On Thursday, Oct. 22, a group of volunteers were busy making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches – preparing approximately 100 bagged lunches to be delivered and handed out at Hope Rescue Mission in Reading.
The group is from at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Douglassville.
Organizer Betty Clark said, “The first bag lunch distribution went very well so we decided to do another.”
The event was sponsored by Thrivent Financial, which is a financial services membership owner organization for Christians. Clark, a Thrivent Financial member, explained that members who do two service projects a year receive a $250 gift card which goes towards the purchase of the food.
Church members and Thrivent members volunteered their time preparing the lunches and delivering and handing them out at Hope Rescue.
Not only did Clark organize the event but she has also collected coats for The Hope Rescue Mission for years – this was the first year that St. Paul’s Lutheran Church was involved with the coat drive. World Travel in Douglassville was a driving force for the coat drive, asking their employees to donate coat. According to Clark, over 85 percent of the coats came from World Travel.
Hope Rescue Mission helps people from every walk of life, but one group in particular stands out to Clark. Many veterans are homeless and utilize the services of Hope Rescue Mission. “My heart belongs to them,” said Clark.
