Learning and Service

Oklahoma District LWML
LEARNING AND SERVICE

OKLAHOMA DISTRICT LWML
HELP AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITY

Mission-Ministry Vision - MMV

Oklahoma now has four trained Mission-Ministry Vision consultants. They are equipped to help your society with planning and revitalization.

If your society needs restructure, new ideas, a "sparkplug"...call one of our MMV consultants for an appointment/program. They have been specially trained to serve you!

Our MMV Consultants:

Betty Reichert, Vinita, OK -918.256.2176
Marguerite Christman, Midwest City, OK - 405.737.8289
Bev England, Tulsa, OK 918.835.6196
Brenda Finkle, Duncan, OK - 580.255.1746
Kathy Stephen, Ponca City, OK - 580.718.0686

Oklahoma District LWML Projects

Printer Cartridge Recycling Project

The Printer Cartridge Recycling Project that began during the Convention 2003 preparations will continue! A Printer Cartridge Committee has been formed to oversee the use and distribution of the monies received from this project. Two projectors for PowerPoint presentations have been purchased from these funds and will be used at rallies and conventions.

Clean collection receptacles are available in participating churches. Place your used cartridges in the receptacle. Cartridges are collected and sent in for recycling. Contact friends and ask them to save their used printer cartridges. If you know a school or business that would donate their used printer cartridges, volunteer to collect them and bring them to a collection point. Working together all of us will be able to help clean the environment and contribute to our project.

Hints for Successful Collection:

	For Laser Jet Cartridges - Check inside boxes to make sure there is only one used cartridge in each box. Use packing materials provided as much as possible. Seal box via tape or tuck flaps as shown on box.
	For Ink Jet Cartridges - If small box is available that the cartridge came in, carefully place cartridge in box. Be careful not to touch the electrical contacts. If original packing box is not available, just place cartridge in a zip lock bag (one cartridge in each bag).
	For Cell Phones - Place in boxes close to the size of the phone. Phones can be placed in zip lock bags if more than one cell phone is packaged in a box.
	We are not accepting Epson brand printer cartridges at this time.

To learn more, contact Marguerite Christman.

Stamps for Missions

Save your commemorative and foreign stamps for the Stamps for Missions project. There are fewer commemorative stamps being used, so keep your eyes open. Take your stamps to your Fall Rally and Spring Workshop or get them to your zone president so she can take them to the district board meeting. Marilyn Laramy will see that they get to Evelyn Jones of Cushing for sorting and sending in the stamps. The proceeds from this project help to purchase Bibles and Bible study material for the International Student Mission Project at Oklahoma State University.

Look for:
   U.S. Coil Stamps with the Plate Number - A single number or series of numbers either in the middle of the bottom or the bottom right corner of the stamp.
    U.S. Commemoratives - Generally large U.S. stamps. DO NOT SAVE CHRISTMAS, LOVE, or FLAG STAMPS.
   U.S. High Value, Airmail, Priority Mail, Express Mail, Federal Duck Stamps and Foreign Stamps.

Stamps should be properly trimmed by leaving 1/4 inch around the stamp. Do not trim to the perforations. Damaged stamps are discarded and of no value to this project.

To learn more, contact Marilyn Laramy.

Special Gifts Fund

Don't forget the Oklahoma District LWML Special Gifts Fund. This fund is a place where your gifts can see an increase. Gifts are invested and the earned interest provides funding for the ongoing mission of the Oklahoma District LWML.

A special contribution envelope is available from your zone president. Use this envelope to make a contribution in honor of a friend's birthday...a special occasion...a memorial to a special person.. Send your gifts to the District Treasurer, Audrey Aiken, 516 SW 63rd Terrace, Oklahoma City, OK 73139. For information about the fund, contact the Special Gifts Chairman, Marilyn Laramy.

Serve the Lord with gladness
Psalm 100:2

Updated: June 2006