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Rolling Hills Announces New Partnership With Grandview Park Presbyterian Church
Rolling Hills and an anonymous donor have partnered together to provide $5,000 to fund the 2011 Summer Kids Club and Day Camp created and run by Grandview Park Presbyterian Chuch in Kansas City, Kansas! Heartland Center Camp in Parkville has also offered to donate the use of their facility to house the camp this year. The Grandview Park Summer Kids Club was established to provide a safe and fun environment for the large number of Spanish-speaking immigrant children in their KCK neighborhood, who were often left alone during the day while their parents worked. 80-100 kids are expected to enroll in the program for this summer! To learn more about Grandview Park's Kids Club, check out their informational flyer.

Christmas Offering
The recipient Christmas Offering 2010 is the The Hope Leadership Academy. The Hope Leadership Academy is a neighborhood-based, K--8th grade charter school scheduled to open in August of 2011. As a result of the multiple school closings in the KCMO school district, this much-needed school will provide a high quality education to kids in a neighborhood who currently have no such options. The HLA is one of the many urban ministries developed by The Hope Center. Last year, our congregation's overwhelming contributions to the Christmas Offering helped support the Hope Center's Family Care Center and provided some much-needed medical equipment.

Due to the generous support of the RH Congregation, the Hope Leadership Academy received $31,677.15, dedicated during services on January 30, 2011.

Past recipients of the Christmas Offering have included The Hope Family Care Center, The Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas Community College’s Endowment Association Scholarship Fund, TLC for Children and Families, Inc., Head Start of Johnson County, Catherine’s Place, and St. Joseph’s Institute for the Deaf.

Easter Offering
Easter Offering 2011 went to BoysGrow. BoysGrow is a non-profit agency which fosters mentoring, entrepreneurship skills, and positive male role-models for inner-city boys ages 12-15. BoysGrow began in Spring 2010. The program is a year-round farming and entrepreneur program. Boys plant, cultivate, and harvest their own crops, then sell their produce and other products, including their Salsa Orgullo, which hits stores May 7th, 2011. For more information on BoysGrow, please check out their website or look for them on Facebook.

The Easter 2011 Offering for BoysGrow was dedicated on Sunday, May 15th during worship. Thanks to the generosity of Rolling Hills, Boys Grow received $22,254.62.

Past recipients of the Easter Offering have included Sunflower House, Johnson County Area Agency on Aging - Vision Assistance, Arts in Prison, Habitat House, Stroke Foundation of Shawnee Mission, Heartland Presbyterian Camp Ropes Course andPartnerships for Renewal.

Thanksgiving Food Baskets
Since 1983, the congregation of Rolling Hills has filled and delivered nearly 200 food baskets each year to JOCO Human Services & Aging clients. We thank Boy Scout Troop #387, sponsored by RH, who is always very helpful with this project. If interested in helping, please contact Cheryl Meyer.

Back to School Backpacks
At the beginning of August 2010, 199 backpacks filled with school supplies and a $500 check were delivered to KVC Behavioral Healthcare, Inc; a private, not-for-profit organization providing medical and behavioral healthcare, social services, and education to children and families. This is our Get the #2 Lead Out campaign.

Shalom House
Shalom House Kansas City, Kansas shelter for homeless men. The residents work or attend classes during the day and return to the shelter each evening. Our shelter congregation prepares and serves a meal the second Saturday of each month. Families or committees sign up to prepare and serve the food through the Outreach Committee. Shalom House is an ongoing year round program where members of Rolling Hills volunteer to make and deliver a meal to 30 men living in a homeless shelter in Kansas City, KS. the second Saturday of every month.

Rolling Hills Volunteer Database
Please contact Chris Riffer, Church & Society Committee moderator, to join the Rolling Hills volunteers database. Two current areas of community outreach using RH members are the Village Food Pantry in Overland Park and the Hope Family Care Center in KCMO.