Congregational UCC Joins the Fan Club

Crisis Center Project Brings a Cooling Breeze

It is hot out there.  Our congregation is helping people stay cool, though.  At the direction of the Mission Board, we delivered a check for $1225.84 to the Crisis Center on Thursday, June 15 to help purchase box fans for those without air conditioning or unable to afford to run their air conditioning.  Each fan costs $15, so our contribution will purchase eighty-one fans.  The second and third distribution days will be June 29 and July 5.

This contribution was not from our 2017 operating budget, but from The Coffee Project Fund.  For over fifteen years we have been offering Equal Exchange coffee, tea, chocolate, and other products for sale.  Initiated by Donna Goodnow, carried on by Sharyn Reitz, and then expanded (and made more fun) by Martha Anne Crawford, we have sold Equal Exchange products for a very small markup.  The result…$1225.84 to help those in need in our community. And after the congregation was told about this project during worship on June 18, another $200 was given to provide even more fans.

Good coffee for Iowa City, a fair price to growers, and now a cool breeze for those who need a hand.  Thank you, Equal Exchange coffee drinkers!  

For more information on the Fan Club, visit https://www.jccrisiscenter.org/join-fan-club-help-local-family-beat-heat-summer/