What's Happening at NHF!

A Day at the Races

NHF Silent Auction & Refreshments
Followed by Oral Auction
Saturday, April 21, 2012 — 6:30 PM

What is it? Items and services of value are solicited from members, friends, and local businesses. On April 21, these donations are auctioned to the highest bidders. All proceeds go to the Fellowship. You take home your purchases and a warm feeling of having made a substantial contribution to Northern Hills Fellowship. Donors get a nice tax deduction!

Our goal: This year we need to raise $9,000 to use for general support of our programs. We’ll have door prizes and the usual spectacular selection of auction items, and we’ll provide everyone - kids included - with a wonderful evening of fun.
To make our auction a success, here is what we need YOU to do:

1. Decide on the contributions you will make to the auction, and solicit donations of items or services from businesses you patronize. Pick up a donation contract and copies of our business solicitation letter in the Quimby Room beginning February 5. Drop off the letters at your favorite businesses and ask if they will consider making a donation. Decide what you will donate, fill out the contract, and return it to the auction box in the Quimby Room (or to one of the people listed below) as soon as possible.
2. Plan to attend the auction and bring your friends. Make generous bids on items that interest you or that will make good gifts for friends and family.

Donation Ideas
The more valuable the donations, the higher the bids & the more successful the auction.
• a weekend or overnight getaway
• small furniture in excellent condition
• antiques/collectors’ items/artwork
• nice gifts received but never used
• tickets to a museum/concert/play/riverboat cruise/sporting event/etc.
• specialty dinners at NHF or in your home
• pet/house/baby sitting
• gift certificates to restaurants
• handcrafted items
• art/music/dancing/computer lessons
• homemade preserves/candy/baked goods
• personal services, e.g., massage (already made, or promised for later)
• professional guidance--taxes/investments/legal services/etc.
• house cleaning/repair, yard work, transportation
• themed baskets of assorted items

Questions? Have some ideas for the auction or want to help?
Contact: Betsy Anderson (825-2061), Lori Choudhury (469-1080), Linda Gutowski (772-0348), Anita Jerome (891-9495), Sue Sale (541-4476), or Marti Spiess (777-1086).

OUR FAITH IN ACTION:
Sharing Our Abundance:  As a way of living out our commitment to service in the local community, 1/3 of the offering collection from each Sunday morning service at Northern Hills Fellowship is now being donated to Valley Interfaith.

Fair Trade Coffee for Sale: We are serving fair trade organic coffee at NHF and have it available for purchase. The coffee is ordered from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee's Coffee Project. Look for the coffee on sale today and help support our work for human rights.

Front row: Liz James, Tisha Moore, Deb Cole, Deb Roestorfer, Doug McCusker, Jill Sunde, Matthew Fuenfhausen, Ryan NeuCollins Second row: Ean Behr, Gretchen Weis, Vishnu Espinel, Lynnda White, Sara LaWall, Sarah Richards, Jane Robertson, Ja Rickard, Jerrod Oltman, Charles Fantz, Amy Shaw, Krista Weber Back row: Shawna Foster, Greg Pelley, David Etherington, Joel Araujo, Michael Brown, Jim Magaw, Richard Grzywinski, Jim Foti, Doug Traversa

Religious Education 2010 - 2011: A new religious education year is almost upon us. As is required every year, a new registration form is required for all children from the nursery through high school. The form can be found on the NHF homepage, the RE homepage, or if a paper copy is needed in the church office. Please complete these forms as soon as possible and return to the church office.

For more information on happenings at Northern Hills Fellowship, please contact our office at 513-931-6651.