IN THE NEWS:

The Big Walnut Friends Who Share Annual Report. View Report


The Big Walnut Friends Who Share 2009 List of Contributors. View List

Silent Auction
The Big Walnut Friends Who Share would like to acknowledge and thank the Sunbury/Big Walnut Chamber of Commerce for its outstanding support. The annual 'Silent Auction' for 2009 was held November 13. The Auction raised over $3,000. This total included a $1,500 donation from the Morse Road Sam's Club 6307. Karen Kingdom and Jared Bogan, of the Morse Road business, presented the check.  Photo

Special Thanks to the following organizations, groups and individuals for their support in the Holiday Season:

  • Scout Troop 247 for their collection and donation of food items to Big Walnut Friends Who Share Photos
  • The Big Walnut High School Student Council and basketball program for the collection and donation of food.  Photo
  • The Bright Beginnings Preschool for their collection and donation of food.
  • The Big Walnut students in the Basketball Program and their coaches for assembling 150 Family Christmas boxes in record time. A job well done!  Photo
  • The Big Walnut High School German Club for the collection and donation of food. Photo
  • The First Baptist Church for the collection and donation of food. Photo
  • The Big Walnut Middle School for the collection and donation of food. Photo
  • The Genoa Township Fire department for the collection and donation of two truck loads of toys.
  • The Big Walnut Friends Who Share would like to wish Happy Holidays to the Sunbury Big Walnut Community and thank you for the generous support you provided in 2009.
  • The Big Walnut Friends Who Share would like to extend a special acknowledgement to our many volunteers who keep the wheels on and move us forward.

Dennis and Grace Bell, owners of Sunbury Cleaners, collected and cleaned over 600 winter coats and jackets. 250 of these coats and jackets were given to Big Walnut Friends Who Share for distribution to families in the Sunbury area. The other coats and jackets were provided to The Better Way Ministries.    Photos

BWFWS 10-K WALK
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon 30 plus walkers bought in pledges totaling over $1700 to be used to purchase Christmas gifts for children in the area. Thanks to Mike Bauder and other members of the SUMC for their work and support to make this another successful event. A special thanks to members of the community who set-up the rest stations and provided refreshments to the walkers. 

The "Run For John"
The 5K run is held in John Scanlan's memory to continue his dedication to the Big Walnut community by donating the proceeds to the Big Walnut Friends Who Share. For more information on the "Run For John" Click here

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Special Recognition

Support From Area Churches

   VBS Collections
   Bookbag Collections
   Christmas Box Collections
   Food Donation Collections

  • Church of the Saviour United Mehtodist
  • Condit Presbyterian
  • First Baptist Church
  • Galena United Methodist Church
  • Genoa Baptist Church
  • Harlem Road United Methodist Church
  • Harvest Time Baptist Church
  • Hope Evangelical Lutheran
  • Journey Fellowship
  • Living Word Lutheran Church
  • Rural Chapel UMC
  • St. John Neumann
  • Sunbury Christian
  • Sunbury Church of the Nazarene
  • Sunbury United Methodist Church
  • Vans Valley Community Church
  • Vineyard Church of Delaware County






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