Groceries for Families: Week 3 - Day 5
April 10, 2020
Today just feels like an awesome day. Maybe I’m just happily worn out from a busy week, but I’m feeling very happy right now. People are engaged on all sides and in the middle. Positive comments are coming in steadily. Something good is happening right in front of us all, and it feels so good.
Groceries were delivered today by Crossroads Bible, Evangelical Chinese and Covenant Presbyterian churches. It was a smooth delivery of 105 orders, the biggest of the week. Six orders were delivered to homes and all but 9 families showed up today, which is a great ratio. Thank you to all.
The bulk food items are so very popular: flour, pinto beans, salt, rice, sugar, cooking oil, butter. Thank you to all of you who bring this into Jubilee all week. It matters!
Easter was in full bloom today, with lots of baskets, eggs, candy and fun. Children were loving it! Thanks to all who put extra notes and Easter items in the groceries.
With the few extra orders from yesterday and today, we invited a Hispanic church from West Seattle to come pick up the groceries and left over box lunches. Most of their members are out of work. The Pastor came about 3:30 pm and was very grateful for the chance to provide for his congregation. So cool to share food where the need is most.
Microsoft provided another 400+ box lunches through the Bellevue School District today. Many went home with families.
Lots of personal hygiene and bulk food deliveries came in today by numerous individuals and groups. Wow! With inventory dwindling and gone for some key items, the “warehouse” is full again. Love it!
A few stories for you:
From Overlake Park Presbyterian: ”We have a member named Kathy who has MS and lives in a care facility. She has always had a passion for feeding people and her ongoing illness prevents her from doing it in tangible ways. The minute I announced the grocery program with Jubilee, she sent in $30/week for the remainder and called me to ask me to do the shopping for her. She is so grateful to be able to provide - in some way - for a family in the Bellevue school district. We wanted to thank you for making it possible for Kathy to provide.”
"Many thanks, Daniel. May God bless you all and I want to say thanks for the help you are providing especially because my husband is without a job and I think that the majority of people are without a job and with the help you give us we have food our children can eat."
“Muchas gracias Daniel que Dios les Bendiga y quiero agradecer la ayuda que nos están proporcionando ya que mi esposo esta sin trabajar y creo que la mayoría de las personas están sin trabajar y con la ayuda que ustedes nos dan tenemos como darle a nuestros hijos que comer.”
Please pray for the families of this congregation. As much as they need groceries, they also need prayer.
Thank you dear friends,
Ken Carpenter
Service Coordinator, Jubilee REACH
Hi Amazing Easter Friends!
I hope that you had an excellent day in the nice weather and surrounded by love and family.
This week was extra special because we had lots of amazing Easter baskets and goodies to hand out to our 270 families on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday thanks to you all. I was there on Friday and saw the excitement and joy on the kids faces as they received a goodie bag or basket. One girl came in a pretty Easter dress and was SO excited to get a beautiful basket. Every family was able to get something and it brought hope and Jesus’ love during a hard season.
Thank you so much for making this happen! We ended up with a total of:
2,500 filled Easter Eggs
154 Easter Goodie Bags/Baskets
So amazing! Attached are some pictures and thank you again for taking the time to love our families and kids so well. Many blessings to you all!
Ashley Page
Events Manager, Jubilee REACH
