To all churches who are participating in the Mobile Food Pantry program in the EC District, thanks for all the hard work in an effort to help those in need. God will bless you richly for your effort!
You may have heard that we have been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Duke Endowment. This money will be used to help pay your expenses for the distributions, as much as 75%. Hopefully this will allow us to expand to 2 distributions per month in each county. I have had discussions with Liz at the food bank and we are developing a plan concerning the distribution of the funds. Please keep me in the loop concerning your activities with the MFP. I didn't know that Kitty Hawk and Manns Harbor were participating and it's my fault for not keeping the lines of communication open and expressing our expectations to you. Please forgive me. The food bank is working on a new info form to be filled out at the distributions. The form may only add a requirement for zip codes to allow us to track participation. We will address all these issues at a meeting planned for Jan. 29th. The meeting will be at Food Bank of the Albemarle in EC at 12 noon and lunch will be provided. If you can not make it, please send a representative from your MFP team. Also, please notify me if someone is coming from your MFP.
God Bless, Greg Barrick
MFP Coordinator EC District
252-357-0611
252-209-7682
