Homeless Project

We have a number of homeless and extremely poor people living in the Valdosta Area. Mission Pointe Baptist Church has dedicated themselves to serving them and helping them to get back on thier feet. Right now they are collecting blankets and jackets for the winter season. And eventhough we have a milder winter than many other parts of the country it still gets pretty cold out there. If you are interested in donating or assisting in helping to to give out these items, please give me at call @ 229-244-2678 and we'd love to help get you plugged into this extremely important outreach program. Mission Pointe has been out there on the streets for the last year building relationships and serving the many needs that come with poverty and homelessness.

Peace!

Snack Pack Outreach

Starting Friday, September 5, '08 we will be partnering with First United Methodist Church to provide 100 snack packs for the homeless each week in our area. We will be putting the packs together every friday and First United Methodist will be giving them out the following week as those who are in need of food stop by their offices.

If you are interested in helping us put these packs together for the homeless just give me or Eva a call @ 229-244-2678 and we'd love to hook up and work together on this project. This would be a really cool thing for a student organization, a sorority, fraternity, a team, a church youth group to do together! And you'd be able to know that the packs are going directly to the homeless community.

Peace!

Volunteer Opportunities!

Last year we logged around 9,000 volunteer hours who helped us distribute almost six million pounds of food in the ten counties that we serve in South Georgia. We have several opportunities for individuals, families, and groups get involvemed with in the fight against hunger. If you live in South Georgia or if you ever make it this way, give us a call and we'd love to meet up with you and work together in fighting hunger and poverty!!

Migrant Workers Outreach: In partnership with the Migrant Health Clinic in Lake Park, GA, we take a team of people to distribute food to needy migrant workers. We do this most every Thursday evenings. It is shocking to see the conditions and the level of hunger and need in this area. If you are interested in helping, give us a call or post a comment and we will get back with you right away.

Diaper Drive: Groups can put together a drive to collect diapers and we will distribute them to needy families in the area. You would be suprised how much money we can save a family or single mom trying to 'make it.' Daipers are so expensive and it cuts deep into a family's budget making it extremely difficult for families to pay rent, medical bills, and put food on the table. This is an amazing opportunity to be a part of the fight against hunger and poverty.

Manna Drop: This is a joint effort between organizations and the food bank as we go into communities where there is a high risk poverty level. We take pallets of food to these areas, usually on a Saturday and distribute distribute food to those in need. The whole vibe of a Manna Drop is centered on compassion and love for others. The old saying, "it is better to give than to receive," seems to be expressed literally at a Drop. Plus you get a chance to make friends and build bridges of hope in some pretty hopeless places. Just click on the Manna Drop Schedule to see where we're at next.

Warehouse Salvage Center: The Product Salvage Center helps direct quality donations to over 350 non-profit organizations in South Georgia. Volunteers make this possible by sorting, inspecting, and packaging items for these groups. The Salvage Center is a fun, hands-on project for individuals, families, schools, clubs, and other groups. The Center is open Monday - Thursday from 8:30am and 3:00pm and on Friday from 8:30am until 12:00pm

Ashley House Project: Click on the Ashley House Project for more info.

Office Assistance: Office Volunteers keep the Food Bank up and running by helping with data entry, filing, mailings, copying and a host of other administrative tasks. Use your skills and talents to fight hunger and support our staff. Our office hours are Monday thru Thursday 8:00am until 5:00pm and Friday 8:00am until 3:00pm.

Operation Hope: Operation Hope is an outreach designed to expose student groups and youth groups to the ongoing struggles of hunger and poverty in the South Georgia area. America's Second Harvest of South Georgia, Inc. designs local mission opportunities that are tailored to each groups needs and passion. We create an entire program which allows students and their leaders to be worry free about the events. We take care of everthing for each group. If you are a Youth Pastor or Student Leader please leave me a comment or give me a call @ 229-244-2678.

ASHLEY HOUSE PROJECT

Several times a month we take care packages to the Ashley House; a program designed to assist the elderly and disabled. We have partnered with them to help provide some food assistance to those who live there. If i remeber right, i think that they currently have between 50 and 60 residents. It is a lot of fun to get a few people together and head out to the Ashley House and distribute food. The residents are some of the most gracious and beautiful people that you will ever meet. Many of them can get very lonely and isolated. Just being there puts a smile on their faces.....and i promise that it is one of those life-changing things.

If you are ever in the South Georgia area and would like to hang out with us, please just let me know and we'll hook you up. Put some food in your hands and a lot of compassion in your hearts and give away some food to those who have so little.

Peace!

Manna Drop Schedule

Host: The Vision
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009
Time: 10am to noon
Location: Migrant clinic, Lake Park, GA

Host: Ray City Church of God Manna Drop
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009
Time: 10am to 12:30pm
Location: Ray City, GA.

Host: Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Time: 5pm
Migrant Outreach
Location: Lake Park, GA

Host: First Baptist Church Willacoochee, GA
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009
Time: 10am to 12pm
Location: City Park of Willacoochee, GA

Host: Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Date: March 28, 2009
Time: 10am to 12pm
Location: Ora Lee, Valdosta, GA

Host: The Dwelling Place
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Time: 11 am to 2pm
Location: Mary Street Park, Waycross, GA

Host: Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Time: 10am to Noon
Location Hudson Dockett, Valdosta, GA

Host: Say Yes Day Care
Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009
Time: 10am to Noon
Location: Greer Park, Valdosta, GA

Host: Francis Lake AME Church & Popler Springs Baptist Church
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009
Time: 10am to Noon
Location: Popler Springs Baptist Church, Jasper FL. (Parking Lot)

Host: Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009
Time: 10am to Noon
Location: Ora Lee, Valdosta, GA

Host: Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009
Time: 10am to Noon
Location: Hudson Dockett, Valdosta, GA

Host: Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: 10am to Noon
Location: Ora Lee West, Valdosta, GA