A Thing of Beauty!

Last night, i spent the better part of 2 hours with over 75 men and women from GCC who will be helping to lead our annual Food Drop.  Our Drop leader (Paul Chandler) and the rest of our core team (Mark Hatfield, Sam Rose, Terry & Sherry Ingle, Kurt Reiners, Dan Blacketor, Tim Papp) did a fantastic job equipping everyone for their various roles and responsibilities on January 10th, 2009, when annually more than 2,500 men, women and children will show up on our two campuses (here at GCC and also in Elkhart) to unload 6 semis of food and personal care items (pci) onto trucks circulating to more than 15 sites, neighborhoods and agencies.   

In conjunction with these semi's (provided through partnership with Feed the Children), each semi carries 880 food and/or pci boxes, and each box typically weighs about 25 lbs (for a collected weight of more than 130,000 lbs of relief and food supplies).  The food boxes contain enough supplements and staples to feed a family of 5 for 7 - 10 days, and each pci box contains about $50 worth of everything from shampoo to shaving cream.  In addition, this year, we will also be joined by two other area churches who will be participating in the Drop with us.  Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church will be sourcing their own semi for delivery into the neighborhoods around their church, and Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church will be helping to off-load in the Harber Homes community on the West side, where they are currently attempting to build relationships for service.