Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: January 7, 2012
by Steve Leer Walking in a winter wonderland will be a much warmer activity for some Lafayette school children, thanks to the generosity of Northview’s West Lafayette campus. Churchgoers donated 30 coats to It’s My Closet, a not-for-profit “store” that provides needy students in the Lafayette School Corp. with new and used clothing, toys, books [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: January 5, 2012
by Steve Leer This Christmas season Northview’s West Lafayette campus helped brighten the holidays for eight homeless mothers and their children. For the fourth straight year, Northview hosted a Christmas party for clients of Lafayette Transitional Housing Center. LTHC is a nonprofit organization that provides shelter and support services for the community’s homeless – particularly [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: June 9, 2011
by Bill Dragon About 25 of Northview Church’s West Lafayette campus members cleaned Happy Hollow Park on a sunny, spring day. “On Saturday, May 28th, we gathered at the park, walking the creek beds and the trails, picking up trash,” said Laurie Wall, director of children’s ministries. This was followed by a cookout in the [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: March 15, 2011
by Scott Hiller What would you do with an extra acre of land? Would you plant flowers, put in a pool or maybe do something else? For Rita Gick and her husband, the answer was simple: Use the land to grow food for the hungry. Besides being the volunteer coordinator for Northview Church’s West Lafayette [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: February 21, 2011
by Melanie Carpenter West Lafayette Outreach Coordinator Rita Gick was interested in finding a winter outreach project that would fill a previously overlooked niche. After being connected to Jennifer Flora, director of Mental Health America, it was clear to Gick that they had found the perfect opportunity. Northview Bistro Night was created to reach two [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 2, 2010
by Scott Hiller Have you ever gone without food for an extended period of time or wondered just where your next meal will come from? The problem of hunger in America is not just limited to big cities like New York or Chicago. Especially in today’s economic climate, it can be anywhere at anytime. James [...]
