Friday 25 May 2007

Don't forget...

... this Sunday (27th May), Lesley Cook is going to be walking from Mildenhall to Church and back, in order to raise money and/or food for Storehouse. For further details see the posting below from 9th May, but please remember Lesley, and let's support her as she steps out for Storehouse.

Wednesday 23 May 2007

Requests update

As requests for food bags keep coming in, so we need to meet those needs. Items we are short of at the moment are:
  • cereals
  • mixed veg
  • tinned meat
  • instant mash
  • toiletries

We are giving away around ten bags a week at the moment, so everything helps; two cans really can make a difference.

Wednesday 16 May 2007

Requests

We are running low on the following items and would appreciate these in particular:

· Tinned meat
· Tinned mixed vegetables
· Tea bags
· Sugar (small bags)
· Long-life milk (pint sized)
· Cereals
· Instant mashed potato
· Pot noodles etc

Thank you

Storehouse Team

St Matthew Housing


Last Thursday the four of us had the opportunity to visit St Matthew Housing here in Bury St Edmunds. SMH have four properties in Bury, in Springfield Road, Grove Road and Northgate Street and provide supported housing to single people of all ages. Many of these are young people and might only be for a couple of years, but they also provide longer term housing to those for whom living alone in the community is not a realistic viable option. It is always good to meet with some of those agencies in our community that we seek to help, and to gain a greater understanding of what they do and how we can best help them and those with whom they work.

Trent Vineyard Arches Project



On 3rd May the four of us, and Helen Mathers, visited The Arches in Nottingham. The Arches is run from some converted railway arches by Trent Vineyard and is just part of their compassion ministry. Here they offer tea and coffee, someone to talk to, a chance to take a shower, free food, clothing and furniture aswell as a mums and toddlers group and a weekly small group. Although Nottingham is a city and is therefore much larger than Bury St Edmunds, it was both encouraging and exciting to see how they help the needy and disadvantaged in Nottingham: it was encouraging to see how we are already doing some of the things here in Bury and exciting to see some things that we hope to be able to do in the future. Please have a look at their website.

Wednesday 9 May 2007

Food needs


In case any of you would like to give to Storehouse, but are unsure what exactly to buy, at the moment we are running low on long-life milk, sugar, tea bags, biscuits and deodorants. With the milk and sugar, small packets work really well, as we can put these in a bag and still leave room for plenty of other items too.

These feet were made for walking...

In case you missed the notices at Kinship and our Sunday morning celebration, you might not be aware of something that is afoot. Lesley Cook is going to be doing a sponsored walk to raise money for Storehouse. On the last Sunday of May, Lesley is going to be leaving her home in Mildenhall at about 5 o’clock in the morning and walking about 15 miles to Church. After the celebration she is then going to be walking back home, a round trip of around 30 miles. Sponsor forms are available from church, and if you are unable to sponsor Lesley financially, she will happily accept tins etc for Storehouse instead.

Lesley has also started selling second hand books at £1 each, with the proceeds again going to Storehouse. If you have any good quality second hand books that you can give to Lesley she will be happy to take them. Alternatively have a look at her books and see if you would like to buy any.

Thank you very much Lesley.

Wednesday 2 May 2007

Cot Requests


We have had a couple of requests for cots recently. One request from the Family Centre is just for a cot, as they have funds for the mattress and bedding. The other request is from St Matthew Housing who need EVERYTHING for a new baby. The mum-to-be has nothing for the baby, due in 6-8 weeks, so will need cot, mattress (we have some bedding), bath equipment, toys, pram etc. If you can help with any of the above please contact either Jonathan & Julia or the Vineyard Centre.

April Stats

In April, we received 39 requests for food bags which resulted in us giving away 47 food bags via 11 agencies plus non agency requests. It has been wonderful how the food and toiletries have kept coming in to replace all that has been given away.