Feeding homeless and hungry friends this week: What we still need
posted: August 13, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: day center, free meals, homeless needs, hunger, you can help
A bunch of us are collaborating to feed homeless and hungry friends for breakfast tomorrow and Friday, and also dinner on Friday, since we found out that the Hospitality House is closed this week. We’re planning for 180-200 people at each meal. Some people have asked what we still need.
Need:
whole bananas and/or cut up […]
Read More..>>Yes, we have no bananas
posted: August 13, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: free meals, homeless needs, hunger, you can help
My friend Tim and I have spent the past couple of days getting things together to do breakfast tomorrow and breakfast and dinner on Friday for a lot of homeless and hungry people. (We’re not sure how many, but we’re preparing for 180-200 people at each of the three meals, just in case.) In the […]
Read More..>>Bloggers and readers: I need your help, please
posted: August 11, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: free meals, homeless news, hunger, you can help
Update #3: Breakfast will be served on the “front deck” at Grace Community Church at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday and Friday (8/14 and 8/15) and dinner will be served by the picnic benches at the downtown library on Friday (8/15) at 6:00 p.m. To my friends on the street who read this blog (and to […]
Read More..>>Best birthday gift
posted: June 27, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: homeless needs, video, you can help
This is what I’m doing for my birthday:
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I just have to decide which of the many homeless helping organizations to choose as the receiver. Maybe I’ll just make a list. That whole “it’s better to give than receive” thing? I’ve definitely discovered that it’s so, so true. I never want […]
Hot Dish and Hope on Greene Street
posted: June 17, 2008 | category: community, faith
tags: downtown, hunger, you can help
Downtown churches are launching a new dinner ministry for those in need on Tuesday evenings, beginning in July:
Prayer and worship | Free hot dinner | Unlimited hope
HOT DISH AND HOPE ON GREENE STREET
A family-friendly ministry for people in need, where all who participate will give and receive.
Come if you need dinner and a full measure […]
Does your youth group need a quick and easy summer mission project?
posted: June 13, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: needs, NightWatch, you can help
NightWatch needs youth groups to put together hygiene kits and snack bags for our street outreach ministry to the homeless. All of our supplies are donated. We just need willing hands to make the bags. If you have a group of youth who can spend a few hours putting together […]
Read More..>>Urgent: West End Ministries needs help to feed hungry kids and families!
posted: June 3, 2008 | category: Uncategorized
tags: hunger, you can help
Via email from Sara Holland at Leslie’s House in High Point:
Hello everyone,
I wanted to send out a message about two of the ministries at West End Ministries that are in need of help. The Kids Cafe at Rankin Memorial Church is a program that feeds dinner to children Monday Tuesday and Wednesdays. Right now the […]
Tuesday, May 6th: Eat more, feed more
posted: May 5, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: events, hunger, needs, poverty, you can help
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You can’t buy happiness, but…
posted: April 12, 2008 | category: Uncategorized
tags: you can help
$53.11 will buy one pair of pants, two dresses, eight tops and a rockin’ pair of boots at Goodwill. And that’s more than enough to make me smile.
Wear clothes with history. Pay less. Do more.
» Goodwill
» Salvation Army
The HIVE needs floor tile donations — please!
posted: April 8, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: Glenwood, hunger, needs, you can help
From Liz:
We are ready to begin work on the Food Not Bombs kitchen at the HIVE (1214 Grove Street, www.gsohive.org) and we still need some more vinyl composition tile (VCT). Any color, any quantity would help — if you’ve redone a bathroom or kitchen floor and have some partial boxes of tile […]
