Hey Vineyard TwoShirts Group members...

Just a quick reminder that beginning this Sunday, August 24th you are welcome to begin dropping your donations off at my house for the 2nd Annual Rummage Give-Away coming Saturday, Sept 13th.

Address:
2894 Creith Court
Grove City 43123
* rummage drop-off and give-away location.

Reminder: what is rummage? good-quality / TwoShirts-quality garage sale items you want to give away to the community. Clothes, furniture, VHS/DVD/CD media, books, etc.

Any questions? Email me: bryanborgman@gmail.com or call: 614-403-4101

Only 10 more items to tie up Ohio and California! Ohio... will you let this happen? Will the home of the mighty Buckeyes be defeated? I challenge you to a items drive Ohio! Can you beat the few California members? Only time will tell if you have what it takes.

You're all invited to have a fun time after 3rd service on Sunday, June 22nd. We're going to have some food, drinks, and there will be stations setup to help box up all the food we've received this weekend. Kids are welcome too!

We currently have THOUSANDS of food items in my company's warehouse that we collected on Saturday from the neighborhood food drives. That number is expected to double or triple after the weekend service! Go God!

A few things to remember:
1. Don't forget to bring your food donation to any of the 3 services this weekend.
2. If you come to the 3rd service, we're going to caravan to my company's warehouse promptly after that service.
3. If you come to the 1st or 2nd service, you are welcome to come directly to the warehouse from 1:30ish to 4pm.
4. We currently have 4 stations setup, 2 of which DO NOT require any heavy lifting.

I hope to you see there! Drop me an email if you have any questions: baghunger@brianstevenson.com

P.S. The address of my company’s warehouse is:
Team Fishel
1810 Arlingate Lane
Columbus, OH 43228
(It’s the last loading dock on the side of the building)

Our Food Drive will climax this weekend with a major collection in a few neighborhoods and at the Grove City Vineyard. We expect to bring in well over 600 bags of groceries that weekend! I’ll order pizza for lunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday for all the volunteers who come help out! Email me at baghunger@brianstevenson.com with the shifts you can work. Also, if you know of other people who can help, talk them into helping too!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Saturday, June 21st:
10AM – Noon (5 volunteers to load/unload food)
Noon – 2PM (5 volunteers to load/unload food)
2PM – 4PM (5 volunteers to load/unload food)
4PM – 6PM (5 volunteers to load/unload food)
6PM – 8PM (5 volunteers to load/unload food)

Sunday, June 22nd:
8:15AM – 9:15AM (4 volunteers to load/unload food) – During 1st service.
9:45AM – 10:45AM (4 volunteers to load/unload food) – During 2nd service.
11:15AM – 12:15PM (4 volunteers to load/unload food) – During 3rd service.
1:00PM – 3:00PM (6 volunteers to unload food & count)
3:00PM – 5:00PM (6 volunteers to unload food & count)

DRIVER/VEHICLE OPPORTUNITIES:
(Large vehicles preferred – e.g. trucks, vans)

I'm looking for some people who can coordinate a small food drive in their neighborhood. Basically, you just pass out paper bags to your neighbors and let them know we're collecting food for the Mid-Ohio FoodBank. Most of my neighbors jumped at the opportunity to help! I wrote up some suggested steps here:
http://www.twoshirts.org/blog/brian.stevenson/2008/05/31/how_plan_door_d...

These directions were written with a BIG GROUP in mind, so you can simplify the steps if you're just going out alone. It's a simple as:
1. Get paper bags & flyers from Brian Stevenson
2. Pass out paper bags to neighbors
3. Collect the food few days later!

Email baghunger@brianstevenson.com to get the bags and flyers!

Hello all you GCVineyard Twoshirts people!

Our project for the whole month of June is to sponsor a food drive to benefit the Mid-Ohio Food Bank! Why not join us? Our goal is to collect 25,000 items and $2,500 dollars by June 25th!

Click here for all the food drive details

Click here for a spotlight story on the Mid-Ohio Food Bank!

Thanks everyone! And thanks to Brian Stevenson who's spearheading this project and the rest of the Columbus Twoshirts Team for working hard: Bryan Borgman, Tom Haines, Chris & Connie Wright, and Teresa Fairholm (who's with us un spirit from Pennsylvania!).

Regards,
Jason

Wow! We let an entire month go by and forgot to schedule a meet up so I'm taking the initiative once again and setting something up.

When: Wednesday, June 4 at 6:30pm (come later, stay later, I'll hang out until whenever!)
Where: Graeters on Broadway! New location!
What & Why: Grove City Vineyard Monthly Get-Together... to increase personal fellowship and help foster friendships.

Hope to see you there... I'll be bringing my wife and kids!

- Bryan

Theres gonna be a Breakfast For Women at the Vineyard May 3rd, 9 to 11, Jenell Coker will be the Speaker that day. Come eat, socialize and hear whet Jenell has to say. Tickets being sold for $3.00 at the Church Sunday this week. See ya there, Teresa/norret

Nothing like Janell's favorite American Idol, I did want to share this exciting news... I've been nominated as a semi-finalist to receive an Origins Award for Best Game Support.

The nomination is for my orchestrated fantasy soundtrack: The Chronicles of Ramlar - Official Soundtrack (2007 Bailey Records).

I'm extremely proud of this soundtrack and very excited that it has been nominated for this award. This is my second nomination in this category. The first time around I lost to my good friends in Midnight Syndicate with their 13th Hour album (which is fantastic!). It's my hope that this year I take the category!

* List of all Origins Award Semi-Finalists --> http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=25085

* The Chronicles of Ramlar - Official Soundtrack on iTunes -->
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258899647...

* The Chronicles of Ramlar - Official Soundtrack on RPGNow.com -->
http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=50184&filters=0_2250_...

* The Chronicles of Ramlar - Official Soundtrack album review on SciFi.com --> http://www.scifi.com/sfw/sound/sfw17543.html

Thanks for listening!
- Bryan (aka Stratos)

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that Teresa (norret) has put together another Grove City Twoshirts meet and greet at Nora's Cafe. See below:

Hi there will be having another Meet And Greet Wed. Night April 23 @ Noras Coffee House At 7 oclock PM. Anyone interested is WELCOME and you dont have to be a Group Member to come join us! We had a really fun time lst time. See Ya there, Teresa (norret)

Meet And Greet @ Noras Coffee Shop , Wednesday night @ 7 , Its in Grove City on Broadway,see ya there! Teresa (norret) PS you dont have to be a MEMBER of our Group to join us!! Date Change April 23 next week!

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder that our Clothing drive for the Westide Freestore officially ends this week! I know many of you have gathered lots of clothes and are storing them in your garage (like me!). This Friday, April 4th, we'll be meeting at the Grove City Vineyard at 6PM to sort, fold, and pack up the clothes. I need to know who's planning on coming to this party. Teresa is cooking, so we need to know how much food to buy, so either e-mail me, or comment on this post with a total of who in your household is coming. Everyone is welcome!

The following morning we'll meet at the church at 9:45, load up the clothes, and head out to the Freestore to deliver the clothes and help serve food. Matt and Cheralyn Corlett's home group is in charge of serving food that day, so we'll be coming alongside them to help. Please RSVP to me if you're coming on Saturday morning too.

That's all! Use this last week to gather all the last-minute clothing donations you can!

God Bless,
Jason Coker

Hey everyone, just a reminder that Bryan Borgman has put together an informal meet and greet for Twoshirts users in the Grove City area tomorrow night at Nora's Cafe in Grove City, 7:30PM. It should be fun, we'll have some coffee, get to know each other a little, and maybe play some scrabble (oooh, exciting)!

The address is 4057 Broadway, GC OG 43123. I'd love to see you all there!

I've spoken to the folks at the Westside Freestore and they have communicated to me that baby clothes are a desperate item. Therfore, I'm proposing we gather clothes from the community with a special focus on baby clothes.

UPDATE:CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE CLOTHING DRIVE FLYER. Either print it, or right click and choose "Save file as..." to download to your computer.

Copy it (color or black and white) and hand it out to everyone you can to let them know about our project!

So here's how this is shaking out:

1. We'll spend the whole month of March gathering clothes for the Westside Freestore, with a special emphasis on baby clothes.

2. I'm asking everyone to individually do their best to spread the word to their freinds and neighbors all month long. Make room in your own garage to store clothes in the short term.

Hey all you Grove City Vineyard Twoshirts people, it's time for us to start thinking about another outreach. But instead of me telling you what we're going to do, I'd like to get as much input as possible from all of you. So, here's what I was thinking:

1. Let's do something that serves the poor in our area (greater Columbus). Twoshirts is all about making a difference for those who need it, so let's focus on that. It needn't be complicated or extensive. We can do something on our own, or partner with another organization.

2. As much as possible, I'd like the outreach to reflect the three Twoshirts values: Equality, Relationships, and Participation. If you're unfamiliar with these values, you can read about them at the about page.

3. I'd like to conduct this outreach before the end of March.

You can comment on this post at the Grove City Vineyard Group page at Twoshirts.org to share your ideas by clicking on the "comments" link.

Don't be shy, share all your ideas and let's collaborate on them together!

Thanks!
Jason Coker

Hey everyone, just a reminder that we'll be conducting a winter coat, hat, and glove drive for the residents of Wedgwood Apartments all through December. Gather all the gently used winter coats you can find - especially for children - and bring them to the Vineyard on Friday, December 21, at 7PM. We'll bag and tag everything that night and play some games while we're at it (remember, that night is Family Night, so bring your kids!).

The next morning, meet at the Vineyard at 10AM and we'll head out for the giveaway. Be sure not to miss this chance to have an impact on a group of folks who need your generosity!