C3 Canned Food Drive This Friday

C3 CANNED FOOD DRIVE
Celebration Community Church is hosting a canned goods drive for Genesis from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 1923 South Range Ave. on Friday, May 8th. This is a community wide food drive to help give to Genesis who has been so giving throughout this difficult time for many. After you drop off your goods, be sure to support a local restaurant or business! For more information, call the church at 785-460-1973.

Pet Food Bank Opens

CUMC PET FOOD BANK OPENS

If you are struggling with feeding your pet, Colby United Methodist Church would like to help. Apply for assistance at Genesis-Thomas County (350 S. Range Ave., Suite 6). If you qualify, you will receive a voucher for pet food. Vouchers may be redeemed at Colby UMC.

If you would like to donate to this 'Helping Paws' ministry, they are able to accept:

· Unopened bags of pet food.

· Unopened bags of cat litter

· Monetary donations.

If you would like to volunteer, just call the church at 785-460-2761.

Thank you in advance for your support!

CCC Enrichment Workshop (Free Online)

CCC Enrichment Workshop

As academic classes progress online at Colby Community College, three community enrichment workshops are being taught virtually in April and May. Topics include an introduction to guitar, beginning drawing, and cookie decorating. There is no cost to enroll. The sessions will be delivered over the remote video conferencing platform Zoom. Students can set up a free account at zoom.com and attend workshops at the designated times.

Loan Opportunities for Area Businesses!

Restart Thomas County Loan Fund Offers High-Impact, Low-Cost Way to Boost Business

A new Restart Thomas County Loan Fund offers donors a high-value, low-cost chance to help local businesses restart after the Covid-19 shutdown. Contributors get a 75-percent state tax credit. Sixty percent goes to the local fund, 40 percent to boost entrepreneurship and businesses across Kansas.

That means a $100 donation costs $25 and provides $60 in loans; a $10,000 donation costs $2,500 and provides $6,000 in loans.

“If they’re looking for a way to help businesses in Thomas County, they’re not going to find anything that’s going to have more impact,” says Vernon Hurd, executive director of the Thomas County Economic Development Alliance. “Businesses are hurting.”

Colby United Methodist Church Volunteers

The Colby United Methodist Church is offering anyone not able to pick up their RX from Walmart or Dillons to call the church at 460-2761. Palace Drug does offer curbside and delivery services.

Any well and able persons who are interested in placing their name on a volunteer master list, please contact Kim Barnett at the Colby United Methodist Church. Any group needing volunteers, please contact her as well. Call the church at 460-2761.

"Mom, I'm Bored!"- New Links Added!

Have you been hearing those three little words recently? It's one of those phrases I am determined to hear only a handful of times as my kiddo grows. Crazy enough, it's working! I always have ideas filed away in the brain box should she dare come and tell me, "Mom, I'm bored!" If worst comes to worst (and she doesn't like any of my ideas), I tell her she can go help me clean the sink, do some laundry, or dust. Then she runs away in the other direction pretty quickly to find something to occupy herself. 
It's important that I have ideas that either require her to spend time alone, or activities I can join in on. It usually ends up with me offering her a solo activity with the promise that we can do something together when I've finished working, cooking, whatever. I call it the curse of the only child.
If you're looking for ideas for your children without your help, try these!: