Mt. Morris Volunteers

In the spring of 1989 Donna Elliot was contacted by Roger Ingold of Elgin to come to the General Offices to sort skids of books. She organized a group of persons from Mt. Morris to do this, traveling in Elliott’s van. The General Offices had other projects so the group continued to go to Elgin as volunteers. When Donna began teaching school in the fall of 1990 Dwight Butterbaugh took over organizing the group to work at Elgin. The group assembled the Church of the Brethren pamphlet “Source” which is sent monthly to denominational congregations.

In the spring of 1990 several car loads of volunteers went to Elgin eight or ten times to assemble the Vacation Bible School Kits. Some work was taken back to Mt. Morris to do at night. That project became too big for the volunteers but they continued to do the “Source”.

A “Thank You” luncheon was held at the Mt. Morris Church in the fall of 1991 for the volunteers. In 2000 Uldine Baker assumed the responsibility of organizing volunteers to work at Elgin. The group continues to drive from Mt. Morris to Elgin once a month. Donna Elliott has a list of all the volunteers who have worked on this project at the Mt. Morris Church.

Contributed by Howard Royer.