DOVER, DELEWARE
Wesley Church holds weekly drive-thru food collection Wesley UMC asked Dover residents to participate in a Drive-Thru Food Pantry Collection sponsored by the UM Men each Wednesday morning. UM Men asked those interested in donating to pull up under the portico where UM Men would take food items from the trunk.
UM Men of Dover UMC in the 1970s.
Donations are given to the food pantry at the First Baptist Church in Dover.
AURORA, ILLINOIS
Scouts post the colors Aurora Boy Scouts are bringing rental American flags to local residents for outdoor displays on national holidays. Through their Post the Colors effort, Scouts in Blackhawk Troop 11 at Wesley UMC place American flags in the morning and pick up flags in the evening from sponsoring residents’ lawns. Scouts supplied American flags to Aurorans who subscribed for the service. Proceeds benefit outdoor Scouting programs.
Erik Longo, 13, of Aurora, places a rental flag on a resident’s lawn during a “Post the Colors” fundraiser by Blackhawk Troop 11. Photo by M. Longo.
Troop 11 was chartered by Wesley Methodist Church in 1916 and is the second oldest troop in Illinois. Since its inception, 181 members of Troop 11 have earned the Eagle Scout award, 42
