Updates on Store, Fundraiser, & Blog

Greetings! I thought you would like to hear some of the follow-up on recent posts.

1. Store...The Grand Opening was a great success! Unofficial numbers--$1900 in profits this weekend! What a blessing the store is. If you're in the area on a Friday or Saturday, remember to stop by. Or if you have any donations, let us know and we'll work out a time.


2. Fundraiser...I haven't heard an official number on money raised Tuesday at Culver's, but there was a great turnout!


3. Blog...There are some added features on the blog that I hope you check out soon.

• World Clocks--> There's a clock with Sierra Leone time and one of Iowa (CST) time.


• Contact Links--> Even there is a list of links further down the page, there is an easier way to find the link to the online albums, etc. In that same box, there is an invitation for you to contribute to this blog.


• Subscribe to the blog--> I've enabled the RSS feed (or whatever) so you can probably figure out ways to get new posted emailed to you.
• Friends/Followers--> To be truthful, I'm not entirely sure about this feature. :-) But it could be fun. If you read this blog often and want to keep up with JCC, I would invite you to become a friend! And if you don't....you're still a friend. No worries!

That's all for this edition. Have a blessed week!

Goodsearch

This has been mentioned before as an easy way to earn money for the organization. Since this was last posted about, there is a new part of this website: Goodshop! Read about it below. As Christmas draws closer (just two months from yesterday!), if you buy from any of these online stores (there are quite a few...) then go through this website after you've picked Jonathan House (or whatever organization you choose) and JH will receive a portion of the profit! How simple is that?! And it doesn't cost you anymore than had you gone to the store's site without going through Goodsearch. Search for Jonathan House Ministries where it instructs you to and it should come right up. Or click on the title of this post and it should bring you to the website with JonHouse already chosen! Thanks!!


Straight from the Goodsearch.com website:

Here's a new easy way to raise money for your favorite cause. Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they'll donate a penny to your favorite cause every time you do a search! In addition, do all of your shopping through their online shopping mall, GoodShop.com, where you can shop at more than 700 top online retailers and a percentage of your purchases will go to the charity or school of your choice. You pay the same price as you normally would, but a donation goes to your cause!
Here's the web site — http://www.goodsearch.com/. You can also read about GoodSearch in the NY Times, Oprah Magazine, CNN, ABC News and the Wall Street Journal.

Store Grand Opening & Pictures, Culver's Night

Here are two different views of inside of the store. I have many more, but not as much time to put them up. The third picture is of an event that several supporters came to (maybe you were there?) and we voted on the name of the store. The Grand Opening of the store is this next Friday, Oct. 31st & Saturday, Nov. 1st, 9 to 5 both days.

Grand Opening:

If you'd like to help work in the store on either day for the Grand Opening, email Jan @ jabuhatch@hotmail.com. There will be opportunities to set up and get it all ready, too--one of those being Tuesday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. And everyone helping Friday & Saturday is invited to wear African clothes.

Culver's Night:

This Tuesday, we will have a fundraising night at the Marshalltown Culver's. Stop in between 5 and 8 p.m. and Jonathan House will receive 10% of the proceeds of whatever is bought! If you'd like to come and help pass out brochures that would be great, too. Wear any African clothes you might have.

Come out to Culver's Tuesday and the Grand Opening Friday/Saturday and tell all your friends!

Jonathan House Picasa Albums

Definitely check them out.....they're finally ready to be made public! Yay! There is still work to be done, but it's available for your eyes. :-) There are different albums--several albums with pictures from various teams that have gone over. One from some of the Sierra Leone trips before Jonathan House was created.

If you have anymore pictures you'd like to contribute from a trip of your own or events stateside related to Jonathan House, please send them to JHM.Salone@gmail.com and let me know what they are of and I will add them as I can.

If there are any of the pictures currently posted that are mis-labeled or have an incorrect caption, make a comment on it or send an email to that address above.

Picasa has a new feature in which it tags faces. I have tagged many of the kids, but not all. Ideally you will be able to search for a person and all of the pictures that person appears in you will be able to see. For example, let's say you sponsor Adama, you will be able to click on the "Adama" tag and see her smiling face! So when it's all done, it should be a nice feature.

Article: Talking Dirty--The Politics of Clean Water and Sanitation

From the Massachusetts Medical Society (linked by child-survival.org)

An interesting article about global health and more specifically clean drinking water.

Click on the title and follow the link. It is a PDF document.

"Second Chance on 3rd"

The Jonathan House Store....newly dubbed "Second Chance on 3rd" celebrated its Grand Opening this weekend. There was no advertising, yet it is reported it was busy enough to make $1700 (in two days). Our pastor who was helping out said that one guy donated his change when he found out what the money was going to. Wow!

The store is located in Marshalltown, IA on the corner of Boone and 3rd Ave. It will be open every Friday and Saturday (except holidays assuming) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. If you are ever in the area on those two days step by and visit. And if you'd like to help out, email Roger at roger.hatch@gmail.com. Even if you are unable to stop in on an open day there will be opportunities to serve (ie cleaning, stocking shelves) so consider that too. Also, if you have things to contribute you can also email Roger to arrange a time to drop it off or maybe even have it picked up.

Pictures to come soon....

Big Week for Jonathan House

1. The store opened this weekend! Without any advertising, $1700 came in. What a blessing! See a later post for more information about the store.
2. John's adoption was approved this last week and his parents will be leaving next Saturday, Sep. 21 to bring him home! Pray for all of the last-minute "stuff" that Mark & Karen need to finish before leaving. And pray for John's last days at Jonathan House.
3. Tenneh (adopted) will be having heart surgery on the 18th. Pray for her. I talked to her this morning--she is nervous understandably but I think relieved ultimately that this problem will be taken care of. Pray for all those details that will have to be arranged for the care of her younger two siblings.

Other points:

-If you have any stories, contributions for this blog, please email JHM.Salone@gmail.com

-If you have an idea for the next poll, also email above address.

-If you find any relevant articles that you think Jonathan House supporters would find pertinent, also email those links to the address above.

Thanks!