Vitamins and Calcium for Peru Fifty Lutherans and friends from the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod will fly to Lima, Peru for a week in July to visit our Companion Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Peru.  They will host Vacation Bible School, Texas-style, for the children there.   Here at Lakeside, we will be collecting bottles of vitamins and calcium tablets to be taken to the under-nourished moms and children.  Look for the collection container in the narthex during the month of June.  Contact Deanna Lamoreux for more information. Quarterly Blood Drive The mobile donor unit from the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center will be at Lakeside again on Sunday, August 24, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.  If you are eligible to give blood, please do so. The need for blood donations go beyond what people see on television and the news.  Blood is needed for individuals being treated for cancer, babies that are born prematurely, individuals with anemia and much more.  Blood donations save lives and there is no substitute.  It must come from one individual to go to another, and every donation can help save up to three lives.  That is why we encourage individuals to Commit for Life and donate at least once every quarter.  (From the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center website)

Houston Homeless Ministry -- Second Monday

As you clear out your wardrobes of clothing that no longer fits, remember the homeless ministry.  The homeless have no storage closets and need new items as we serve them each month.  Especially needed is men's clothing: 

• t-shirts,
• button-front shirts,
• slacks,
• belts,
• socks,
• shoes,
• jackets,
• hats, and
• underwear in all sizes. 

And the homeless are always grateful to receive a blanket or pillow.  Clean clothing and bedding can be brought to Lakeside on the the Sunday preceding the Second Monday.