Hope
in the Hills
an
outreach to Jackson Kentucky
Dearest friends,
We are coming to you with a very urgent need.
Churches in Missions has been faithfully serving in Jackson Kentucky for many years. This is an area that suffers with severe poverty, drug use, broken
homes, child abuse, and sex trafficking.
Recently this area was devastated by severe flooding. This area was already suffering through a
multitude of different issues which were complicated by Covid. This blow hits these people very hard,
leaving many of them homeless and without hope.
The church that traditionally is the sole means of outreach in the
community suffered incredible damage due to the flooding. They are asking the
mission to be the hands and the feet of Christ in this very broken community. I wanted to share a few ways that you or your church could help be ‘Jesus’ to these people.
A primary need right now is non-perishable
food items that have a long
shelf life and do not need refrigeration(soups, "one-can meals" such
as stews, ravioli, and such), pasta's, boxed dinners, canned meats, cereals,
sugar, coffee, rice, any kind of boxed food that has a long shelf life. Bottled
water. Go ahead and get your food
donations together and let us know when you're ready and we will come by and
pick those items up. Please keep in mind this food needs to be transported so please put it
in a heavy duty cardboard box or purchase a plastic crate from Walmart.
Another huge need is BABY ITEMS such as baby clothes, diapers, wipes, formula
that doesn't need to be refrigerated, bottles, blankets, diaper rash cream,
baby food, etc. This is an area with a
high single parent population and these items would go toward a family in
tremendous need.
We will also be needing disinfectant cleaners, tarps and ropes to tie
down over garbage trailers, large heavy duty trash bags, brooms, or basically
any cleaning supplies.
Sleeping bags and tents (many are
homeless, some are in gyms and other locations but tents and sleeping bags are
a bonus). New or gently used.
Naturally monetary donations will go a long way. Your
gifts are 501c3 tax-deductible. An online option has been created at our Churches in Mission's website. You click on the choose a fund and go down to Kentucky Relief. 100%
of your gifts will be used for Kentucky Relief, under the discretion of The
Happy Church Ministries.
The needs are many. Construction materials, clean-up expenses, appliances,
vehicle needs, etc. Any amount helps. Your donation will be receipted for your
charitable tax purposes. (Lowes giftcards will also help)
If you have a trade skill such as plumbing, carpentry, drywall,
masonry, electrical, or flood damage restoration, your skills are needed if you
happen to find the opportunity to spend a few days in Jackson Kentucky we can
put you in contact with our leads there who can use your services immediately
Finally clothing is not the most urgent
need RIGHT NOW but will be in the near future. Feel free to start collecting clothing items
while we start to search for a place to store our donation items. As you begin to organize clothing donations for a future
"run", please WASH, FOLD, BOX, and LABEL the clothing.
Bags of clothing do not travel well and cause incredible wrinkling and such.
Boxes travel better and having them labeled helps during distribution. We will
let you know WHEN we are ready for new or gently used clothing.
Thank you for partnering with us. If you have any questions feel free to
contact email us at faithiskey@hotmail.com. We
are excited to start collecting these items to deliver to Kentucky. Help us be the hope in the hills.
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