The working poor need help.

In 2004, the most recent data available, 17.6 million people lived in a working-poor household. This translates into 8.2% of all American families lived below the poverty level even though there was a family member that worked

According to the most recent survey on hunger and homelessness , 40% of adults requesting emergency food assistance were employed. In addition, 21 of the 24 cities surveyed cited unemployment as a determining factor of hunger in their communities

60% Of all American's live paycheck to paycheck.

5 HOMELESS FAMILIES

We are looking to take 5 homeless families off of the streets, provide them financial counseling, pay for rent and electric for 6 months. After that time they will be self-sustaining. Thanks to Living Waters Church for providing the funding for 4 of the families. each family costs $5000 to house. Next year it will be 9 families !!!!!

FREE BREAD!!!!

Everyone who comes to the pantry gets, free fresh bread, pastries and fruit when available. As you can see, it goes very fast. We also give away bags of assorted food almost every day to those in an extreme need. We have been giving away alot of clothes lately to our homeless visitors because of the cold.

STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Dave is one of our full time volunteers. He works in our warehouse 45 hours a week and gets paid by food. He lives in a tent not too far by. Recently, Dave received a small amount of money he has been waiting for The first thing he did with the money he received was give a donation of $500 to the pantry! He said he wanted to give a little back to the pantry. Now he attends church. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. We are working on housing for him and a job.

Thrift Store Grows!

We are receiving more and more items everyday! We can pickup furniture and other large items. If you know someone who is getting rid of some large house items, let us know! We can pick it up and give them a tax receipt as well.

Thanks!

Thank you Eric for being a monthly sponsor. He mentioned the only way he would donate would be if he saw me on the blog. Here i am!

THERE ARE MANY IN NEED.

a truckload of food costs us $2800.00. We are looking for 28 people to donate $100 a month. This will enable to keep the pantry full of needed items. We have 3 right now. Please email me at kjartigas@aol.com if you or someone you know would like to be a sponsor.

FREE HONEY BAKED HAM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to honey baked ham in altamonte and Victory in Business, we received over 120 cooked hams! We gave all of them away! 30 to anthony house for the homeless, 50 to Sorrento Christian for the tornado victims in Paisley and the rest we gave away to needy families in Ocoee.

Food Stamps arrive

We have just received our computers from DCF. We will be able to have people apply for food stamps and let them see how their application is. DCF is already referring people to us!

Thrift Store

We are in the process of creating a thrift store for the pantry. This will create income to cover our expenses

What a deal!

Along with feeding many homeless, our pantry offers food for a small donation. Here is an example of a typical price. 1 box of cereal for .25 or 4 for a $1.00. Which would normally sell for $2.99 a box. They pay what we pay for food.

GREAT VOLUNTEERS

Carlos, Miram Sarmiento and Lisa Artigas, They are one of our most faithful volunteers!

INSIDE THE PANTRY

People are able to come to the pantry and receive goods through donations. The pantry let's low income families receive ALOT of food for the money.

OUR GOAL IS TO HELP

Ever Week, Elliot Perez goes to downtown and feeds many homeless, as well as what we give away during the week.

FINANCES

We are truly a Not-For-Profit. In the future we are going to have a monthly look at our donations and expenses. Here are some of our fixed monthly expenses. This does not include our outreaches that cost a large amt of money. We pray the finances come to reach out to many others. Monthly supporters are our greatest need.

Mthly Expenses November 2006 ------------------------ Income Nov.2006
Rent $2000.00--------------------------------------- Pantry Food $ 5600.00
Electricity $250 (average) ---------------------------------- monthly supporters $230
$3000.00 (3 full time) ----------------------------- Non Profit Org. $350.00
Office $750.00 (includes Gas, Insurance other)
benevolance $600.00(varies greatly)
Food $1800.00(truckload
Total $8400.00 ----------------------------------------------- Total Nov. income $6180.00

Nov (We gave about 100 boxes of food in Winter Garden)
Nov (we fed over 1000 homeless people downtown)
Nov ( We gave over 50 packages of free food at the pantry)

WELCOME!

WE OPENED ON OCTOBER 23, 2006!. OUR FACILITY IS 4000 SQR. FT. WE HAVE LOW INCOME REQUIREMENTS. NO ONE IN NEED IS TURNED AWAY!

OUR STAFF

SOME OF OUR STAFF. NICK AND MILLIE. RON, CINDY AND TONY(CENTER) ARE HOMELESS. THEY ARE FULL TIME VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE PAID BY FOOD AND THEY ALSO FEED THE HOMELESS DOWNTOWN ON SUNDAYS!

THANKSGIVING 2006

NICK WITH ONE OF THE MANY RECIPENTS OF THANKSIGIVING DINNER

THANKSGIVING 2006 FOOD OUTREACH

THANKSGIVING WE GAVE OVER 100 BOXES OF FOOD CONTAINING MEALS WITH PUBLIX GIFT CARDS. HERE IS RON UNLOADING THE BOXES WITH ONE OF THOSE IN NEED