The Mustard Seed House gave us a truck full of carpet samples.
The 7-Eleven at State and Center gave us boxes of food and household items.
Flooring America, Saginaw, gave us carpeting for the basement of House #1.
Sr. Jude Bloch, OP, hung the donor plaques in our Resource Center.
Rose of Sharon Church brings us paper products and household products every month.
Network Services, Saginaw, continues to provide our internet services.
Several women were able to attend “Christmas at the Temple Theater,” thanks to Jean and Doug Moore. They also invited us to two Christmas concerts in which Doug was singing.
Chickey and Wesley’s worked on our treadmill.
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church invited women here to their “Boar’s Head Christmas Festival.” Beautiful!
Other individuals who added to our holiday celebration include the following.
Bud and Caroline Roggow gave us two live trees.
Ruth Ann Leach made scarves for the women.
Pat and Tyne Davis brought boxes of gifts.
Top Ladies of Distinction and Top Teens brought a clothes basket of household products for each of our twelve houses.
Dan and Alyce Wechter donated a van full of food including turkeys and hams so we could give food baskets to those needing such. 28 households were helped.
Ginger Marx engineered a project to provide each woman here with a gift of their choice.
Barb Slodowski made a bag of goodies for each woman.
Eleanor Finger handmade 52 fleece blankets and 18 scarves. Eleanor is known as the Saginaw blanket lady.
Phyllis Thorne and Tyana McDaniel organized and tagged all of the gifts, often working until 11 PM or later.
Our “wrapping crew” spent hours and hours wrapping gifts.
Vikki Call organized our huge Christmas decoration give-away – giving away all of the trees, decorations and ornaments that we had collected since last Christmas. Over 100 people got Christmas items.
Food for our Christmas Season came from Butter Crust Bakery, Barb Slodowski’s gleanings, Caseville United Methodist Church (turkey dinner in abundance), Kraniaks (half a pig and eggs), St. Matthew Church (2 turkeys), First Ward Community Center, Hidden Harvest, St. Helen Church (canned goods and turkeys), St. Thomas Aquinas Church (turkeys), Baynes Apple Farm (lots of apples), Scott Johnson (cases of pizza), and venison from hunters – Fathers Dave Parsch, Jack Johnson, John Cotter and Don Guyman. Many other individuals brought “treats” of every variety – candy, homemade goodies, etc . . . even an amaryllis.
There are many others who helped us celebrate this Christmas Season, who came to share and gift us, but who, in the hustle and bustle failed to be recorded or chose to be anonymous.
For all who enabled our Christmas, we say “thank you.” Thank you, God-With-Us” and thank you, people of God.We thank, also, our faithful, regular volunteers, those who donate food (even turnips), clothes, furniture, rummage, and/or services, and those who serve on our board.
The Christmas Season is an amplification of everyday life. Every day we at Emmaus are recipients of numerous donors. At the holiday season the donors are multiplied and, likewise, is our gratitude. Thank you, Christmas givers!
