On April 4, 2024, Bethel’s Bottle Drop account was approved by the State of Oregon. During the year that we’ve had the account, your bottle and can contributions have provided more than $2,000 to Bethel’s Outreach Ministry. During that time, we’ve given $600 to Family Promise of Washington County and used the balance to support our Bethel food programs and other Outreach efforts.
If you do not already know how to support this project here is a short video giving you details on how the process works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKsNC5zpRmo
I especially wanted to thank Bob Burris for his help in taking the filled blue bags to the bottle drop sites most weeks and picking up new bags and labels when needed. In addition, I want to thank Susan Chauvie and Gail Njos for putting the labels on the blue bags, and Susan, Stan Davis and Monique Manley-Smith for making the Bottle Drop video that I have linked to above.
I’d also like to thank Jonathan Schlueter for his many years of taking care of the cans and bottles prior to Bethel having our own account when our cans and bottles supported the Family Promise of Washington County’s bottle drop account.
We’ve been averaging about $500 per quarter so far. I want to challenge you to see if we can get that number up to $750 per quarter so we can break $3,000 per year from this project as our needs keep rising and our support is being reduced. See if you can get your friends, families, and coworkers to fill a blue bag on a regular basis to support Bethel’s Outreach ministries.
If you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer them in the Fellowship Hall after service.
Leon Taylor