Brockport First Baptist Church

The Women’s Service Board which benefits the Fairport Baptist Home is
offering Tops grocery gift cards in the amounts of $25 and/or $50 for
sale starting now throughout the year. If you are interested in supporting
this effort which buys needed beds, lifts or whatever else is needed there,
provide a check written to the Women’s Service Board or cash to be
given to Betty Erdmann, Mary Way or Rosemary Smith. This is a way of
getting the full benefit of the dollar amount that you would spend on a
gift card and the Women’s Service Board will receive 5% as well. Thank
you on behalf of all the people who benefit from the Women’s Service
Board’s fundraising. Our meetings are the first Friday of each month except for July
and August and we will be picking up your cards on those Fridays.

 The Women’s Service Board of Fairport Baptist Homes has planned a second fundraising trip this year.  It is the “Orange You Glad It’s Fall” trip on Tuesday, September 22, with lunch at the Red Garter Restaurant, guided tour of Allegany State Park, and stop & shop at Salamanca Mall Antiques.  If time permits, a stop will be made at the Cuba Cheese Store.  $76 per person includes round trip deluxe motorcoach transportation, lunch, and all gratuities.  Bus departs from TinselTown USA, 2291 Buffalo Road at 8:20 a.m. and returns at approximately 7:00 p.m.  A check made out to Women’s Service Board is due by August 28 to Marie Sandman, 108 E. Church Street, Apt. 6, Fairport, NY  14450.  If you have questions, please call Marie at 425-7528 or Sue Scheirer at 377-3789. Forms are available on the hall bulletin board under Women’s Service Board section.  See Mary Way or Betty Erdmann if more forms are needed.

The Women’s Service Board of the Fairport Baptist Home is an active group of women from area churches who are concerned with the needs and happiness of the residents. They meet the first Friday of each month from September to June at 11:00 a.m. at the Home but activities and services of the WSB continue all year. The members disburse tickets for the Corporation Dinner, sing in the WSB Chorus, promote the Family Fund, help on Green Thumb Day, work in the Plain ‘n Fancy Shoppe, and provide a Welcome visit to new residents. The members also provide magazines and newspapers, birthday, Christmas, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day gifts and floral arrangements and entertainment for the Centenarian Tea. Money to fund these functions is raised from Fundraising trips, a Sunshine Fund, Make-a-Dollar Grow, and by collecting dues. Campbell’s labels are saved for the Home’s Seasons Child Care and coupons for the Plain ‘n Fancy Shoppe. The most important part of being a WSB member is the friendship and love both given and received by each of us as we visit and get to know our special friends at the Homes. A friend is a gift from God and we count every member of the Homes’ family as our special gift from God.

First Baptist Church of Brockport has delegates to this board who contribute to the activities and visit with individual residents on the first Friday of the month. Our current delegates are Mary Way, Betty Erdmann, and Rosemary Smith with retired member Jo Blossom. Anyone interested in accompanying them on first Fridays should make contact for a ride. All are welcome to assist and visit the residents.