Every year, volunteers like you donate several hours of time to help us run our fireworks tent. Your help is so necessary in making this a success. Will you help us make a greater impact in this community?

Below is a form to fill out to tell us when you are available to help. Thanks for making all the difference!

June 21-July 4th marks our 4th Annual TNT Fireworks Fundraiser. As we prepare, there are many needs that could allow us to raise even more money if we can cut our expenses down. Here’s the list so far:

1. A generator (biggest need)
2. gas for the generator (or gas cards)
3. bottled water
4. snacks
5. tarps to cover the fireworks (in case it rains!)
6. garbage bags
7. cotton twine to bunt the sides
8. packing tape
9. razor box cutters (2 or 3)

If you can let use or give us any of these items, it will help tremendously as we prepare for our mission in the fall. Please email us: info@f2fmi.org if you can help in any way. We will also be looking for volunteers soon to help us run the tent. More info soon, so watch this space!

Our TNT Store needs musicians to come on the weekends and play at our store. We are looking for acoustic-style coffee house music during the busy season. Artists can sell their CD’s and keep the money too.

We will update this space with times that we want to fill.

Email or call if you want to play at the store: info@f2fmi.org | 860-848-7400 ext. 3

TNT Store Hours for the 4th of July Season 2009:

June 11/12: 4-8 p.m.

Sat June 13: 11-8 p.m.
Sun June 14: 12-8 p.m.

June 15-19: 4-9 p.m.

Sat June 20: 11-9 p.m.
Sun June 21: 12-9 p.m.

Jun 22-25: 11-9 p.m.

Fri & Sat June 26/27: 9-9 p.m.
Sun June 28: 12-10 p.m.

Jun 29-July 2: 9-10 p.m.

Fri & Sat July 3/4: 7-11 p.m.
Sun July 5: 12-8 p.m.
Mon July 6: 4-8 p.m.

For the last few years, f2fmi has successfully run a TNT Fireworks tent as a fundraiser for our ministry. Usually, the store is open for two weeks and we make a couple of grand to support the work. This year, it’s a different ball game. This year, we are really going for it!

On June 10, our product will be delivered at 835 Boston Post Rd. Old Saybrook, CT. We will have 24 hours to set up our location and then we’re off. Our new location is… (as you may have guessed from the title of this post) A STORE!! That’s right, baby! We are running our very own store. And we have loads of ideas about how to make this not only a lucrative time for our ministry, but to actually DO MINISTRY with the space God has given us!

ADVANTAGES TO RUNNING A STORE:
1. No more night shifts! At the end of the day, we can just lock up and go home.
2. The store is located somewhere near the beach. We should be able to pick up some holiday traffic here…
3. There’s a bathroom on site! In the past, we either had to walk down to Walmart or worse yet, find a place in the woods at night. What a relief!
4. Can I get an AMEN for air-conditioning?
5. Did I mention we don’t have to do nights anymore???

We have so many needs – the biggest of these is volunteers! With the store being open until July 6th and then returning unsold July 7th, we could really use some support to cover all the hours between now and then. Could you come down and volunteer for an hour or two here in the next month? We sure could use your help. Setting the schedule is the first step in the process. There’s more to say, but we are not there yet.

If you would like to come hang with us at the store, please leave a comment here and let us know you want to get involved!!