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HIS HOME 300
This is a 300 mile bike ride on June 21-26, 2010 to raise money for His Home Orphanage in Haiti.
HIS HOME 300 Flyer in pdf

There are many ways to help the HIS Home 300 cyclists accomplish their goal.
See the flyer for suggestions! Will You Help? Flyer in pdf


Kumler Outreach Ministries.

As always, we can always use in-kind food donations or financial gifts, but we also have a current need for the following:

Adult gloves - particularly men's sizes
Blankets - particularly for our homeless friends
Coats - all sizes (adults and children, particularly large men's sizes 2X & above)
Diapers - sizes 4 and 5

Items can be dropped off at the Kumler Outreach Center, 303 N. Grand Ave., Springfield, IL Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Thank You.

We are also looking for churches/groups/individuals to "adopt" children at Christmas and buy them a new outfit of clothes. Anyone who is interested can call me at 523-2269.


HIS Home 300


Just Taking a Break

On June 21-27, 2009, the Southern Route of the H.I.S. Home 300, sponsored by Athens UMC, took 18 participants on a bike ride through Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to raise awareness and funds for the Haitian Interdenominational Shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Combined with the Northern Route, total donations exceeded $42,500.
The H.I.S. Home 300 rides again June 20-26, 2010.
For ride details, call Athens UMC at 217-636-8844 and ask for Mary Grant.



Riding uphill with a smile


The cyclists spent one night at Catlin United Methodist Church


The presentation of the big check

Athens UMC sponsored the Southern Route of the H.I.S. Home 300, 6-day bicycle ride held June 21-27, 2009, to raise awareness and funds for the Haitian Interdenominational Shelter (H.I.S. Home) for Children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Fifteen cyclists pedaled 300 miles from Monticello, IL, to Harrod, OH, and raised more than $15,200 for the basic needs and education of 126 abandoned and orphaned children who live at H.I.S. Home.

Mark Grant, Mary Grant, and Jenifer Johnson, members of Athens UMC, organized and led the new 2009 Southern Route. Together with the Northern Route, led by Tony Scott of Grace UMC in Joliet, IL, the two groups of cyclists raised a combined total of $42,520. The H.I.S. Home 300 is the largest source of funding for the orphanage and will pay the annual rent on the two homes used by the children and staff at H.I.S. Home, provide for desperately needed repairs, and help with food costs of $2,000 per week.

The cyclists stayed overnight in churches along the route in the communities of Monticello, IL, Catlin, IL, Attica, IN, Tipton City, IN, Hartford City, IN, and St. Marys, OH. Hal and Chris Nungester, founders of H.I.S. Home, and formerly of Harrod, OH, visited the Southern Route team on Day Two of their three state journey. At many of the churches where the cyclists stayed or stopped for lunch, they were able to share about the mission of H.I.S. Home. A celebration and reunion of adoptive families in Harrod Park greeted the two groups of cyclists on the last day of their bike ride. They rode under a banner painted by the children at H.I.S. Home and presented their pledges in person to the Nungesters.

Athens UMC contributed to the great success of the H.I.S. Home 300 by providing donations to pay for expenses, such as gasoline for the support vehicles and food for the cyclists. They also collected and donated 2 cans of baby formula, 36 pairs of socks, 9 shirts, 9 bottles of vitamins, 34 pairs of flip-flops, and 68 pairs of underwear for HIS kids.

Sponsoring a bicycle ride allowed Athens UMC to contribute in a substantial way to an overseas mission. The team assembled came from all over Illinois and two other states and included high school youth, college age, and adults. Each cyclist chose three H.I.S. Home children to pray for during the six days of cycling and tied their photos to their bicycle handlebars. All participants cheerfully dealt with hot weather, bicycle breakdowns, cold showers, detours, and sleeping on floors, to glorify God by loving and providing for “the least of these.”

For more information about Haitian Interdenominational Shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti look on the internet for, hishomeforchildren dot com

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