Our new vision for 2010 _________________________________________________________________________ Congratulations to Pastor Larry Camel for being chosen to represent Saginaw, MI at the upcoming 2010 “Recovery: One Voice, One Community, One Purpose” Community Leaders and Interfaith Partnership Summit. The summit is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in partnership with the DHHS Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB). Summit teams, comprised of secular and faith-based community organization representatives, treatment providers, government officials, and other stakeholders, will come together to address the community- and faith-based response to the diverse needs of children and families who are affected by substance use disorders, mental illness, and other co-occurring issues such as HIV/AIDS. During the summit, each team will outline ways of expanding service capacities through effective community and faith-based collaborations and to create a plan for strengthening and maintaining the newly formed collaborations. Pamela L. Smith, M.S.Community Health Improvement Director Saginaw County Department of Public Health _________________________________________________________ Food Giveaways in recent news: The Jason Richardson Foundation, Parishioners on Patrol and the Northeast Neighborhood Association gave away over 1,000 boxes of food to needy families on July 23, 2009. Jason is a Sagnaw native and plays for the NBA Phoenix Suns. See the photo gallery from MLive here. The video from TV-5 is here. |
| Food Giveaway June 18, 2009: 2 semitrucks of food! |
| Fun Fest and Food Giveaway June 2009 and more pictures here |
| POPS visits Buena Vista school to talk about violence... see full story |
| Computer lab opens at Weed and Seed facility June 2009 |
| Food Giveaway at Neighborhood House April 16, 2009 |
| Food Giveaway at Buena Vista High School (February 18, 2009) |
| "Battered Hearts" domestic violence presentation at Webber Middle School (December 2, 2008) - Pastor Larry Camel receives award from Webber principal for the support Parishioners on Patrol provides students and their families. |
| Pastor Camel received one of four Saginaw Branch NAACP community service awards during the annual NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet at Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw Township. (October 2008) |
| EMT's honored at Ojibway Picnic (October 2008) |
| Stone Elementary Food Giveaway (October 17, 2008) |
| "Convoy of Hope" at Coulter Elementary School distributes 21,000 pounds of food in Saginaw (August 2008) |
| Parishioners on Patrol/Peace Lutheran Joint Pancake Breakfast (May 26th 2008) NBC Channel 25's coverage of our Sunday, June 1st fund raiser. |
| Hundreds attend our Youth, Fun, Faith and Friendship Festival (May 2008). |
| Push for look-a-like toy gun ban (October 2007) |
| TV-5's coverage of our efforts to unite our community |
| NBC Channel 25's calls our efforts "the ultimate neighborhood watch" |
| "Crime is down in the city of Saginaw and city officials say Parishioners on Patrol and other similar groups had a lot to do with it." NBC channel 25 news story |
| Pictures of our neighborhood cleanup and celebration (August 2007) |
