Thursday, July 14, 2011

please pray

I am asking for prayer for Kim DeMasie. Kim attends White River Christian Church and is the team leader for the food pantry there. Kim just found out she has breast cancer. She lives in my neighborhood and I work with her son. She is an RN at Riverview on her way to becoming a nurse practitioner. I believe her to be approx my age. Please find below her latest post on the WRCC Outreach blog. She is an awesome woman and I would love it if we could all pray for her.
thank you, Kelly

http://www.livingonmission.org/2011/07/food-panty-news.html


Food Panty News

Mmmmm, smell the wonderful aroma of grilled cheese! Dawn Campbell cooked 170 sandwiches that were enjoyed by adults and children alike. With school out for the summer, and many kids not getting breakfast or lunch at school, several kids ate 2-3!  We have also been blessed through a connection with Food Rescue and received 25 large 1 topping pizzas from Little Ceasers that provided dinner to families that Larry Bultman graciously picks up each week.  We had 112 guests this week including 8 new ones. They were helped by 12 volunteers stocking on Tuesday and 35 on Thursday. Becky Symmes makes sure we have plenty of breads and sweets that Marsh donates and each family got buns and bread in addition to their groceries.  We even had left over bread that was donated to inner city families in Indianapolis.  Thanks to Brad Graber for donating several tomato plants to families and volunteers as well to bring in produce.
Thank you for everyone who purchased a "Simply Gives" gift card from Meijer. We picked up $3200 from them last week! That will be a tremendous help!
Our needs this week include oatmeal, pop-tarts, pancake mix, jello, pudding, cake and brownie mix, juices, beans, rice, pasta sauce, canned meats and boxed dinners and potatoes. If you just bring in 2-3 items it really helps. Just put the items in your car and bring them to church with you. It is a great witness for your kids to see you caring about people going through a hardship in your own backyard.  As your garden vegetables grow, please remember others as well!

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