When traveling in my car I listen to a Christian radio station from the nearest large town, which is Coos Bay. Recently they were talking about ministering to homeless veterans. Our coastal climate is very cold and wet in the winter. So I thought who better to receive the bags of love. When I contacted … Continue reading

The Idaho ecclesia was again eager to participate in the Bags of Love initiative for 2021/2022. We decided to match the 20 sleeping bags and delivered the 40 bags a couple of weeks apart. We again chose Corpus Christy which is the only year round day shelter in the area. They had set up a … Continue reading

My dad and I delivered the sleeping bags and pamphlets to our county Human Services Department. They are going to be conducting a P.I.T. (Point in Time) count on January 26th of this year. Point in Time, means that the Human Services Department will be going across our county counting the homeless and giving them … Continue reading

I have made the delivery of the sleeping bags to the House of Nazareth which is a homeless shelter. What a rough spot. No one had masks. Thanks for sending them so they could go into good hands. Brad Goodwin Continue reading

We were delighted to deliver new sleeping bags to the Canby Center last December.  The center supports no/low income residents in Canby, Oregon.  They had just handed out their last sleeping bag in December. The Garden completely re-stocked their supply so they were able to continue their good work.  We were heartened to see their … Continue reading

We decided to donate our sleeping bags(along with clothes) to Christ Body ministries located in Denver, CO again this year. They are a day shelter and mobile outreach throughout Denver and the surrounding areas. Their focus is on sharing the Gospel as well as providing for the physical needs of the homeless, such as food, … Continue reading

The Southern New Hampshire Ecclesia is two blocks from the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter (NSKS) which is the largest kitchen and shelter in Nashua, NH. As food insecurity and homelessness has increased in Nashua, the NSKS moved to new quarters expanding their facility to accommodate the increase of vulnerable area residents needing their food … Continue reading

This year, Sister Bev and I participated in the Bags of Love initiative. We ordered Bible verse cards along with our sleeping bags and we wrote notes on them to attach to each sleeping bag package. We chose to donate the sleeping bags to a local Charity based in the Okanagan called Hope Outreach. Hope … Continue reading

The Stoughton Ecclesia, applied for a grant from The Garden to kick start this project. If you would like a grant to fund an outreach project, then click here to get started. We would love to support you! We read an article in the local paper about a woman, Gladys Berkowitz, who started to provide … Continue reading

Over the past two or three weeks we have been distributing the sleeping bags directly to the homeless in our neighbourhood. Since we live in an area of the city where there are high needs, it was easier for us to distribute them ourselves. Also we thought if we gave the sleeping to a non-profit … Continue reading

The Church of the Blessed Hope in Chesterland, Ohio stuffed 50 blessing bags for the homeless, to donate to the Sub Zero mission, along with the 20 sleeping bags that we received from The Garden. The blessing bags were thoroughly equipped with useful supplies including hand crank flashlights, collapsible cups, Mylar heating blankets, ponchos, and … Continue reading

Our sleeping bags were donated to the Housing Assistance Corporation of Cape Cod and the Islands.  Their outreach branch actively seeks out the homeless and tries to assist them. In each sleeping bag we put a brochure which included our contact information and the postcard, both beautifully designed with uplifting verses/messages printed by the Garden … Continue reading