8 Website for a link to register.

Special points of interest:

Sauk Prairie Against Hunger

Multi-Million Pound Challenge

Calendar of Events

High School Mission Trip Leadership Team

Sauk Prairie Commu-nity Feed My Starving Children MobilePack

Kwik Trip Fundraiser

Feed My Sheep 2013

Called & Gifted

Squash Making

2012 in Review 6:8 Wish List

Sauk Prairie Against Hunger

Students help pack bags of food at SP Middle School to be sent

home with 83 families.

Photo by: Jeremiah Tucker

The numbers can be daunting. FeedingAmerica.org states that 50.1 million Americans lived in food insecure house-holds (meaning they did not always know where they would

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Upcoming Dates

Dec 12 - Squash Making Day

Dec 17 - SPAH Food Delivered for families for

Christmas

Jan 16 - Feed My Sheep Kick-off in Madison

Feb 10 - High School Mission Trip Kick-off Mtg with

Parents & Students

Feb 16 - Volunteer Sign-up begins for Feed My Sheep

March 16 - Feed My Sheep

March 17 - HS Mission Trip Student Meeting

** Young Men’s/Women’s Discipleship Groups meet each Wednesday evening

Thank You!

Dear John & Sarah and Friends at 6:8,

Thank you so much for all your hard work on the food bags. The families were very happy to see all the food and gift card. I couldn’t do my job without all the help I

receive from you and the 6:8 donors.

With love & thanks, Susan B - D

Homeless Coordinator, School Social Worker, and more with

the Sauk Prairie School District

www.Making ServicePersonal.org

Theme for Mission Trip 2013: Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” - John 8:12

MadCAAP HS Mission Trip Leadership Team

The 2013 Seniors have been meeting since October, processing their past 6:8 Mission Trip experiences, reading through evals from 2012, searching the Bible for ideas, and listening to music to inspire those who will serve in Mississippi next summer. They are dedi-cated to making MT2013 a life-changing experience

Light it up… Pass it on. John 8:12

for all who participate. These seniors will do skits, share personal testimonies, and help lead activities, work teams, and prayer during the trip. They are working hard to plan the theme, T-shirt, and fun activities for the trip and meetings. John and Sarah are inspired by their excite-ment, faith, and dedication and can not wait to see what the Holy Spirit will continue to do in and through them!

Some of the 2013 Leadership Team enjoys a meal together before a planning meeting.

As you are traveling around the holidays and/or thinking of gifts for your family, friends, or employees, remember that

6:8 sells Kwik Trip Cards. They can be used for gas and/or anything in the store.

You get 100% PLUS 6:8 profits 10% Stop by 6:8, call, or email. We have $10, $20, $25, $50 and $100* cards in stock.

Buy your gas at Kwik Trip and support 6:8! *You pay $100 and get a $100 card. 6:8 makes $10 Gas Only cards available also

FREE FUNDRAISER!

6:8 teamed up with an AMAZING group of volunteers to bring the

Sauk Prairie Community MobilePack Event to Grand Ave Elementary School in Sauk Prairie Oct 25-27

For 5 months the team worked to fundraise $33,000 to pay for meals of Chicken, Veggies, Soy, and Rice through Feed My Starving Children.

During the event, 678 volunteers worked 2 hour shifts to package 163,512 meals - enough to feed 448 children for an entire year

During the event, 1,299 lbs of

food was col-lected for the Sauk Prairie

Food Pantry!!!

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The Coming Months

Feed My Sheep 2013

End of the Year Financial & Volunteer Support I would like to make an end of the year donation for the following:

6:8 General Operating Fund (wherever it is needed the most) Sauk Prairie Against Hunger. I would like to sponsor _____ families for Christmas ($25/family). 6:8 Summer Intern Program Feed My Sheep MadCAAP High School Mission Trip Silver Cord

I would like to volunteer with/for 6:8.

Name: __________________________________________ Email: ____________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________ City, State, Zip: ____________________________________

Phone:________________________ **Please make checks payable to 6:8.

Return to: 6:8 - 485 Prairie St. - Prairie du Sac, WI 53578 Or email: MakingServicePersonal@gmail.com

Check out 6:8 at www.MakingServicePersonal.org

6:8 is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, all donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Annie Lee’s house - Before and After

Please (circle) mail or email me the 6:8 Quarterly Newsletter

Thank you SO much for helping 6:8 continue!!!

God has uniquely gifted YOU to bring His love into the world! Join us as 6:8 offers this one-day workshop. Discover your unique spiritual gifts.

Called & Gifted Workshop

Mark Your Calendar: Saturday, April 27; 9am-4pm Registration Forms available online or call 6:8.

For Info contact Sarah at 6:8: scramthun@gmail.com (608)658-4719

Squash Making Party

You’re invited!!!

Green Thumb donated boxes of squash and so we are making squash for the Food Pantry!

If you know how to make squash, come help. If you don’t know how, come and learn…

and then help.

Wednesday, December 12 from 1 - 8pm

Concordia United Methodist Church (585 5th St.; Prairie du Sac, WI 53578)

If you come, we will have FREE dinner for you to eat and FREE squash for you to make

and take home. All ages welcome.

Come for some of the time or for all of it.

Buy a T-shirt or baby Onesie

“My shirt fed 50 kids. What did yours do?”

The shirts cost $25 and sponsor 50 meals each!

What if a quarter could

BUY A MEAL FOR SOMEONE WHO IS HUNGRY? Now it can! 6:8 is teaming up with Churches in Madison to buy and

package over 100,000 meals! Donate meals for 25ȼ each

Volunteer to package meals March 16

1 .16.2013 Begin Accepting Donations Drop off your quarters, mail your cash or check to 6:8 Feed My Sheep or

go to the 6:8 Website to donate by Credit Card.

2.16.2013 Begin Volunteer Sign−up On the 6:8 Website or call (608) 658-4700. 2 hr shifts at Noon, 1:30, & 3pm.

3.16.2013 Feed My Sheep in Madison Join us for lunch at the Catholic Multicultural Center at 11am, Pack at a

shift, and come to Mass at 5pm.

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Wish List

New Laptop for Sarah

Colored Printer Paper

Volunteers to regularly help with Admin office work (copies, data entry, preparing mailings, etc.)

Planning Team Members: Mission Trip Fundraising

& Feed My Sheep

Snacks for weekly Discipleship Groups

Taxi Vouchers to give away

6:8 Prayer Team

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SO much for your support in 2012!!! We are honored to be trusted with your donations of prayer, time, money, and more. Numbers are not our goal, but when we look at 2012, we are humbled at the work that can be done when we come together. Thanks to your involvement and support; 68 volunteers went on Mission Trips logging over 2,275 hours. 46 High Schoolers are active in the Silver Cord Program. 236 bags of food were sent home with families for school breaks. 535 shareholders and 42 Businesses made donations towards the

MadCAAP High School Mission Trip and the labor and materials for a house for Annie Lee Griffin and her family were donated.

1,002 volunteers packaged 224,640 meals during our 2 packaging events. Thank YOU for making this possible. Think about getting more involved so 6:8 can Make Service even more Personal in 2013. May the start of your 2013 be blessed!!!!

From John & Sarah

John & Sarah We are praying for you!!!

Thank you

448 Children will eat for a year because 678 volunteers packaged 163,512 meals in Sauk Prairie

Left: Volunteers of all ages package meals in Oct.

Below: food is delivered to Sauk Prairie Middle School to be given out to families for Thanksgiving Break

6:8 built a house & won 1st place for weight with our 424 items donated to the SP Food Pantry weighing 242 lbs.

MadCAAP High School Mission Trip Update Inside