From warehouse to distribution center

Well it has been three weeks and two days since we opened the warehouse. We have received so much stuff that it is totally unbelievable. Yesterday we put a family into the hands of a sponsor and moved her and her 10 year old into a house. Today we able to furnish a single guy's whole house. People are still coming and there could be more. I heard at a recent meeting that all of the mass housing shelters will be emptied tomorrow. Most have no where to go and may end up in towns throughout Indiana. We soon shall see.

Our warehouse has turned into a distribution center. We are still distributing stuff to hurricane victims(we have helped 16 of 22) but we have so much stuff that we are actually helping folks throughout the world. Here is a run down of what is happening:

• sent 1000 pairs of shoes to Africa
• sent toiletries and school supplies to Mississippi
  
• sent food and toiletries to Louisiana
• sent 70 boxes and bags of summer clothing to Mississippi
• provided local Humane Society with many boxes of soiled blankets, sheets and pillows
• Took food to local food pantries(food not a need here)
• Sent four bags of stuffed Animals to a hospital in Texas
• Sending a couple of hundred McDonald Toys to Honduras
• Gave hundreds of pens, pencils, pads of paper and school supplies to local schools to give to children in need
• Gave baby formula and clothing to women living in Nesting Doves House(home for single mothers)
• Gave toys to Head Start
• received so much school supplies a church is making 24 YES Kits for Operation Classroom
• Making many health kits to send to LA.
• donated hundreds and hundreds bottles of shampoo, little bars of soap, sample bottles of toiletries to Homeless Shelter
• have given extra clothing to Rescue Mission, Salvation Army, Crisis Center, and Goodwill
  still have hundreds of articles of clothing in boxes with racks full in selection area
  
• Sending about 150 boxes of summer clothes to Africa

We have also been supported from the following business' and organizations

• Lucas furniture: new mattress
• McCool's carpet: Furniture Cleaning
• Guyer to Mover: Many boxes
  
• Chrysler Transmission: Workers on Loan
• B and B Pizza in Burlington: Lunch
• Hobson Cleaners: hangers and coat cleaning
• Old Navy: Sized and hung many boxes of clothing
• UAW: Computer
• Dr. Whitfield and Tim Taylor: The Warehouse
• Tha Roots: Workers, soft drinks and space
• Girl Scouts: New School Supplies and health items

Churches that have helped in the effort:

Sponsors:

• Bible Baptist
• First Friends Meeting
• Sycamore Friends Meeting
• Quaker Friends Sunday School Class and Hostetler Electric
• Morning Star
• City of Refuge Church
• Mt. Pigspah Baptist
• Howard/ Miami Mennonite
• Galveston United Methodist
• St. Lukes United Methodist
  

Churches that supported in other ways:

• Grace United Methodist Church: Eyeglasses, car insurance, title transfer, damage deposit
• Shiloh United Methodist Church: Car
• West Middleton United Methodist Church: Gas Cards and Wal-Mart Cards
• Howe/Pretty prairie United Methodist church: Mission Trip / Sorted 100's of bags of clothing
• First Baptist: Mission Trip/ sized many boxes of clothing
• Morning Star Youth:Moved many boxes of clothing from one area to another
• Faith United Methodist church: volunteers and clothing racks
• Galveston United Methodist: Many, many hours of volunteering and clothing racks
• Morning Star: Volunteers and tables
• My Father's House: furniture

Believe it or not we still have enough stuff in the warehouse to fill at least 10 more homes completely, The only things lacking are mattress/springs and washer/dryers. We hope to help many more people when we are sure the hurricane families have been cared for. I believe that as we now function as a distribution center, God will continue to bless us as we reach into the community. Jeff