Thrivent Financial will be a title sponsor of the 21st Annual All Children’s Hospital Taste of Pinellas and the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon. The Taste of Pinellas is a wonderful weekend event of fun, food and nightly concerts. Taste the specialties of your favorite restaurants. As always, proceeds benefit the All Children’s Telethon and will help fund the construction of a brand new All Children’s Hospital. Admission is free to the public. Here's where we need your help - we are looking for 300 volunteers (16 or older) to sell and collect food tickets and also sell merchandise (shirts, hats etc.) We are also in need of volunteers to answer phones during the telethon, which will be televised on NBC affiliates. The Taste of Pinellas will be held along the scenic waterfront Vinoy Park, downtown St. Petersburg.

  Go to our chapter Website or LutheransOnline.com/rfo190 to register to volunteer for dates and times.
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    There will be a Volunteer Organizational Meeting at 12:00 pm, Sunday, April 15, at Hope Lutheran Church, 1801 62nd Ave, N, St. Petersburg.

 -  that Thrivent Financial provides funding to members like you who form community service teams to conduct fund-raising activities and/or hands-on service activities to help individuals, families and qualified not-for-profit organizations. Contact a member of our chapter leadership board as noted in this newsletter for assistance in getting started

 -  that you have a wonderful opportunity to "make a difference" by getting involved to help others through our Thrivent Chapter and the Care Abounds in Communities® program. It's not only rewarding, it's easy to do!  If there is someone you'd like to help, please contact a member of our /Chapter Leadership Board. For information about getting involved with our Thrivent chapter, using Thrivent Financial's chapter Care programs or forming a service team, please contact us or visit Thrivent Financial's Web site at www.thrivent.com/fraternal or our Chapter Website (see address above).

-  that our Chapter Care program called Care Abounds in Communities®, Thrivent Financial provides funding to members who form community service teams to conduct fund-raising or hands-on service activities to help individuals, families and/or qualified not-for-profit organizations.  So, do you want to help, but don't know how to get started? It's as easy as ABC 1-2-3.  This online tool—located at www.thrivent.com/ABC—is available to help you translate your desire to help into an action plan for making a difference. It provides easy steps to guide you as well as ideas, checklists and tips so you can successfully form a community service team and execute an activity through your Thrivent Financial for Lutherans chapter.  If you have questions about forming a community service team, conducting an activity or the Care Abounds in Communities program, please contact one of our chapter leadership board members.

    Unfortunately, South Pinellas County Chapter did not get a Thrivent Builds house to build this year, but our northern chapter did.  North Pinellas County Chapter has invited us to participate in their Thrivent Builds house.  Keep checking our Website for more information about the build.