On Dec. 19, I-K Synod staff weighed and counted all the pop tabs sent in by individuals and congregation in honor of Jillian Apel. If you wish to help us collect pop tabs to help the Apels meet the goal of donating one million tabs to the Ronald McDonald House by Jillian's second birthday in June 2012, please bring or send them in to the Indiana-Kentucky Synod Lutheran Center at:

Indiana-Kentucky Synod, ELCA
911 E. 86th St., Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46240

From Prs. Wade and Heather Apel:

The Ronald McDonald House at Riley Children's Hospital has been such a blessing to us during the many months we spent at our daughter Jillian's bedside (as these RMD Houses are for so many families at children's hospitals around the country). They collect the pop tabs from soda cans, which they can turn into money to fund the RMD Houses. The cost for families to stay or use the facilities at RMD Houses is very low or what they can afford, thanks to generous donations from individuals and businesses, and these pop tabs.

We came up with the crazy goal of 'one million for Jillian.' That means we hope that our friends and family (and anyone else who hears about this goal) will help us bring in 1,000,000 pop tabs in Jillian's honor by her 2nd birthday (June 10, 2012).

Tell your neighbors, co-workers, family and friends to start saving pop tabs! We have been collecting them for a few months now and have thousands already.

We will keep a running total as they come in, so if you give us a large amount at one time, it would be nice if you had a count for us that we could just add to the total.

Thanks in advance for your support of us reaching our crazy goal (or get as close as we can).