We hope you and your congregation are staying safe in the pandemic. With COVID-19, homeless feeds have closed, so people on the streets are literally going hungry. The hoarding in stores has also contributed to basic sanitary items being unavailable to those who are most exposed.
We're reaching out to our friends in the faith community to coordinate efforts to gather and distribute supplies for the unhoused.
So far, we have set up several handwashing stations around town, and distributed almost forty care packages with food and essential supplies. We can expand these efforts so much more with your help.
1. Would you or your members be interested in coordinating efforts to make sure the most vulnerable in our community are safe?
2. We are currently soliciting donations for tents, sleeping bags, and sleeping pads as the shelters are turning people away and we need people to stay safe during this crisis. If you could put the word out for any unused camping supplies, we would be happy to accept them and distribute them.
3. We have a fundraiser going to buy these supplies ourselves.
Donations may be brought to the parsonage.
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