Thanksgiving Distribution

Summary for Distribution:
Total number of people served: 398
Number of new people served: 26
Number of returns: 372
Number of households served: 163

October Distribution

Summary for report:
Total number of people served: 311
Number of new people served: 2
Number of returns: 309
Number of households served: 137

UPDATE

The Holidays are just around the corner and we just finished another successful distribution in October. We had great volunteers and look forward to November 20^th as our Pre-Thanksgiving distribution. This day is also the opening day of duck season, a very special day to me but Melanie says I must prevail and have a distribution that day so everyone can be sure to have a Thanksgiving meal. I have been blessed with many days to hunt and the distribution is much more important---just have to remind Melanie as she prompted me about this when we first started!!!

Donations have been slow I think due to the poor economy; however we are able to keep going.

On a real positive note Reverend Dubois is now home, doing well and planning to return to the food bank this month!!!!

We are approaching our third anniversary in December and we would like to recognize Ray Hugueley, a deacon from First Baptist Church as he is the only volunteer to NEVER miss a distribution. Ray started out at the beginning helping us prepare the building for service and then proceeded to be a dedicated volunteer always heading up our number three bag preparation. Everyone please give Ray a big thanks for his dedication.

God Bless you all and please keep the Hughes Christian Outreach Ministries in your prayers and ask God to KEEP blessing us!

Hope to see you all on the 23^rd,

Tal Goldsby

Special Note from the HCOM

We are fast approaching the holidays, busiest time of year for the utilization of the Hughes Christian Outreach Ministries Food Bank. We have had a good year thus far even though donations are off quite a bit due to the economic slow down. December will mark our third year of existence and our team has made many improvements.

We recently got a large food donation from Southland and a new refrigerator/freezer from the Northeast Arkansas Food Bank, our backbone for being able to survive by supplying us discounted food. Also County Mayor Gary Hughes helped us obtain a continuation of funding from FEMA, which happens twice a year.

Our expenses remain relatively high mainly due to our large [500 to 600 dollar] monthly electrical bills.

We continue to be blessed with wonderful volunteers at the monthly distributions and when we get large deliveries of food or have special needs around the building or for grant writing. It is obvious that God has touched many hearts!!!!

Please pray for Ruberta Love and Rev. Willie Dubois as they both have some major health issues and have both been very faithful to our efforts.

Our next distribution is October 23, 2010 and we would love to invite any and all to come help us serve the Lord.

God Bless You All

Hughes Christian Outreach Ministries

September Distribution Results

Total number of people served: 341
Number of new people served: 4
Number of returns: 337
Number of households served: 150

Number served by age:
0 to 18 years old: 99
19 to 64 years old: 182
65 years & older: 60

August Distribution Results

Total number of people served: 276
Number of new people served: 2
Number of retruns: 274
Number of households served: 127

Number served by age:
0 to 18 years old : 75
19 to 64 years old: 150
65 years & older: 51

July Distribution Results

Summary for report
Total number of people served: 261
Number of new people served: 16
Number of returns: 245
Number of households served: 119

Number served by age:
0 to 18 years old: 69
19 to 64 years old: 144
65 years & older: 48