{"id":26034,"date":"2025-10-11T21:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T21:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=26034"},"modified":"2025-10-11T21:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T21:08:16","slug":"blessing-box-at-canton-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/blessing-box-at-canton-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blessing Box at Canton Church of the Brethren"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Originally shared by Illinois and Wisconsin District<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It all started a couple of years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit goes to Jackie Davis for sharing a project she ran across in one of her magazines. She knew that Canton (Ill.) Church of the Brethren was looking for ways to make a positive impact in the Canton community, so she decided to explain about the movement of providing assistance to families in need by installing a Blessing Box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Ray Cleer built, painted, and installed the box, a committee was formed to be in charge of making sure the box is stocked with food and everyday supplies for families in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Lori Beecham, chair of the committee that oversees this project, &#8220;I participate to help fill the needs of individuals in our community. I thought it was a good idea when Jackie came up with it. The need for these has increased due to grocery prices that are rising all of the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beecham works together with Tammy Kessler and Theresa Wilcoxen to let the congregation know what items are needed. She said that currently the box could definitely use a variety of toiletry supplies. Examples of foods that are in demand include canned goods like meals, soup, pasta, canned meat, and other choices that do not need to be refrigerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beecham, Kessler, and Wilcoxen have even offered to take monetary donations and do the shopping for donors. Working together on this project is making a positive difference in our neighborhood!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-interim-leadership-positions\/\">Madalyn Metzger and Rhonda Pittman Gingrich to serve in new interim positions with the Church of the Brethren<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-church-of-the-brethren-communion-meets\/\">Global Church of the Brethren Communion meets in Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/grant-of-500000-to-church-supports-bdm\/\">Grant of $500,000 to the Church of the Brethren will support Brethren Disaster Ministries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-at-work-in-the-dr\/\">Discovering joys, challenges, and God at work with the churches in the Dominican Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-mission-executive-visits-burundi\/\">Global Mission executive visits Church of the Brethren in Burundi, meets with church leaders from Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all started a couple of years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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