Right on time Larry Schultz pulled in with his big truck from South Bend, Indiana - the home of Feed The Hungry. It was 8am on Friday July 9, 2010 and his 53 foot trailer was loaded with food for Detroit - 24 pallets of stuff to be exact. Our volunteer team began the unloading process and in just a few short hours all 31,375 pounds of food and goodies were off the truck and neatly piled high around the HCC parking lot (did we mention that it was a BIG truck).
There were noodles and rice, crackers and beans, canned fruit and vegetables, cereal and granola bars, salsa and salad dressing, tomato sauce and pudding, even toothpaste and candy - and a lot more stuff!
It wasn't long before trucks, vans and cars from a number of local Ministries arrived and the re-loading process began. Not too much time later it was all on the move - on its way to people in need around the Metro-Detroit area.
Some of the local groups included Christ Church (Pastor Mark Einem), Christian Gospel Center (Pastor Marcus Ways), Living the Word (Pastor Taylor Cox), Lord of Lords (Pastor Calvin Glass), Lord of the Harvest (Pastor Mike Osminski), Metro Life International (Pastor Matthew Cripps), Oakland Avenue Baptist (Pastor Larry Walker), Pilgrim Church (Pastor Henry Covington), Rosedale Park Baptist (Pastor Matt Parker), Temple of Faith Baptist (Pastor Rochelle Davis), Institute for Black Family Development, and many more. We want to thank all of the volunteers who worked so hard to make this day a success.
LeSEA Global Feed The Hungry was founded in 1987 by Dr Lester Sumrall (1913-1996) and Harvest Christian Church has supported FTH since the beginning. In over twenty years, more than $200 million of food and relief supplies have been distributed in 92 nations of the world. Their pastor-to-pastor, church-to-church programs ensure that the food gets directly to those who need it most. It is put directly into the hands of local church leaders who intimately know the needs of their communities. You can learn more about Feed The Hungry by going to our Missionaries page.
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