OUTREACH ENDOWMENT FUND has supported
The Church of the Mediator's Outreach Endowment Fund supports various local and international outreach efforts each year. Each month we will tell you about a different project that we support financially and ask for your prayers.
Use the Request for Funding form to seek a grant from the Outreach Endowment Fund. This form can be copied and pasted into your MS Word program (or probably any other word program you have), then filled in, saved, and sent on via e-mail to the church at mail@episcopalmediator.org Use Outreach Endowment Fund Grant Request in the subject line.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Outreach
Endowment Grant # 2
Grace
Community Foundation
In 2011, Grace food pantry served 3,568 families which
included 4710 children; 6002 adults; and 491 elderly. We’ve reached
out to over 730 new families in 2011, which is a 5% increase from 2010.
The total number of people served by the food bank in 2011 was 11,203
which is a slight decrease from 2010, mainly because we refer clients
to their neighborhood food pantry when we give them an emergency supply
of food.
During the year, we distributed over 68 tons of food
from various vendors and food drives including Second Harvest, B&M
Provisions, Trio Provisions, Boy Scouts, and Post office. These
purchases have been made possible by grants from the Trexler Trust,
Hoch Foundation, Century Fund, Bill Sugra Fund, The Church of the
Mediator, the Alan Feinstein Foundation, FEMA, the State, USDA, and
many private donations.
After a brief hiatus, we continue to offer free legal
assistance to our clients through the North Penn Legal Services office
in Bethlehem. Thank you to Lori Molloy & NPLS for continuing this
much needed service to the clients we serve. In 2011, we allowed United
Healthcare to assist our clients with additional medical benefits they
did not know existed; one of the benefits includes $300.00 of
over-the-counter products for free, to qualified Medicare parts A &
B participants. We also offered free flu shots for the first time,
courtesy of Dave Moyer and the Allentown Health Bureau.
Even though we are considered an emergency food pantry,
most of our clients supplement their food stamp stipend, fixed income
or other financial setback with the food they receive from us every
month.
As the oldest food pantry in Allentown, we pride
ourselves in making our clients feel welcome by offering hospitality.
Special thanks to Weis Market and Giant food stores for providing bread
and baked goods which would otherwise be thrown away.
We appreciate your financial and nutritional support
and look forward to the Thanksgiving in July food drive that you
graciously coordinate to provide additional sustenance to the needy
families in Allentown.
Patty McNamara