Today was the very first day we’ve had where a large number of families who didn’t come. We ended the day with 40 leftover grocery orders, which has never happened. The entire afternoon with families was slow, slow, and slow. We debriefed afterward to try to figure out why. Not sure, really. We’re making adjustments to the next two days, so by the end of Saturday, all the groceries will go out to families. Still, it was very odd. Beyond that, the day was great. Lots of activity in the morning. The weather was hot, and the building remains hot as this is typed.

Groceries today came from Sacred Heart, Kalos, Overlake Park Presbyterian, Redeemer, First United Methodist, Doxa and Bellevue Presbyterian churches, as well as the Jubilee Friends group. A total of 155 orders came in and all but the 40 mentioned went out to families today, including 22 by delivery. Thank you to everyone who gave. The remaining orders have all the cold items in refrigeration and will go out first tomorrow.

The market was nicely stocked with a variety of items today. A nice delivery from the Crossroads QFC was brought by volunteers today. Deliveries from the Director of ‘Neighbors Feeding Neighbors’ were also happily received. Thank you to everyone who gave extras!

Bulk food ingredients were offered to families today: rice, pinto beans, salt, sugar and flour. Thank you to everyone who helped fill the pantry. Diapers and wipes were also offered today for the first time this week. Thank you to everyone who keeps these important items stocked.

The food truck is in full swing tonight!

A few emails from families:

Gracias gracias 🙏 por toda la ayuda atododas los que hacen esto posible y por la ayuda que me dieron

Thank you, thank you 🙏 to all who made this help possible and for the help you gave me

De antemano muchísimas gracias por ese gran apoyo a mi familia, gracias a todos los donantes y personas de apoyo por ese gran corazón, Dios les bendiga inmensamente. Deseándoles siempre lo mejor.

Thank you very much for this great support to my family, thank you to all the donors, and people of support for being of great hearing. God bless you immensely. Wishing you the best always.

Muchas gracias.por su gran ayuda que nos proporcionaron en este tiempo de pandemia. Si Dios mediante. Vamos a superar esta pandemia. Y muchas bendiciones.al Equipo.de Jubilee.

Many thanks for the great help you gave us during this pandemic. By God, we will overcome this pandemic. And many blessings to the Jubilee team.

Thank you for another great day in this ‘Groceries for Families’ program, Day 112.

Enjoy the warm evening,

Ken Carpenter
Service Coordinator, Jubilee REACH
On behalf of the Jubilee family

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