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When you look through the eyes of a child what do you see?
44.7% of Owsley County lives below the poverty line, according to the United States Economic Indicators.
We see hungry here in Owsley County.
Programs
The
Food Backpack
Programs sends filled
backpacks home each weekend with seven easily
prepared meals and two to three snacks with the children. These
children have
been identified
by teachers and school Resource Center personnel as having little or no
food
from Friday’s
school lunch until breakfast on Monday at 7:30 AM
Have
and Have not
Program is when a class take
a snack break at 1:30 and if you have
money you may buy a snack, the Owsley County Outreach provide a snack
where the
children
without money can go to the office and get a snack to eat along with
the other
children and
not fill different or lift out.
Domestic
Violence: We assist with
clothing, household items, and food when needed. We are
a house for these victims: Which is call
Ruth House, Ruth stand
for a friend when in a time of need
Please pray for us while as we struggle with this plan. As of now we have one lady in the house and she is doing well, the Lord has saved her, she attend church. We are waiting to see if she get her diablility, then when she on her feet with some income coming in she will move to her own plase and ope this up for another lady in need..
Senior Citizens: The Senior Cares Program provides food and clothing to low-income seniors. Some of these seniors have to make chooses between medicine, food or utilities. Some of these seniors have a grandchildren living with them and in need of additional foods and/or clothing
Buckhorn Children: We assist with hygiene, products, clothing, prom time, and food when we get a bulk amount, bedding (sheets, quilts etc) Puzzles, games, dishes etc.
Families in Need: When a family sufferers looses through a losing a home, burn out, domestic violence etc. assist with furniture as we receive it, clothing, any and all house hold items (pot & pan, etc.) We are always in need of linens, and household items.
Clothing
Program: When children are in
need of clothing for school, family needed clothing
for a death in the family, even to bury the loved one. Senior Citizens,
winter coats, blankets,
quilts
etc. these are writing on to a voucher, a family comes in they shop for
their on
clothing,
and get what they like. It is dealt with dignity
and pride.
Food
Program: At this time we are
serving: 23040 back pack in a nine-month time frame
(during school year) 107 during the six weeks summer month, we serve
some of the back
pack children 2
times a week these are not in the count seniors:
4160 senior food box once
a month, 800 2 time a month, 520 shut ends
per year. emergency food boxes 200 per year
(plus). have furnished food for family
when there is death, after the service. We now serve the
children 11 months out of the 12 months.
Christmas
Program: With the help of
church’s and families and friends we are able to give
each Child and Senior a Christmas gift, we also do Christmas food
boxes for the senior
shut-ins.
Owsley
County
Outreach also operates a thrift store to provide cloth and
household
items at low or no cost. Churches, organization
and individuals donate these items. Revenue
from the thrift store is used to help support the food programs. At
this time
the Thrift store
supplies 35 % of the food cost,
Owsley
County
Outreach depends on the small grants we receive and money and food
donation
from caring people.
If
you feel the call
to provide help for these children and Seniors please give us
a call or write a
card or letter.
If you would like to send money you can through the mail, pay pal or you can send a donation
to God Pantry 1685 Jaggie Fox Way Lexington Kentucky 40511 Phone 859-255-6592
letting them know it is to go to Owsley County Food Back Pack Programs Purchases.
You also can send Save-A-Lot gift Cards.