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Flour Power selling holiday popcorn December 15 to benefit Arborlawn's Community Garden

 
The Flour Power group is selling White Chocolate M&M Popcorn (with red and green M&Ms) just in time for the season. As Flour Power says… “Add a little pop to your holiday!”
 

Look for them at special tables in the Lower Commons between services on December 15. The bags of popcorn are $5 each ("cash and carry") and will benefit the planned Arborlawn Community Garden.
 
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Flour Power selling holiday popcorn on December 8 and 15 to benefit Arborlawn's Community Garden

 
The Flour Power group is selling White Chocolate M&M Popcorn (with red and green M&Ms) just in time for the season. As Flour Power says… “Add a little pop to your holiday!”
 

Look for them at special tables in the Lower Commons on December 8. The bags of popcorn are $5 each and will benefit the Arborlawn Community Garden.
 
They will have about 100 bags available on December 8 to sell as "cash and carry." The group will also take orders and have those orders ready and delivered to the church for Sunday December 15.
 
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Flour Power selling holiday popcorn on December 8 and 15 to benefit Arborlawn's Community Garden

 
The Flour Power group is selling White Chocolate M&M Popcorn (with red and green M&Ms) just in time for the season. As Flour Power says… “Add a little pop to your holiday!”
 

Look for them at special tables in the Lower Commons on December 8. The bags of popcorn are $5 each and will benefit the Arborlawn Community Garden.
 
They will have about 100 bags available on December 8 to sell as "cash and carry." The group will also take orders and have those orders ready and delivered to the church for Sunday December 15.
 
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ArborlawnUMC.org

Flour Power selling holiday popcorn on December 8 and 15 to benefit Arborlawn Community Garden

 
The Flour Power group is selling White Chocolate M&M Popcorn (with red and green M&Ms) just in time for the season. As Flour Power says… “Add a little pop to your holiday!”
 
Look for them at special tables in the Lower Commons on December 8. The bags of popcorn are $5 each and will benefit the Arborlawn Community Garden.
 
They will have about 100 bags available on December 8 to sell as "cash and carry." The group will also take orders and have those orders ready and delivered to the church for Sunday December 15.
 
Also, see the special Arborlawn Students Spotlight on Flour Power in this week's Vine.
 
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Arborlawn Students: Spotlight on Flour Power

 
[Editor's Note: This article is from the November issue of the monthly online newsletter distributed by Arborlawn Student Ministries. See the subscription link here. The group’s latest project is the sale of holiday popcorn to benefit the Arborlawn Community Garden.]
 
Our November spotlight is on the faces behind Flour Power. Flour Power started as The Flour Girls led by Annie Rheuark and Phoebe Austin-Weeks for their service project in Confirmation in 2011. Annie and Phoebe decided to take their love of baking and combine it with a way to serve the community by selling baked goods to raise money to benefit various organizations. For their first sale, they sold $500 worth of cupcakes to benefit the Arborlawn Food Pantry. The girls also received an Honorary UMW Pin in Christmas of 2012.
 

“It is amazing to me that Annie and Phoebe (with parents help) had been doing all the work themselves,” says Donna Crawford. “It is a huge undertaking and they have done an amazing job of organizing everything while also raising money for some great organizations.”
 
The 2012 Confirmation Class decided to help the Flour Girls as their class service project. With the goal of having other students to help on an on-going basis, Annie and Phoebe recruited Confirmand students and renamed the group Flour Power. Students who have helped with Flour Power include (but may not be limited to... we rounded up what names we could) Shelby Parker, Michael Collins, Erin Ainslee, Faith Carlson, Grace Salvaggio, Anna Baggs, Zhara Martin, Jessica Puckett, Ryan Fox, Matthew Crawford, Travis Crawford, Ryan Hill, Madilynn Mar, Maci Neilson, Caroline Cooke, Alli Fain, Megan Smith, Kate Boller, and Alyssa Nunez. Adults who have helped include Melissa Austin-Weeks, Lora Rheuark, Edwin Rheuark, Donna Crawford, Debbie Hutchinson, Karen Fox, Shannon Collins, Laura Salvaggio, Barbara Michel, Brad Bowen, and John Sutter.
 
Melissa Austin-Weeks says: “Baking sweets for change has not only benefitted many people in need, but has taught these children how to budget their funds for the purchase of supplies, to develop culinary skills, explore opportunities to serve agencies in the community, to learn time management, and to identify and execute the steps in project management.”
 
Since the beginning, Annie, Phoebe, and Flour Power students have raised close to $3,000 for a variety of non-profit organizations, including Family Pathfinders, Habitat for Humanity, the Arborlawn Snack Sacks program, the community garden of La Trinidad UMC, and the Wounded Warriors project. Way to go Flour Power, you guys are great!
 
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Flour Power: chocolate chip cookies to benefit Snack Sacks

 
From Annie Rheuark: Flour Power is planning a fundraiser to benefit Snack Sacks for Back to School! We will be taking orders for chocolate chip cookies (bag of 6 cookies for $5) between services on Sundays September 15 and 22 at the East Welcome Kiosk in the Lower Commons.
 

We will be delivering the cookies on Sunday, September 29. Thanks for your support of Snack Sacks! Your ever faithful and changing Flour Power Team: Erin Ainslie, Phoebe Austin-Weeks, Faith Carlson, Michael Collins, Shelby Parker, Annie Rheuark, and Grace Salvaggio.
 
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Flour Power: Snickerdoodles for Father's Day benefitting Habitat

 
Arborlawn's Flour Power mission is planning Snickerdoodles cookies for Father's Day to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
 

Look for sales at the Welcome Kiosk on June 2. Bags of six cookies for $5 will be available on Father's Day, Sunday, June 16.
 
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Flour Power: Snickerdoodles for Father's Day

 
Arborlawn's Flour Power mission is planning Snickerdoodles cookies for Father's Day to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
 

Look for sales at the Welcome Kiosk on May 26 and June 2. Bags of six cookies for $5 will be available on Father's Day, Sunday, June 16.
 
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Flour Power benefitting The Wounded Warrior Project for Mother's Day

 
Flour Power (Baking Sweets for Change) is the service project for Arborlawn's Confirmation Class. The group will be taking pre-sales orders of gingerbread cookies in time for Mother’s Day delivery. The cookies will be packaged in a gift bag of six cookies for $5. All of the proceeds (100 percent) will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. This worthy cause helps service men and women who are recovering from war injuries. Read more about Wounded Warrior Project.
 

Stop by the Welcome Kiosk for samples and to place your order during these dates and times: Sunday, April 21, 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; and Sunday, April 28, 8:30 a.m to 12:15 p.m. Cookies will be packaged and delivered to the church for pick up on Sunday, May 12 (Mother’s Day). Thank you for your support!
 
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Flour Power benefitting The Wounded Warrior Project for Mother's Day

 
Flour Power (Baking Sweets for Change) is the service project for Arborlawn's Confirmation Class. The group will be taking pre-sales orders of gingerbread cookies in time for Mother’s Day delivery. The cookies will be packaged in a gift bag of six cookies for $5. All of the proceeds (100 percent) will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. This worthy cause helps service men and women who are recovering from war injuries. Read more about Wounded Warrior Project.
 

Stop by the Welcome Kiosk for samples and to place your order during these dates and times: Sunday, April 21, 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; and Sunday, April 28, 8:30 a.m to 12:15 p.m. Cookies will be packaged and delivered to the church for pick up on Sunday, May 12 (Mother’s Day). Thank you for your support!
 
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A big thanks from The Flour Girls

 
From Phoebe Austin-Weeks and Annie Rheuark: Thank you to everyone who helped support our 6th grade confirmation service project. We baked, decorated, and packaged over 300 cupcakes and raised $465 for the Arborlawn Food Pantry. Thank you to Harris Packaging and Leaman Container for donating the packaging. Watch for us to return this summer for more sweets.
 

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