CrossRoads Missions is now set up in Eastern TN for Operation Recovery in order to respond to the devastating effects that occurred from Hurricane Helene. They are committed for the next 12-18 months to help fully rebuild 68 homes and over 100 repair jobs.

The cost is free to serve, but donations are needed and encouraged. They provide housing and food for any group or individual but only those 18 and up can participate at this time. All participants must register online individually

Click Here for more information or to sign up

Help us "Pack the Pantry" for First Dawn in Centerville and Helping Hands in Miamisburg 

Drop off any of the donations below at SouthBrook from February 8th to 22nd and let's help our neighbors in need!

1. Jelly

2. Sugar

3. Poptarts

4. Granola Bars

5. Ketchup

6. Mustard

7. Laundry Detergent

8. Shampoo / Conditioner

9. Paper towels

10. Single cup Mac & Cheese or Chef Boyardee

To volunteer with sorting and delivering the donations please sign up here.

Questions? Please email Steve Holt at steve.holt@southbrook.org

The Hope 4 Christmas Store will be back again this year at both locations: Centerville and Miamisburg! These stores will help under-resourced families experience the joy of shopping at no charge for toys, gifts, underwear, socks, and children’s bibles. The stores also offer these families a free gift wrapping station, a prayer team for those requesting prayers, and a local resource area.  

Many local churches and organizations are working together to help make this store successful - SouthBrook is doing our part by committing to fully stock this store with all the socks and underwear these families might need. We would love for you to help by donating socks and underwear.

Please drop them off in the atrium of SouthBrook between Nov 13 - Dec 15.

SOCK & UNDERWEAR NEEDS
NEW socks & underwear are needed for children ages 2-18 years old. Each child will be given a package of socks, and a package of underwear (approx. 4-8 pieces per package). Diapers are also needed for the little ones.

NO BULK PURCHASES PLEASE: Bulk packages are very labor intensive because they have to be divided up into new, smaller bags and re-labeled. If you already purchased in bulk, no worries, but for future purchases please get them in sizing for individual children.

HOW TO DONATE?
You can purchase new socks & underwear at your local store and drop them off at Southbrook on Nov 13 - Nov 30.  You can purchase new socks & underwear from our Amazon Wish List and your items will be shipped directly to Southbrook.

PURCHASE SOCKS & UNDERWEAR FROM OUR AMAZON WISH LIST HERE:   AMAZON WISH LIST  

NOTE:  These donations can be made at any time.  A large Christmas "GIFT BOX" will be located in the Atrium beginning Sunday, November 16th and continue through the 30th.  In the meantime bring your donations to the Info center at SouthBrook or have them mailed directlly to SB.  Thank you again for making such a difference in so many lives.

VOLUNTEER AT THE CENTERVILLE STORE: sign up here

VOLUNTEER AT THE MIAMISBURG STORE: sign up here

Pack a backpack for back to school!

SouthBrook has teamed up with various school districts around the Miami Valley to provide school supplies for local under-resourced families. 

Stop by the Atrium before or after service on Sunday, July 20th or July 27th, and pick up a backpack to fill with school supplies. Each backpack has a list of needed supplies.

Backpacks must be returned to SouthBrook no later than Sunday, August 3rd to ensure they are ready for the first day of school.

Questions? Please email Steve Holt at steve.holt@southbrook.org 

During the summer many kids are left home alone while the parents work. This camp provides a Monday through Friday safe and fun outdoor experience (including lunch) for the children that live in Chevy Chase Apartments.  We're looking for volunteers to oversee games, activities, set-up and cleanup.  10:00am - 4:00pm.  

For more information or to sign up to volunteer click here!

Questions: shelly.bastian@southbrookcitylights.org

SCAC (Springboro Community Assistance Center) provides food for families who are working hard to overcome the challenges of layoffs, single parenthood, or insufficient wages to support the family.  Food distribution takes place on Monday afternoons.  Volunteers are needed as "Shopping Helpers" to help families select food and hygiene items of their preference. Quantities are determined based on family size.  

We have one serving event planned each month, January through May 2025, to be "shopping helpers" to help families select food and hygiene items at no cost to them. 

Please review the SignUpGenius for more information and to sign up, and contact Nancy if you have any questions!!

SCAC Serving Opportunity

Declare’s Living City Project in Dayton -

When: Saturday, April 26, 9 - 12

For more information or to sign up: Click Here

Love the Burg: Come help us clean up Miamisburg. We will meet at Riverfront park and serve lunch after we are done.

When: June 7th, 9-12

Help us “Pack the Pantry” of our local food pantries: First Dawn in Centerville and Helping Hands in Miamisburg. Bring any or all of the following items to the atrium between Mar 30 and April 13th.  

Items needed:

• Canned Fruit

• Canned Vegetables

• Canned Tuna or Chicken

• Canned ham/Spam

• Canned chili

• Granola bars or Pop Tarts

• Jelly

• Peanut Butter

• Spaghetti Sauce

• Box of Spaghetti Pasta

On December 10, 2021, life in Western Kentucky was forever changed by one of the worst tornadic events in our nation’s history. Thousands of homes were destroyed and people were displaced.  Over the next 3 years SouthBrook will have a chance to help in the recovery effort by serving alongside CrossRoads Missions. 

You are invited to help rebuild Western Kentucky and work with professional project managers to make a difference for affected families and communities.  You can go for a day or stay the whole week, bring a group or go by yourself. All meals and housing are provided.

Pick a date and Sign up Here!

For further questions contact Kerry.shrewsbury@southbrook.org

The Gospel Mission has been serving the less fortunate in Dayton since 1912. They conduct daily evangelical chapel services, followed by a nutritious meal in our on-site King's Table Restaurant (a commercially licensed kitchen). Currently, they are serving 70-110 people daily. All of the guests have limited, if any, financial resources and are reliant on government benefit programs. Many guests are homeless. Nearly all of the female guests live in the Gateway women's shelter.  A significant number of older guests live in senior (subsidized) housing.
Except for the head chef (who receives housing and a modest living allowance), each meal is prepared and served entirely by volunteers. During the course of a calendar year, they will work with nearly 200 volunteers, serving either individually or as part of a larger group.

Currently SouthBrook has one team that serves the third Thursday of each month but Gospel Mission but Gospel Mission is seeking more groups and has asked if another group (4-8 volunteers) could commit to a different evening once a month.

If interested or if you have further questions you can reach out to Rich Anglin: dirmindev@gmission.org or Kurt Kleiner: kurt.kleiner@southbrook.org

It was an amazing week at the Chevy Chase Summer Camp thanks to all the volunteers and all the organizations and people that partnered with SB. It couldn’t have been accomplished without some of the most hard working and giving volunteers who showed up to serve! If you missed it this year, check back next July and sign up to impact a child’s life too!

SouthBrook City Lights has teamed up with various school districts around the Miami Valley to provide school supplies for local elementary and middle school students.

Stop by the Atrium before or after service on Sunday, July 21st or July 28th, and pick up a backpack to fill with school supplies. Each backpack has a list of needed supplies.

Backpacks must be returned to SouthBrook no later than Sunday, August 4th to ensure they are ready for the first day of school.

In the Summer several of the children at Chevy Chase Apartments in Centerville are home alone during the day while their parent/guardian works.  This is especially true for the older age group because they age out of childcare after the age of 12. In addition, many of the children that have aged out of childcare are at home watching their younger siblings for the Summer.

SOUTHBROOK CITY LIGHTS is putting on a Summer Camp called "Summer Fun Days" at Chevy Chase Apartments July 15th-19th, 2024 from 11:00-2:00pm.  We are excited to engage and build relationships with these children, provide a hot lunch and lots of fun activities!  This year our theme is the "Summer Olympics in Paris 2024".  If you have a passion for positively impacting young lives please join us!  

Sign Up Here!

On Friday evening, March 8 and Saturday, March 9 SouthBrook will once again host a conference for first responders and their significant others. This is more than just a conference; it's an opportunity to be reinvigorated, equipped, and uplifted by focusing on physical, psychological and faith fitness. Explore how faith can be a driving force in positively impacting your life, family, and community. If you want to know more about the conference check out heroicdeeds.org.

SouthBrook is excited about the opportunity to do something for our community of first responders. To support this you can do any or all of the following:

ATTEND:

• For First Responders: First responders or the significant other of a first responder register here. (Open to active and retired traditional first responders - fire, dispatch, medics, law enforcement, corrections/custody, parole/probation, chaplains.) Each registration includes one free ticket to the comedy show.

• For First Responder Chaplains: A pre-conference will take place on Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8. You can find more details register here. Each registration includes one free ticket to the comedy show.

• For the General Public: The conference will conclude Saturday evening, March 9, with a comedy show open to the public. 5:30-6pm dessert reception, 6-7pm comedy show. You can get more information and purchase tickets here.

VOLUNTEER: A team of 100 volunteers will make this conference happen, we invite you to join the team here.

Purpose: To address food insecurity throughout Dayton, aka, the “Gem City”

We are encouraging SouthBrookers to “give back” to local food pantries and ministries that help feed the hungry by donating food and/or volunteering with these organizations. 

Event Details:

Dates: February 25th to March 10th. 

Where: SouthBrook and various organizations throughout Dayton

Organizations supported:

• BOGG

• First Dawn

• Miamisburg Helping Hands Food Pantry

• Gospel Mission 

• Pirate Packs 

• Springboro Community Assistance Center

• Sunshine Bags

How to help: 

• Donate items to support local food pantries: squeezable jelly, spaghetti sauce, cereal, canned fruit or applesauce

• For Pirate Pack donations ONLY - you may drop off the items in the SouthBrook Atrium from February 25th to March 10th

  • Microwaveable Mac n' Cheese Cups

  • Microwaveable Chef Boyardee

• Sign up to volunteer! Learn more about serving opportunities after service in the Atrium, February 25th to March 10th 

More about the “Gem City Give Back” 
It is more than a motto; it's a yearly outreach of SouthBrook, also known as City Lights. City Lights is a source of love and positivity in Dayton's diverse community. We strive to “light up” our communities with acts of love, both big and small, echoing the brilliance of light reflecting off a gem. Our goal is for every SouthBrooker to see themselves as a source of light, spreading love, peace, hope, and connection, just like Jesus.

Questions? Please email Steve Holt at Steve.Holt@southbrook.org

Christine King, one of the Centerville Community Leaders, is starting a text message group to help people in our community.  It could be a meal, help moving something, taking items to St Vincent, car repair, dropping off clothes at Threads, a home repair, picking up groceries, etc.  Christine will send out the need, if you are able to help just respond and she will send you the details.  If you would like to be a part of this team text "QUICK RESPONSE TEAM" to 423-309-0150

For the second year in a row, Springboro City Lights has adopted a family for Christmas. We have the pleasure of blessing a family of 4 this year: a single mother with 3 kids (including twins!) and we would love to invite you to be a part of this wonderful initiative!

Attached you will see a Google Sheet where you can sign up for items you would like to purchase. Please add your name and contact information so we have it if needed. 

SIGN UP HERE

Please bring your gift(s) wrapped with a post-it stating which aged boy your gift is for (16, 6/twin 1, 6/twin 2). You can drop your gift(s) off in the following ways:

• Anytime at John & Lisa Saunier's front porch (429 Meadowview Ct., Springboro) 

• Bring to the Springboro upcoming City Lights meeting at SouthBrook on Wed. Nov. 29th

• Bring to the Springboro Annual City Lights Christmas Party on Wed. Dec. 13th

If you have any questions, please contact our Adopt-a-Family Coordinators John and Lisa Saunier at 937-657-6368.