There are still opportunities to help with Hope’s annual teacher appreciation brunches. The brunch for Trinity Lutheran School teachers will be held on Tuesday, May 6; the date for Sherwood Elementary is the following Tuesday, May 13. We are looking for help with food and with onsite serving for both of these breakfasts to show our gratitude to these faithful workers in our community. Please check the signup sheets in the narthex to see what opportunities to help are still available. For questions, please see Nancy  Roberts.

This month BLAST is especially in need of peanut butter and jelly, soup, and macaroni and cheese. Food donations will be due on May 4. As always, any non-expired and non-perishable food donations are appreciated. Should you have any questions, you can contact Nancy Sutter at 331-537-2717. Thank you for your support.

Thank you to all who have donated to Daily Bread throughout the last few years. They will be closing their doors on Fee Avenue May 9^th, however this is not the end of Daily Bread.  They will be partnering with South Brevard Sharing Center to continue providing accessible food and hygiene items, social services, counseling and various other resources to our community. There is also a Streetside showers mobile that will be in various locations providing showers to those in need.  A mobile clinic will also be in operation. More information will be shared as they venture on this new way of serving our community. Learn more about their mobile outreach program by watching the link below.

https://youtu.be/IBxR4G-QEmk?si=OxxlsDQCfHuldFxG

Our Habitat cleaning basket collection for two home dedications is underway. Please check the sign up sheet in the narthex if you are interested in helping with this project. Items are due at church by Sunday, May 18. If you need more information, please contact Nancy Roberts at nlr7clover@gmail.com or 804-513-5375.

This month's cookies will go to Eau Gallie High School and will be due on May18th You can sign up in the Narthex. We are asking for 2 1/2 dozen cookies to be bagged 2 to a bag in   Ziplock baggies. Please take a bag of Baker's Blessings labels and put one on each bag of cookies. When you deliver your cookies, please put a check mark in the "Cookies delivered" box. Should you have any questions, please contact Nancy Sutter at (321) 537-2717. Thank you!

Hope Cares is a program that matches needs with resources all within our Hope family community. Here are just a few of the categories we could use help in providing:

              -Greeting cards to shut-ins and emails

              -Meals to homes – mostly after surgery, births, and so on

              -Transportation – mostly to church, appointments, important errands

              -Contribute food to funeral lunches, as per the family’s request

If you would like to be a resource providing these activities, please fill out a gold half-sheet which is on table in the narthex then check off your choices.  Next, please give the form to Deaconess Lois or drop off in the church office. You will receive an email, or phone call, when a request for these items comes up.

Hope Cares is truly a blessing to our Hope family.  Thank you for your help.

If you would like more information, please contact Deaconess Lois Diebel at 321-536-0430 or deaconess.lois@hope-brevard.org

• Operation Christmas Child
• Gifts from the Heart
• Guardian ad Litem Angel Tree
• Children's Hunger Project
• New Life Mission
• CITA Mission
• The Haven for Children
• Trinity Lutheran School
• Sherwood Elementary School
• Daily Bread, The Sharing Center, Genesis Food Pantry
  
• Family Promise of Brevard
  
• Habitat for Humanity
• LCMS and LWML
• Seven AA Groups