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Newsletter Date Fall 2014

Outreach Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

A Note from the President 2

Thanksgiving 2

Organizational Efforts 3

Holiday Hours 3

Sleep Out 3

Dine Out 4

Merry Monkey’s 4

Gifts for Kids 5

Bell Ringing 6

A Note of Thanks 7

On Wednesday September 17, 2014 a crew of dedicated

volunteers from Frito Lay in Beloit traveled to Edgerton

to complete necessary repairs to Edgerton Outreach’s

Transitional Living Duplex as part of United Way of the

Blackhawk Region’s Day of Caring. The project includ-

ed replacing handrails at the front entrance at both sides

of the duplex, major upgrades to the rear deck at Lawton

Street and general yard work to give the property a bit of

a face lift!

Lawton Street was purchased in 2005 to house two fami-

lies needing housing after being homeless or near home-

lessness.

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UW Day of Caring Benefits

ECO’s Transitional Living

Home

Edgerton Community Outreach

106 South Main St.

Edgerton, WI 53534

Phone: 608-884-9593

www.edgertonoutreach.org

Edgerton Community Outreach

Snow Policy ~

If the Edgerton School District closes

school due to inclement weather, ECO will

also be closed. This is for the safety of our

staff and volunteers

Free Community Meal

Date: Thursday November 27, 2014

Location: St. John’s Lutheran Church

207 E High Street

Time: 11:00am -

12:30pm

More details on

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A Note from the

Board President

Submitted by: Becky Kapellen,

Edgerton Community Outreach, Board President

Happy Thanksgiving The Edgerton Community Outreach Board of Director’s and staff wish everyone an enjoyable Thanksgiving and holiday season. We want to thank all our volunteers who make our mis-sion a success, and the support of our community is outstanding. We would like to remind everyone to stop in and see the remodeled building and learn more of all the ser-vices we provide, and see if there is an area you may personally be interested in to help or support. We can’t say it enough how blessed we are for all the financial support we receive, donations and volunteerism. Remember to check out our web site for current infor-mation; let us hear from you on any ideas or concerns. Don’t forget about our holiday dinners which are awe-some! For information on the meals or to sign up for them call ECO @ 884-9593. Thank You and Happy Holidays Becky Kapellen ECO President

Thanksgiving

Community Meal

Everyone is Welcome

Please Join Us!!

On Thursday November 27, 2014. Edgerton Commu-

nity Outreach, Inc. with the help of many volunteers

will cook, serve, and deliver (to those that request so) a

delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Come join us and look

for fellowship and a great meal. There is no charge for

the meal. Diners will enjoy turkey, dressing, mashed

potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, dinner rolls, and

pumpkin pie or apple pie. Annually over 100 people

are served at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 207 E. High

Street in Edgerton. An additional 425 meals are deliv-

ered to local residents. Volunteers are needed to help

peel potatoes on Wednesday the 26th. Our potato

peeling party is held at 3:30pm at St. Johns. We need

to start packaging he meals that are to be delivered at

9:30am on Thanksgiving day. This year all the turkeys

were donated by a private donor, the Cooksville

Homemakers Club sponsored the fruit salad and

Blackhawk Community Credit Union sponsored the

expense for the stuffing. Thank you to our community

partners! Monetary donations are appreciated to cov-

er the cost of carryout supplies. To have a meal deliv-

ered or to sign up to volunteer please contact the

Edgerton Outreach office at 608-884-9593.

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Lori’s Organizational Efforts

A renovation campaign is a huge undertaking and

every penny raised is critically needed to fund that

project! However I held out “hope” that once the

renovation was completed it would be possible to

also provide the staff & volunteers with the sup-

plies & equipment needed to make their jobs and

volunteer efforts a bit easier. So on a random Sat-

urday I tossed out a single email with one re-

quest ... if anyone had anything (especially

wheeled carts, organizational items or office sup-

plies) they were not using “if” they would consider

donating them to this effort. What happen next

was nothing short of a miracle! In the first DAY, I

had “4” brand NEW wheeled carts and yes I cried!

ECO had very few carts and really only 1 that had

working wheels that actually rolled ... so adding 4

brand NEW wheeled carts have made a huge im-

pact! Then the money started to roll in. I did not

ask for money, so THANK YOU for NOT listening to

me! The funds earmarked for Lori’s Organizational

Effort has allowed ECO to purchase so many need-

ed items ... such as shelving, office supplies, office

supply cabinets, 9 anti-fatigue matts, 13 bulletin

boards, closet & cabinet organizers, a second cash

register and even a few big ticket items such as 8

Flip Top Nesting Tables w/Casters that can be used

as training tables as well as serving as the board

room table PLUS a “WELCOME” station desk which

was found used at a price nobody would believe!

So THANK YOU ... thank you for finding it in your

heart to give above & beyond the renovation cam-

paign. THANK YOU, Matt & Debbie Richardson,

Brian & Lisa Donnelly, Jack Palet & Marleen An-

klam, John & Lori Richardson, Warren & Judy

Kukla, Joan Fox, Tim & Mary Thronson, Dr. Eric &

Julie Lyerla, Edgerton School District Administrative

Team, Gifts For Kids & the Country Oaks Bunco

Babes. I would also like to thank 4 special men in

my life that helped haul, assemble & hang without

question and never said NO! THANK YOU, John

Ainsworth, Steve Burwell, Aric Dieter & Dick Skog!

It truly takes the gifts of many to make our agency

a success! God Speed ... Lori Ainsworth

Holiday Hours

The Edgerton Community Outreach Thrift store

will have the following special hours:

Wednesday November 26th 10am-6pm

Closed Thanksgiving Day

Friday November 28th open 10am-3pm

Closed Christmas Eve

Closed Christmas Day

Open New Years Eve 10am-2pm ($10 BAG

SALE NEW YEARS EVE!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW

YEAR!!!!!!

Thank you to the Edgerton Rotary Interact

Club for your assistance in cleaning

ECO’s Transitional Living Home. It is

ready for the next family!

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Dine Out for Hunger= Stocked

Pantry Shelves

I would like to start by saying THANK YOU to all of the res-

taurants that participated in this year’s Dine Out For Hunger

fundraiser!! It is truly amazing how much support ECO re-

ceives each year from all the establishments. We are be-

yond grateful that these restaurants would be willing to help

raise awareness for the ECO food pantry. The restaurants

that participated this year are: The Depot Café, Subway in

Edgerton & Newville, West End Dinner, Winchester Restau-

rant, The Decoy Bar & Grill, Culvers, Emigail’s Roadhouse,

Pettit’s Lakeview Bar, A&W Restaurant, Convoy’s Bar & Grill,

Coachman’s Restaurant and Off the Hook Grub & Pub,

Ray’s Family Restaurant, Pit Stop, El Patron, Sand Trap and

Taco John’s.

Next I would like thank each and every one of you that

dined out at one of the establishments during the Dine Out

for Hunger week. Not only did you support our agency you

supported the local establishments. Plus you got to have a

great meal out!

Finally if you are reading this and wondering what the Dine

Out For Hunger fundraiser is here is the 4-1-1 on it. Each

year ECO asks local restaurants to participate in this fund-

raiser by donating a percentage of their proceeds either on

a certain day or for a certain time period during that day or

to have a ECO canisters at their establishment to collect

money for this event. For the past few years we had a Dine

Out For Hunger day but not this year! This year we had a

Dine Out For Hunger week!! This allowed the restaurant pick

what day worked best for them and also let more people eat

out because who really can eat at twelve different places in

one day! From the feedback that we have received it ap-

pears that this will be a permanent change to this fundrais-

er! We are very glad that the change will work for more res-

taurants and we hope next year you will take part in this

event.

If you own or know of a restaurant that would like to partici-

pate next year please contact Jennie Featherstone at 608-

884-9593. Thanks again for all of your support!

Submitted by Emily Pope

Director of Programs

Day of Caring

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Families that reside at Lawton Street pay 30% of their

adjusted gross income towards their housing costs

while working on self determined goals that will help

the family be able to be more self sufficient when

they are no longer renting from ECO.

ECO has seen lives drastically changed once a family

has secure housing. Participants are able to enroll in

school, increase work commitments, and accept new

opportunities.

With the remodel at ECO the projects at Lawton

Street were delayed and we are so appreciative to

United Way and the volunteers from Frito Lay for

their hard work and dedication to our project (it took

multiple weekends to complete!).

New stairs, planks, and rails

We need you at the Welcome Center! Do

you love working with people? If yes then

you are perfect for the job. Shifts are 2

hours and responsibilities include: an-

swering the phone, taking messages, sup-

porting the cashiers, directing donors to

the dock and accepting donations. Call

Amanda Rendon, ECO Volunteer Coor-

dinator, at 608-205-7080 for more infor-

mation.

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Merry Monkey Monthly Challenge

What started as a concept (placing food collec-

tion bins around town making donating 1 item

easy) will turn 4 years old in February! So far

it’s been a great way to educate individuals

that donating “1” food item can and does make

a difference. After seeing how hugely success-

ful the ALS ice bucket challenge was, the Merry

Monkeys created their own food pantry chal-

lenge! The current challenge is to donate 4

boxes of Hamburger Helper however every

month is a different! (See ECO Calendar post-

ed at EdgertonOutreach.org). Of course you

don’t have to donate the requested item via the

challenge; ANY donation is appreciated & wel-

comed! Perhaps you have a random can of

something in the pantry which will never be

used ... drop it in the bin! Sometimes it’s

those odd ball items that bring the biggest

smiles to our food pantry client’s faces. If

you’ve been a supporter of the Merry Monkey’s

since 2011 ... THANK YOU! If you’re just learn-

ing about us now, WELCOME! If you prefer to

donate money (the monkeys love to grocery

shop and always use coupons) cash donations

can be made on-line or mailed to ECO at 106

South Main. THANK YOU!

Gifts For Kids Gift Giving Opportunities

Gifts For Kids, a nonprofit charity in Edgerton

associated with Edgerton Outreach, is once

again thrilled to have the support of the Area

Churches, the Edgerton School District & Local

Businesses as they raise funds for this gift giv-

ing season. This year all the schools in the

Edgerton School District are getting in on the

fun with their own Gifts For Kids Drives! If you

have a child or grandchild in the Edgerton

School District ask them about their particular

drive and PLEASE support their efforts. Re-

member all donations stay in Edgerton! Area

churches & businesses are also getting in on

the fun by hosting toy bins, gift tags & money

collection canisters. Gift tags can be picked up

at one of the area churches however if you se-

lect a gift tag from a church PLEASE remember

to return that gift to that church. If you select a

gift tag located at a location with a toy collec-

tion bin, those gifts can be returned with the

tag attached to any toy collection bin. You can

also shop without a gift tag; NEW toys ($15 to

$20 range), socks, underwear, hats & mittens

are always needed and can be dropped into

ANY of the toy collection bins: Chase Bank,

Deegan’s Hardware, Edgerton Care Center,

Edgerton Hospital, Edgerton Pharmacy, Piggly

Wiggly, Ray’s Family Restaurant, Sara’s Health

& Fitness, Steve’s 51 Repair. Gifts For Kids

money collection canisters can be found at

many of the area businesses and pubs so next

time you see one please drop a few coins into

it. Gifts For Kids will also be selling raffle tick-

ets & collecting donations on Saturday Decem-

ber 6th at the Annual Snowflake Craft Fair

(Edgerton High School) from 9AM-3PM.

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The 3rd annual TOY DRIVE – Friday December 12

The 3rd annual toy drive ugly sweater pub

crawl will be on Friday, December 12th and I

can’t think of a better way to spend a Friday

than by supporting your local pubs while also

supporting this local charity. So grab your ugli-

est sweater, an unwrapped gift and head to

one of our local pubs on Friday, December 12th

where Santa’s helpers will be popping into as

many pubs as they can ... between 6PM-11PM

collecting toys & monetary donation! If you

can’t join the 3rd annual toy drive ugly sweater

pub crawl on Friday, December 12 perhaps you

can still help by shopping for a NEW “toy” and

dropping that into one of the many toy collec-

tion bins this weekend OR by mailing in a tax

deductible donation to GIFTS FOR KIDS, c/o

Edgerton Outreach, 106 South Main, Edgerton,

WI 53534. If you’re interested in buying or

selling Gifts For Kids Raffle Tickets ($5 each or

3 for $10) or interested in helping with the

Gifts For Kids Set Up or Distribution (Dec 16 or

Dec 17) please contact Lori Ainsworth at

JLAinsworth@charter.net ASAP. Thank You for

your continued support & Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve

Community Meal

On Saturday December 24th Edgerton Community

Outreach will be serving a traditional ham dinner at

St.. John’s Lutheran Church in Edgerton. The meal is

served from 11am-12:30pm and is free to all. ECO

expects to serve over 400 meals!! Volunteers are

needed to help package and deliver meals to those

that are homebound. Please contact the Outreach of-

fice for more information.

Ring Bells, Raise Hope

Bell ringers are needed to man the kettles for Salva-

tion Army. Funds raised locally are used to provide a

variety of services for low-income families in the

Edgerton area. This year ECO will have kettles at

Piggly Wiggly, Deegan’s/Family Dollar, and Carl’s

Shell. Shifts are two hours long . This is a great op-

portunity for youth needing volunteer hours for

school, church, or clubs. Scheduling is extremely

flexible, times are available during the day and eve-

nings and everyday of the week except Sundays.

Contact Amanda Rendon, ECO’s Volunteer coordina-

tor, at 608-205-7080 for more information or to vol-

unteer. Please consider signing up today!!!!

Edgerton Volunteer Fireman Association

American Family Insurance ~ Dave Pierce Agency

Fulton Church

United Methodist Church ~Women’s Group

In Honor of Nancy Dickenson

In Memory of Isabel Gretebeck

AT&T Corporate Giving

JC Penny Corporate Giving

In Memory of Veronica Burns

Edgerton Women’s Invitational Golf Outing

Edgerton Towne Country Club

In Memory of Dr. Sarah Barnes

Next Door Brew Pub

Carousel Consignments

Edgerton Elementary School

Fulton Church

Edgerton Senior High Class of 94’

Quaker Steak and Lube

In Memory of Ted Peterson

Turning Point Church

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Off the Hook Pub and Grub

Depot Café

Culver’s of Newville

In Memory of Robert Schuster

Cooksville Homemakers

Anew Insurance Agency

Taco John’s ~ Newville

Grainger Corporate Match

Edgerton Subway

Winchester Restaurant

A&W Restaurant

In Honor of Dennis Pauli

Pettit’s Lakeview Bar and Grill

The Decoy

Edgerton Tobacco Days

Blackhawk Campground

Blackhawk Community Credit Union

Hair Doctors

IKI

Towne Edge Motel

Edgerton Quilt Show

Lakeland Veterinary Clinic

Two Brothers Bar and Grill

Mallwood Estates

Kidder Farms

Merry Monkeys

Edgerton High School

Save A Lot

Hormel Foods

Chilimania

Ron Thronson Farms

Congregational Church

Johnstown Meats

Edgerton Hospital

Central Lutheran Church

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church

Coachman’s Golf Resort

Dunkin Doughnuts

Busseyville Community Church

Hermanson Pumpkin Farm

Friends of Noah

Edgerton Family Dollar

Edgerton Piggly Wiggly

West Koshkonong Church

Yahara Fall Fest

St. John’s Lutheran Church

Trinity Lutheran Church

Comfort Inn

Renegades 4-H Club

Edgerton Pharmacy

Haakinson Orchard

Newville McDonald’s

A Note of Thanks for Donations Made as a Memorial, Honorarium,

and to Recognize our Community Partners

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Edgerton Outreach Thrift Store Edgerton Outreach Needs:

Canned Food Items,

Peanut Butter, Jelly, Cereal

Pasta Dinners, Baking

Supplies (Sugar, Flour, etc...)

Edgerton Community

Outreach

106 South Main Street

Edgerton, WI 53534

Phone:

608-884-9593

edgertonoutreach.org

The Edgerton Community

Outreach, Inc. Thrift Store is

open to the public!! We ac-

cept gently used clothing,

household items, and furni-

ture. Donations are greatly

appreciated and accepted dur-

ing regular business hours.

Hours

Monday 10am-4pm

Tuesday 10am-4pm

Wednesday 1pm-6pm

Thursday 10am-4pm

Friday 10am-4pm

Saturday 10m-3pm

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