ALERT! Planning for the Holiday Season -- Thanksgiving and Christmas Baskets

 To avoid duplication for the Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets this year, the City of Mount Rainier will provide baskets for both schools during the holidays. If your child or children attend either of the Mount Rainier schools, please work with your school to ensure that your family receives Thanksgiving baskets.

The Front Porch Ministries will provide Thanksgiving and Christmas Baskets to TFPM participants based on how much food is received for distribution. At this moment, TFPM is anticipating sufficient turkeys or chickens to cover the large number of participants in TFPM.

In a few weeks, additional information will be provided. As always, no names, addresses, telephone numbers, or other personal information will be gathered. As always, all food items, including turkeys or other meats, will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

It is a pleasure serving TFPM participants, and we are working now to make sure that your holidays are festive and your tables are filled with the holidays' traditional foods.

Please join The Front Porch Ministries Facebook page to ensure receipt of notifications regarding the Thanksgiving baskets distribution as well as future food distributions.

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The School Supplies for 2022-2023 School Year HAVE BEEN DELIVERED!

 GOOD MORNING! Today is the day to get our school supplies to our school, and we got it DONE.

THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to this very successful collection of school supplies for teachers and students!

Principal Shawn Hintz and Principal Jennifer Roberts Till, best wishes for an incredible school year for you, your teachers, students, and administrative and custodial staff.

Please know that the residents and businesses of Mount Rainier have your backs and stand ready to help when we can to make your school year safe and a good experience.

FINAL WEEK TO DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Our two local schools are in need of YOUR HELP with school supplies AGAIN this year.

As you know, not only do our teachers provide education to our students, but often meet many of their daily needs such as fresh clothing, especially underwear for kindergarteners through third grade, but coats, hats, gloves, and other necessities.

Over the past twenty (20) plus years, I have personally worked with the principals of Mount Rainier Elementary and Thomas Stone Elementary to meet their needs.  The needs are greater this year because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Parents are struggling to get their children ready for school, and the increased pricing of clothing, school supplies, food, and rent has made it very difficult for parents who have been laid off from work, struck with COVID-19, or otherwise make less than sufficient income to meet their ever-increasing needs.

Quite a few school supplies have been collected, but more are needed and would be greatly appreciated.

ITEMS STILL NEEDED INCLUDE

Book bags

Composition notebooks

Clorox wipes

Masks

Hand Sanitizers 

Facial tissues

Scissors for children and teachers

Markers

Construction paper

Copier paper

Rulers

Folders

Pens and Pencils

Girls' and boys' underwear (ages 5 through 9)

PLEASE DELIVER DONATIONS TO 4517 30th Street, Mount Rainier, MD 20712;  SUPPLIES WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE SCHOOLS, AUGUST 26, 2022!

Welcome to The Front Porch Ministries (TFPM)

 The Front Porch Ministries (TFPM) has been serving the Mount Rainier community and beyond since March 26, 2020.  The distributions from The Front Porch Ministries come from a wide variety of donors --

Partnership with the Calomaris YMCA

Partnership with Prince George''s Count Community Relations

Partnership with County Council Chair Calvin Hawkins

Partnership with Food Rescue

Partnership with various distributors whose names are not included

The Mayor of Somerset, MD

Members of the Mount Rainier Community

Friends and family in the area and outside of the area

TFPM has provided a variety of foods, school supplies, COVID-19 testing kits, masks, hand sanitizers, coats, Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets, flowers, children and adult diapers, formula, and other vital support to families regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sexual preference, or citizenship status.

Services are primarily provided on Tuesdays and Wednesdays but are available throughout the week thanks to donations of refrigerators by neighbors, friends, and the Carpenters Union.

You can visit The Front Porch Ministries at The Front Porch Ministries | Facebook.

The Front Porch Ministries is open and accepting donations. Please consider donating. We do not accept used clothing of any kind. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

YOUR VOTE IS NEEDED in NOVEMBER!

 November General Election is coming! Will you make these two men two of your voting choices, PLEASE? Mark your calendars, and remember to VOTE!

This link will take you to a website that provides step-by-step voting instructions and other information: https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/index.html

Be Careful Out There TODAY -- Extreme HOT WEATHER!

 Yesterday at The Front Porch Ministries was another successful and wonderful day. Thank you to all that shared in it. There are a few vegetable boxes left for pick up.

I will have lunches and breakfasts later today -- around 2:45 p.m. Please come by and help yourself.

Thank you to Maxime Magloire for his help yesterday. Prayers are needed for Joan Bundy and Dianne Dunmore, two of our volunteers.

BE MINDFUL of the heat today! The heat index could reach 105 today. A Heat Advisory goes into effect between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.

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