Axis Christian Church

Axis Church - Give the Gift

May you and your family be blessed this holiday season as you give His gift of love away!  Here are a few outreach ideas for your family or small group to consider. 

*Be a Santa to a Senior Program

This program is sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care.  Join them in making a difference in the life of a local senior citizen.  Details:  Visit Yost Pharmacy (on Main Street in Mason) or YMCA/Butler County (near Bridgewater Falls in Fairfield) or Tuesday Morning (Yankee and Cin-Day next to Kroger Marketplace in Liberty) and choose a gift request card from the tree.  Purchase the item and return it, unwrapped, to the same location by December 14^th.

Many helpers will be needed at the wrap party.  We’ll wrap the 400+ gifts on Dec. 15^th at 6pm at the Home Instead offices located at 6860 Tylersville Road (at intersection with Butler-Warren Road, near Childtime Learning Center).  Pizza/refreshments and wrapping materials provided.  Please RSVP for wrap party and pizza dinner.  (Suzie Rice, 513-779-1969)

*Ronald McDonald House

Cincinnati’s Ronald McDonald House provides a supportive “home away from home” for families and their children who are receiving life–saving treatment at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.  Keeping the House stocked with the basic necessities of a home requires a lot of donated food and supplies. Approximately 1,600 families each year are able to call Cincinnati’s Ronald McDonald House their “home.”  See reverse side for the current wish list.

Additionally, groups who have a special talent that they’re willing to share, including singing, dancing, playing music, giving massages or manicures, crafting, hair styling, organizing a game night, etc., are invited.  Contact Lisa Davis at  513-636-7642 to schedule a visit or a time to drop off donations.

*Lebanon Fire or Police Department (or your local fire/police department):

Simply stop in at the fire or police department with a plate of holiday treats and let them know how much you value their service and dedication.  They’ll love it!

*Axis Cookie Giveaway, Dec. 20^th

The Axis Youth are organizing a cookie give-away during the busiest weekend of the season!  Volunteers are needed to help set-up and work the tables at various locations during the afternoon and, of course, bakers are needed to prepare the cookies!  Please bring cookie donations, wrapped in bundles of three, to worship with you on the 20^th.  RSVP to Josh ().

*Visit a local senior center or retirement facility. 

Contact a local facility and arrange a day/time that your group could visit with their residents.  These visits are appreciated any time of year!

*Mason Food Pantry, 406 Fourth Avenue, 513-754-0333

Currently, the pantry’s top needs include chunky soups, boxes of cereal, canned fruit, peanut butter and toilet paper. Please consider making a donation or working a shift. 

*Project Blue Light

Join this nationwide effort and put blue lights in your windows or use them when trimming your tree.  The color blue is a symbol of peace and our blue lights show we honor and remember the sacrifice and service of our fallen, retired and active law enforcement officers. 

Wish List for the Cincinnati Ronald McDonald House

Contact Lisa Davis @ 513-636-7642 to schedule your donation delivery.

General House Items

44-cent stamps

Batteries

Gas cards

Gift cards

Irons

Ironing boards

Lint rollers

NEW family-friendly DVDs or VHS tapes

Phone cards

For the families

Hand sanitizer (travel size)

Journals for families to write in

Pens (any make)

Plastic hangers

Toiletries (full or sample size)

New fold away cribs

Arts and craft supplies

For the Pantry 

Baby Food

Bottled juice

Boxed complete meals

Canned one-dish meals

Cereal – big boxes or single servings

Chunky-type soup

Cooking oil

Flour

Fresh fruit

Healthy snacks

Hot chocolate packets

Instant potatoes

Microwavable soups/meals

Pinto beans

Popcorn

Ramen noodles

Salt

Salty Snacks

Single serving fruit cups

Sugar

Single serving Jell-O

Single serve chip/snacks

Single serve canned fruit

Single serve pudding

Tomato sauce

Tuna

White rice

Whole kernel corn