Groceries for Families: Week 5 - Day 6

Despite the weather, today was a very smooth day with such a great crew.  Saturdays are hard, because we aim to get about 3-4 hours of work done in 1 hour, so we can be done at noon.  Thanks to the churches for the very prompt delivery of groceries to help make this possible.

Today’s groceries were delivered by Evangelical Chinese and Bellevue Presbyterian churches.  A total of 94 orders were delivered and all went out to families, including 3 deliveries by Alleigha.  Thank you!

Deliveries came in the pouring rain.  A carport was purchased by a generous donor, and our crew worked hard & quickly in the rain today to get it built.  What a difference it made immediately!  The final deliveries were able to be under shelter.  Families were well protected while receiving their orders. 

Wow, thank you, Dean and Sharleen! 

Installing carport

As I do each Saturday, here’s a look at statistics to date:

• Program Days: 30

• Families currently in the program: 385+

• People in these families: 1732 (approximate)

• Grocery orders delivered: 2520

• Churches & Organizations engaged: 25

• Different shoppers participating: 600 (approximate)

Next week, 24-Seven Church will begin bringing groceries on Monday.  Welcome!

New families will be added from the waiting list next week, beginning Monday.  Thank you to all of you who were able to increase your grocery order commitment.  Each new order means one more family can be added.  Thank you!

Today is the end of the 5th week of this program from the original eight-week commitment.  I’ll be communicating next week about what we’re looking at after week eight ends on May 16.  Watch for that.

Thank you for your continued prayers.  Please pray for the families.  Pray for our crew which serves each day.  Pray that the virus stays out of Jubilee REACH.  It is not welcome here!

Thank you for your continued giving.  Your time and treasure are going to direct need in our local community and making a huge difference in the lives of so many people.

I love this program.  I love all that it does.  I love that we are doing it together.  It feels exactly where we are all supposed to be right now.

Tomorrow is a day of rest. 

Rest well, my friends.

Ken Carpenter
Service Coordinator, Jubilee REACH

P.S.  Here’s a time-lapse from today.  In it, you’ll see the grocery deliveries coming in, with cars in the rain, and the lobby starts to fill.  Then you’ll see the white carport go up.  Then you’ll see families line up and groceries start to go out.  Enjoy!