Food and Support Drop In 30th November 2013
Thank you to everyone who has prayed for me over the last few weeks. Hopefully I am back on top of things again now. Please keep on praying for me and for all the volunteers as well as our guests. Please pray that we are reaching those in genuine need and making a positive difference to their lives.
This week we gave out 132 parcels, we had 16 new guests and had 41 volunteers.
The following people asked for your prayers: Jason, Courtney, Leon, Sheldon, James, Paul, Tanya, Lynda, Gary, Philip, Peter, Andrew, Phillip, Nicola, Hugh, Polly, Dave, Josef, Heath, Christopher, Bev, Matthew, David, James, Keith, John, Trisha, Bernadette, Zoe, Aaron, John, Michael, June, Etela, Vance, Martin, Julian, Ray, Francesca, Ana, Joseph, Andrew, John, Ben, David, Christopher, Darryl, Gregg, Gary, Howard, Kayleigh, Linda-Marie, Jason, Boyd, Debra, Patrick, Michelle, Dermot, Paul, Frank, John and Jeff.
We are short of the following items this week:
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Tinned Meat, Corned Beef etc |
Instant Noodles |
Toilet Rolls |
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Tinned Fish |
Instant Mash |
Deodorant |
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Tinned Meals, Irish Stew etc |
Pot Noodles |
Shampoo |
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Pies eg Fray Bentos etc |
Cup a Soup |
Shower Gel |
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Tinned Potatoes |
Sandwich Spreads |
Washing Power |
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Sauce for Pasta |
Coffee |
Washing up liquid |
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Curry Sauce |
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Can openers |
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Rice Pudding |
Strong carrier bags |
Dog Food |
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As we see our numbers rise we find ourselves needing more cash to buy fresh items such as bread, margarine and milk etc so all cash donations are as welcome as donations of food items.
The Food and Support Drop In is open for deliveries every Thursday between 9am-1pm
and every Saturday between 9-11.30am.
Cheques are payable to “Christians Together Calderdale.”
If you wish your donations to be for the Drop In only, please write “Drop In” on the back.
If you are happy to support any of the “Christians Together Calderdale” projects wherever the Trustees consider the need is greater, please leave your cheque blank on the back.
Send any post to The Treasurer, Food & Support Drop In, New Ebenezer Centre, St James Road, Halifax. HX1 1YS.
More details at www.foodandsupportdropin.org.uk
As we all look towards Christmas which should be a special time, we are starting to see more people struggling, due to benefit reform and economic factors and also due to breakdown of relationships. The Saturday Gathering will be putting on a Christmas Meal at Ebenezer Centre on Christmas Day for Drop In guests who would otherwise be alone.
For some of our guests, Christmas could mean another cold night living somewhere on the streets of Calderdale. This winter Christians Together are creating an Inn Church which will run every night through January and February in Calderdale and through March in Huddersfield. We are hoping to use different churches to house our homeless guests, so we need churches to open their doors and volunteers to help. If you are interested at all we would love to hear from you.
Best wishes
Christine