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Virginia

Mennonite

Relief Sale

to benefit MCC

Rockingham Co. Fairgrounds

Special Projects

My Coins Count

The 2022 project will help MCC and its partners in Ukraine provide emergency shelter, food, and other assistance. Read more about their response on the VMMissions website.

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A little can do a lot!

My Coins Count logoMy Coins Count is a fun way to raise money for projects of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Virginia Mennonite Missions (VMMissions).

Collect coins in a container in your church, school, home or business. Bring the containers to one of the following locations:

  • Harmony Square, Dayton or Broadway branch of the Park View Federal Credit Union during the week before the Relief Sale
  • Relief Sale on Friday evening or no later than 9 am on Saturday

The coins are sorted by volunteers and counted in machines from Park View Federal Credit Union, whose staff calculate the total value of each congregation’s coins. Currency and checks are also welcome. Checks should be made payable to “Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale,” designated for My Coins Count.

A few coins plus a few more coins plus a few more coins adds up to a lot of coins! When a lot of coins are put together they can make big changes.

Sharing our Surplus (SOS) Campaign

SOS Committee Launches “Hundreds for Hundreds” Campaign

Last year’s SOS (Sharing Our Surplus) effort brought in $47,406.29 in monetary donations for MCC’s refugee outreach programs around the world. The SOS committee has launched a “Hundreds for Hundreds” initiative to celebrate MCC’s 100th anniversary and in light of extraordinary needs worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn that has greatly reduced revenue for MCC’s programs.

Most of the committee’s efforts are focused on promoting giving generously online, but they are also planning a two-mile “Hundreds For Hundreds” SOS Walk in Harrisonburg at 6 pm on Sunday, August 29, 2021, as a family-friendly fundraiser. Those who prefer not to do a public walk can get sponsors and/or contribute personally for a walk at a time and place of their choosing. For more information visit the Refugee SOS Facebook page or contact Mark Keller at [email protected] or 540-434-4535.

Donate

Credit card contributions to the SOS initiative can be made at any time by donating online. Checks should be made out to “Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale,” with SOS in the memo line. The mailing address is Relief Sale, 601 Parkwood Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 (the Virginia Mennonite Conference Center).

Over a four year period SOS has helped raise a total of over $147,000 for MCC’s refugee relief programs. We hope this year will see the greatest outpouring of generosity yet.

Here’s a link to a blog post by SOS chair Harvey Yoder on this challenge. The SOS committee has no overhead, so every penny donated goes to the cause of refugee outreach.