Help Bags

Rowan County Distribution this week!

psmullen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:21:19 +0000

Twenty-five Help Bags will reach those in need in Rowan County this week through Rowan Helping Ministries. The official Help Bags deliverer ( my mom : ) ) will be dropping them off to these great folks this week.

We are still in need of all supplies and would love to get a bunch of small flashlights stockpiled for the coming winter months. Can you help?

Home Depot

psmullen — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:32:32 +0000

Home Depot currently has a pack of 15 mini LED flashlights for less than $10. I would love to be able to put these in the winter Help Bags if possible. If you see a pack … or several and want to help Help Bags it would be really appreciated!!

Emergency rain ponchos are also needed if you happen to run across some.

Thanks!!

Fun Fun Fun!!

psmullen — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:27:35 +0000

What a fun afternoon at the home of Carolyn Davis! We started out by walking around their huge lawn learning about chickens and gardening and debated starting a llama farm in my mind : ) We followed up with snacks and in record time packing 100 Help Bags!

Fifty of the bags are headed to one of our favorite places – Concord’s Opportunity House. The remaining 50 are headed out to the Stewards of Christ. My friend Kat is a member of Stewards of Christ. These amazingly huge hearted Christians go out on Thursday nights for several hours to the streets of downtown Charlotte. They walk around for hours talking with homeless they come in contact with as well as passing out water or snacks. They offer to pray with anyone who would like to as well. They not only seek out but reach out to those who so many go out of their way to avoid in their day to day walk.

In the mere 15 minutes it took us to pack up the Help Bags we made a possibly 100 people out there feel like they matter, like someone cares.

Want to help Help Bags? We always need supplies – could you host a drive? Maybe you and your friends or group would like to put some Help Bags together? Running low on time these days like we all are? You can sponsor a quantity of Help Bags or drop off or mail supplies. Or the biggest request of Help Bags??? PRAYER!! Pray for Help Bags and those we reach out to.

Thanks – have a great day!!!

Flood!!

psmullen — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:54:30 +0000

On Sunday June 27th at United Wesleyan Church’s FLOOD ( Rocky River Road, Charlotte NC ) is hosting a drop off for Help Bag supplies from 5-7pm.

Come experience God in a whole new way. Awesome music, good food, and a whole new approach!!!! There is a fantastic band with modern music and a plain spoken, easy to follow message. Flood is perfect for anyone ~ especially people who are looking for an alternative contemporary service.

At 5pm there is a free BBQ – the whole family is invited!! Enjoy delicious hot dogs and hamburgers BBQ’d on site as well as fresh sides and drinks before the service begins!

The most needed donation items for Help Bags are:

socks ( oh when aren’t they needed…….),

rain ponchos ( the emergency ones like they have at the dollar store ),

and individually wrapped snacks.

See the green donate tab on this site for all the items that make up a Help Bag.All items from this drive will be going to Davidson County Shelter’s very first batch of Help Bags!!!

Check out FLOOD on Facebook and at their www.floodworship.org. Hope to see you on the 27th!!

Here to Their

psmullen — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:03:53 +0000

The fantastic ladies of Here to Their woke up extra early May 12th and came down to Nexus’ Hope Cafe to pass out Help Bags! Eighty-two bags were distributed in all! Please make sure to check out the Here to Their website in the green Links portion of our home page! Thanks Here to Their!!!!!!!!

What would I do without CPM’s??

psmullen — Wed, 12 May 2010 02:39:53 +0000

What a wonderful evening! Carolyn Davis and her husband brought the whole family over to my house and we assembled eighty Help Bags tonite!! The kids were so fun and full of energy and I absolutely I loved them!!
Carolyn is a member of the Central Piedmont Mommies. They are such an amazing bunch of beautiful, huge hearted, generous, hard working moms! I have been so blessed by them time and time again.
Thanks so much to the Davis Family!! 50 Help Bags will be going to Concord’s Opportunity House this week and 30 will be on their way to Salisbury’s Rowan Helping Ministries!

UWC Children’s Ministries

psmullen — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:13:35 +0000

This Mother’s Day the kids in the United Wesleyan Children’s Ministries chose a different activity than usual. They created 100 Help Bags! These kids completed the bags in record time — about 15 minutes for all 100! The bags the UWC kids created will be passed out this Wednesday with the help of Here To Their, at Nexus Church’s Breakfast.

Click any of the thumbnail pictures below to see larger pics of the kids working hard under the supervision of Ms. Selina.

Love Mercy ’09

psmullen — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:00:59 +0000

Tomorrow will be day one of two that the Wesleyan teens taking part in the Love Mercy youth convention will have the opportunity to make a Help Bag themselves. They’ll see the seemingly unimportant items that are packed in them and hear a few stories about the lives of the people they have touched.

When I was writing some notes of what to share with them I was reminded that this is all because I listened to God. Its so hard in this crazy time to be still and listen. Even harder to not blow it off or try to bargain your way out of real work or commitment. I am so thankful every day since Help Bags was born this year that God has let me see His hand at work thru these little bags.

I have received support from those I never would have guessed would be a part of it. I truly learned what priorities and scheduling is all about. I juggle a full time job, school at night, Help Bags and still have to eeek out time for the world’s most patient and understanding boyfriend.

I have also been shown how much I have and that material things mean so little at the end of the day.

I hope these teens see for a second what God will do thru us if we give Him half a chance. I feel so blessed and honored everyday that he thinks enough of me to let me do Help Bags in His name.

To all of you amazing people who donated – thank you! Who knows what will come from these kids – I am betting a lot more than we could ever dream. Remember them in your prayers and those without a bed to sleep in tonite as well…

Together we really are helping the homeless one Bag at a time!

CP MOMMIES FUNDRAISER EVENT POSTPONED

psmullen — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:36:37 +0000

The Central Piedmont Mommies fundraiser to benefit Help Bags at United Wesleyan Church has been postponed due to weather conditions. An early January date is being looked at and I will post new date asap when scheduled. A huge thank you going out to Shay, Brandy and all the hard working vendors and mommies for all the effort they put into this event!!! I so appreciate you all!!! It’ll rock in January!!!!!

I need Your help please

psmullen — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:38:39 +0000

Love Mercy 09 is just around the corner and 700 teens will hopefully have the chance to create a Help Bag prior to starting their prayer walk around the streets of Charlotte. We need a lot of supplies but the biggest need right now is hand warmers ( or toe warmers) and men’s white tube socks.

Today I went to Big Lots and hit the mother load on snacks for the bags! 33 cents for snap open fruit cups!!! ( the snap top is important – no need for a can opener) And socks at Big Lots are 6 pair for $3.88.

We all feel the pinch during the holidays, but if you feel that you are blessed enough to donate towards Help Bags it will be sooo appreciated! Below are the exact counts of what is needed to make it to the goal of 700 Help Bags on the last week of December. There is also a Sponsor a Bag section located in the green ‘donate‘ tab to your right. You can sponsor a specified number of Help Bags. Contact me locally for product donations and I would be happy to pick them up from you!

Gallon sized Ziploc Bags – 329 needed

Mens white tube socks – 444 pair needed

Individually wrapped Tylenol- 277 needed

Band-aids- plenty on hand

Wipes- 411 needed

Individually wrapped Crackers (like Lance)- plenty on hand

Non-cracker snacks ( raisins, snap top fruit cups, snap top tuna, etc) – 257 needed

Hand (or toe) warmers- 564 needed

All is made possible thru God and if the 700 bags are meant to be than they will happen. Please let me know of you can help Help Bags : )

Have a great night!!