Can you help with the mobile food pantry this Friday from 5:00-6:30?

[Jessica Bratt]

Hi GROW,

Below is a message from Naji Umran, our minister of outreach at COS. We are looking for some people who could help with our mobile food pantry ministry, which happens twice a month (usually on Saturday mornings, but occasionally other times). This Friday night, May 9, from about 5:00pm-6:30pm we'll be distributing food at Camelot Woods apartments (across the street from COS). Please respond to me or to Naji if you're able to help out. The mobile food pantry, along with the food and clothing pantry at church, is a great way to get to know and serve our neighbors.

peace, Jessica

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Dear friends in GROW!

I'm feeling a bit stressed and in need of help with running our pantry this week, we could still use about 8 more volunteers.
It's a fun service event we do twice each month that really helps a lot of needy people in our neighborhood. If you're available to help this Friday, May 9, from 5:00pm to 6:30pm at Camelot Woods, please let me know ASAP.
I'll send a second email as soon as we have enough volunteers.

Thanks so much--grace and peace to you this Pentecost Weekend.
In Christ,
Naji Umran
Phone: (616) 956-7611x25
na...@coscrc.org

P.S. Have a great time at the zoo this Saturday!

P.P.S. The mobile food pantry is held in the parking lot of the Camelot Woods community building, 2339 Rowland Ave SE. (Rowland runs south off of Burton about a block west of the Church of the Servant). The trailer of food from Second Harvest Gleaners will arrive at 5:00pm. From then until about 5:30 we will unload the trailer and repackage food. I have a supply of plastic bags, food handling gloves, work gloves, a box knife, first aid kit--please ask if you need anything. I also have a key to the community building if you need to wash up or use the rest room. We should be finished distributing food to about 100 neighborhood families by 6:30pm.