Fall 2016
Dear Supporters of Sunrise Christian Food
Ministry:
Guess What? It is Thanksgiving and Christmas time
already and then the end of the year! Sorry to surprise you with the calendar moving so fast. But we at your local food closet know what is
happening. We started on October 24 (30
days before Thanksgiving) with handing out turkeys. By doing it daily instead of waiting to the
last week, we are able to handle it without mobs of people in three days (at
least that’s what we are hoping for). We
have already given out more than 600 turkeys and expect to handle another 600
by Thanksgiving.
We have attached the monthly table showing the numbers of
people and families served. Through
October we have served over 30,000 people and 10,000 families. As reported in
the Summer newsletter, most months in 2016 have had a few less people than we
had in 2015. For the first time in 5 years, the year to date numbers are
less than a year ago by 1054 people (3.4%) and 487 families (4.7%). This
is exciting and we praise the Lord. However, this is tempered by 1188 new
families added to date (about 12%). Our community still needs a helping hand
and we are there to reach out.
God is continuing to supply all of our needs. In addition to several grants from Walmart
and Sam’s Club stores, we have been having a number of food drives bringing in
food. As an example, last week we had
1200-1400 cans of food from a collection at the Sacramento Union Brewery and
this week almost 100 bags of food from our local Boy Scout troop 537. And we are expecting several school and
business food drives before Thanksgiving. As we continue to distribute the food,
God brings in more.
Our major Cooler/freezer project is still in front of us.
The team is working with SMUD on the application for a project to bring more
power to the property. This has to be completed before the City of Citrus
Heights will issue the construction permit. In the interim time period, we are still bringing in the finances. Of the estimated $100,000 we are now at the
$65,000 – 70,000 level. Again, if you
know of any church group or civic or service group that would be interested in
hearing more about what we do, please let us know. We would be happy to make a
presentation to them.
So to wrap up, here is a list of praises and prayers:
- Praise for Gods supply in product donations and finances
- Praise for sufficient volunteers to meet all the needs
- Praise for support and encouragement from 25 supporting churches
- Pray for continued donations
- Pray for strength and health of volunteers as we are extra busy with
the season.
- Pray for finances and solutions to cooler / freezer project
Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas. May
the God of Hope continue to richly bless you for your continued support and
prayers
The Board
Sunrise Christian Food Ministry.
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