HEIFER PROJECT – FILL THE ARK
March 2021
https://www.heifer.org/what-you-can-do/get-involved/faith/fill-the-ark.html
Fill the Ark is a four-week family devotional with a focus on gratitude for our blessings and a generous spirit of giving to our neighbors in need. Each week shares a scripture as the focus for reflection and study. Each day includes information about Heifer’s work, animal gifts, resources and approach. Daily giving challenges bring parents, siblings, grandparents or other family members together to appreciate their abundance and collect change to help struggling families.
Next week we start a really fun and amazing missions project, “Fill the Ark”, which is sponsored by the Heifer Project. The object is to raise money for animals and plants for people who are struggling to survive all over the world.
It is set up for both children and families to participate. Next Sunday those that are in Children’s
Church will be given a piggy bank, a cute stuffed farm animal, a packet regarding cows, as well as a fun 4 week calendar. Each week, the children will receive a packet about other animals that are provided by Heifer.
The calendar has a challenge for every day of the week. AKA: on the day that features Yaks it indicates that in Tibet, these hearty, long haired animals provide transportation, milk and meat. Clothing and blankets made of yak hair provide insulation from cold winters. How can we help? Who needs a haircut? Add 25 cents to the piggy bank if you or anyone else in the household is in need. To add to the fun, we are adding another challenge. There is a jar on the table in
the fellowship hall next to the Fill the Ark poster. We’re asking adults to add donations to the jar. In the end we will see who donated the most, the adults or the children. The children are really excited about being able to help people who are not as fortunate as they are. Let’s set a Christ like example on how they can help to make those unfortunate, fortunate.
https://www.heifer.org/blog/lunar-new-year-search-for-the-golden-cow.html
The Red Cross
Blood Drive
- Approximately 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the U.S.
- Nearly 7,000 units of platelets and 10,000 units of plasma are needed daily in the U.S.
- Nearly 21 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S.
- The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 units.
- The blood type most often requested by hospitals is type O.
- Sickle cell disease affects 90,000 to 100,000 people in the U.S. About 1,000 babies are born with the disease each year. Sickle cell patients can require blood transfusions throughout their lives.
- According to the American Cancer Society, more than 1.8 million people are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in 2020. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
- A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood.