Starting September 1st, 2010 and going until the end of the month we will be collecting as many Compact Fluorescent light bulbs as possible. We hope to gather at least 500 bulbs to send to Haiti, Mexico and Honduras. We also hope to gather some good cold cash to pay to ship these bulbs.

Light it up for Jesus!

What you can do:

1. If you have any new, still in the package, compact fluorescent bulbs, you can donate them.

2. You can purchase some bulbs and donate them. There are still State sponsored programs that allow you to get a few bulbs at no cost. Costco and other warehouse stores have 10 packs for about $8. So, for low to no cost you can help missions.

3. You can print out a flyer to distribute at your church, work, school, or other organization to help us gather as many bulbs as possible.

4. You can help sponsor a drive at your church or other organization to collect and ship light bulbs. If you have a youth group or other group that wishes to sponsor a light bulb drive, please let us know. This can help your youth learn organization skills, speaking skills, creativity, and many other useful skills while helping a lot of people in third world countries.

We are currently looking for the following items:

• We need about 25 large barrels. These are the cardboard type that stand about 3 to 4 feet tall and are usually brown in color. We need these to put at local churches to facilitate collection of Compact Fluorescent Bulbs.

• We also need lots and lots of Compact Fluorescent Bulbs. We want to be able to ship several hundred of these in the next 3 months to missions all over the world. By replacing old incandescent type bulbs we can take a heavy load off the generators that power some missions, and the electric bill that runs others. Most places now have these bulbs for about a dollar, and some areas have rebates that take the cost down to either nothing, or close to that. Please leave the bulb  in the original packaging as it needs to be this way to import to other countries. If you have any questions please email me.

• I am also looking for technical volunteers that desire to help us with future projects. Specifically I am looking for people familiar with setting up computer rooms and networks. I will also need some general labor people to open boxes and assemble tables and the like.

• I am also looking for people who want to head up the light bulb collection and energy awareness programs we want to start at local churches. If you feel you have a desire to be part of our team "in the field" at your local church, please email me.

Thanks in advance to everyone helping.

For information, please send us email.