Sunday, September 25, 2005
Urgent Help Needed
Thanks for reading my blog. I know I have been neglectful but life gets busy. This item came through this evening, and in the midst of so much crisis, I thought some of you might help. Thanks, in advance.
We would like to send out a special plea for help on behalf of our friends at Promise Land Ministries at 8923 Sunset Lane in SW Little Rock.
Since the first hurricane hit, they have opened up their church to evacuees. They still have @ 45 people, many of who are hard to place because they are elderly and/or have special needs. Although they are normally not a shelter, they have been working round the clock and serve three meals a day, and will remain open as until every person is housed. They are open to evacuees from Texas as well.
This congregation is among some of the finest, most dedicated and caring people I have ever met, but they are struggling.
We called them yesterday to see if there was anything we could do, and in the words of the outreach director, they were "scrounging for food" each day. We took two carloads of food out there, which might get them through for a couple of days. They have send out letters asking for help to many local churches, and none has responded.
Here is a list of what they urgently need:
Breakfast foods: eggs, sausage, bread, juice, milk, cream cheese, jelly
Meats: chicken, hamburger, anything
Drinks: Soda pop or drink mixes
Paper products: paper plates, cups, napkins, paper towels, toilet paper
Plastic cutlery, especially spoons
Dishwashing liquid and laundry soap
Twin beds and/or twin bed mattresses
Volunteers (this smallish congregation is exhausted!)
Your prayers
Please contact Marlean Acker, 501-570-0048, marleanacker@aol.com or Pastor Antoine Scruggs, 501-570-0090, Apromise1@aol.com, and tell them that Hunger-Free Ark. sent you. They have always been a rock for the poor and homeless of SWLR, and have now opened their doors for the displaced as well.
Sincerely,
Patty Lindeman,
Executive Directo
Hunger-Free Arkansas, Inc.
We would like to send out a special plea for help on behalf of our friends at Promise Land Ministries at 8923 Sunset Lane in SW Little Rock.
Since the first hurricane hit, they have opened up their church to evacuees. They still have @ 45 people, many of who are hard to place because they are elderly and/or have special needs. Although they are normally not a shelter, they have been working round the clock and serve three meals a day, and will remain open as until every person is housed. They are open to evacuees from Texas as well.
This congregation is among some of the finest, most dedicated and caring people I have ever met, but they are struggling.
We called them yesterday to see if there was anything we could do, and in the words of the outreach director, they were "scrounging for food" each day. We took two carloads of food out there, which might get them through for a couple of days. They have send out letters asking for help to many local churches, and none has responded.
Here is a list of what they urgently need:
Breakfast foods: eggs, sausage, bread, juice, milk, cream cheese, jelly
Meats: chicken, hamburger, anything
Drinks: Soda pop or drink mixes
Paper products: paper plates, cups, napkins, paper towels, toilet paper
Plastic cutlery, especially spoons
Dishwashing liquid and laundry soap
Twin beds and/or twin bed mattresses
Volunteers (this smallish congregation is exhausted!)
Your prayers
Please contact Marlean Acker, 501-570-0048, marleanacker@aol.com or Pastor Antoine Scruggs, 501-570-0090, Apromise1@aol.com, and tell them that Hunger-Free Ark. sent you. They have always been a rock for the poor and homeless of SWLR, and have now opened their doors for the displaced as well.
Sincerely,
Patty Lindeman,
Executive Directo
Hunger-Free Arkansas, Inc.
