Are you or your organization/business planning or looking to find the perfect charity for that year-end (tax write-off) contribution? Please take a moment and consider Caring Hands Food Ministry. We are a local food pantry that operates out of East Palestine, OH. We began this wonderful venture in March 2011 and each year we have grown tremendously. This year our average number of people we helped was up to 750 per month. Each month this nonprofit pantry works diligently to hand out enough food, personal products and paper products for a family to last them 10 days. This is a great undertaking. Are these people lazy? Are they people that don’t want to work? NO. The majority of the people we help are people not so different from you and I. Most people in America, particularly in our area, are only 2 paychecks away from needing the kind of help we give. Hard times can befall on us at any given moment for no good reason, and that can alter your entire life. These are people that work, but don’t make enough to make ends meet. These are our senior citizens that don’t bring in enough money and they must choose between food, medications and utilities. These are our beloved veterans that need a helping hand. Caring Hands Food Ministry operates 100% on donations. Our pool of volunteers are some of the best! They use their own gas and cars to pick up items, they give of their time and of their energy. We have no overhead expense. Every penny donated goes directly to feed the needy. We don’t pay anyone to run the pantry, nor do we pay for advertising or solicitors. Is there other means of help for these people in our area…yes. We have a few local pantries that do their best, but are very limited. Some only hand out food every three months, Caring Hands feels we all deserve to eat every day of the month. We strive to hand out monthly, with no restrictions other than income guidelines. We have no boundries…if you are hungry and qualify by the income guidelines, Caring Hands is going to try and help. So we are asking you to consider your year- end charitable donation and would like you to ask yourself this question. “Can I truly make a difference with my donation?” The answer is YES. Something to consider: This is a list of the top 10 worst charities in America. These charities raise millions of dollars each year. Below is the percentage of the money raised that actually went to the supposed cause. 1. Kids Wish Network (2.5%) 2. Cancer Fund of America (0.9%) 3. Children’s Wish Foundation International (10.8%) 4. American Breast Cancer Foundation (5.3%) 5. Firefighters Charitable Foundation (8.4%) 6. Breast Cancer Relief Foundation (2.2%) 7. International Union of Police Associations (0.5%) 8. National Veterans Service Fund (7.8%) 9. American Association of State Troopers (8.6%) 10. Children’s Cancer Fund of America (5.3%) So what we are asking of you is this….Consider keeping your charitable donation close to home. Help those that just might be your neighbor, your children’s friends, that elderly couple down the block from you. You can come to the pantry the first Monday of each month, anytime between noon and 2:00 p.m., and witness the outpouring of love, humility and sacrifice. Our pantry day is a most humbling experience. You can witness people working side by side with one common goal….feeding the hungry in our own county and neighborhood. The pantry is faced with a difficult decision as we enter into 2014. The amount of people we help each month has increased so much, that we are faced with choosing to cut down on what we hand out each month or cut back on the number of people we help. It is a decision that is heartbreaking for us. If you find that you would like to make a donation or support this pantry on a monthly basis, please call 330-426-3270 or checks can be mailed to Caring Hands Food Ministry 1141 State Line Rd., East Palestine, Ohio. We will make sure you get a receipt for your taxes. Any and all contributions are appreciated and please know 100% of those donations will go to feeding the needy. As we enter into this holiday season, I would like to wish each of you and your families Happy Thanksgiving and a very merry Christmas. May God bless you. Caring Hands Food Ministry Trudy Mackall, Director
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:28:51 +0000
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