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Mercyhill Church Delivers Hope and Help to BTC Students

April 15, 2021

Each year, many community organizations step up to support Blackhawk Technical College students and its mission. The year 2020 was a challenging year for many. The pandemic brought new challenges to many BTC students and Mercyhill Church of Rock County wanted to help.

When the call went out that the BTC Student Cupboard was struggling to provide for students’ needs, Mercyhill stepped up and conducted two donation drives to help supply that need. In March of 2020, when the pandemic first thrust the area into lockdown, Mercyhill donated 400 hygiene products and 174 food items when many were searching in vain for disinfecting cleaning supplies. Then, as the holidays approached, they donated over 100 pounds of food to help students provide a holiday meal to their families. 

Along with their donations to Blackhawk, Mercyhill has sought to fill needs in the community by: 

  • Supporting community-wide efforts like the remodel of Camden playground
  • Providing backpacks for the homeless at Christmas time
  • Delivering over $125 in gift cards and bags full of thank you notes to first responders and nurses during the COVID crises
  • Delivering Panera bread to House of Mercy and the Women’s Shelter weekly for the last 4-5 years.

BTC student Victoria Fluckey is a member of Mercyhill and proud to see the work her house of worship has done during the pandemic. Helping the community has “always been a collaborative effort of all the church members,” she said. “Someone sees a need in our community and wants to fill it. Then others will connect to contribute as they can. Our goal has always been to be a church that loves Jesus, loves people, and uses the gifts we have been given to glorify God.”

Thank you, Victoria and Mercyhill, for providing for physical needs during this challenging year.

Learn more about the BTC Student Cupboard here.

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