[Announce] plea for volunteers

[lance a schmitz]

*Catholic Worker Grocery Delivery*

*We REALLY need help for this Saturday's delivery day. The trickle down
effect of increasing fuel prices and increased utility bills due to the
heatwave have created the perfect storm and emptied the pocket books of
Oklahoma City's poor as such our request for food have gone through the
roof.  I've been a Catholic Worker for 4 years now and I have never seen
this many requests.  So if you are able to help with delivery day this
Saturday please do so and invite friends and family.*
*Thank you so much for your service to the poor of Oklahoma City*

*Saturday August 26th, 2006*

   *8:57 a.m.*


   *The Dorothy Day Center*


   4909 North State Street


   *{Between MacArthur and Meridian South of NW 50**th**)*

   *We need help for this Saturday's delivery day. The trickle down
   effect of increasing fuel prices and increased utility bills due to the
   heatwave have created the perfect storm and emptied the pocket books of
   Oklahoma City's poor as such our request for food have gone through the
   roof.  I've been a Catholic Worker for 4 years now and I have never seen
   this many requests.  So if you are able to help with delivery day this
   Saturday please do so and invite friends and family.*

   *Thank you so much for your service to the poor of Oklahoma City
   *

Beginning at 8:58 a.m. we will sack groceries and deliver them to families
all over OKC. We expect that we will make about 300 deliveries this day.

This ministry touches many of the poorest families of OKC and we are always
in need of help.  If you would like to help out just show up and there will
be lots to do.
We deliver several tons of food every month, and we are happy to receive
donations of food to give to the poor. The most important foods that we need
are listed below, ranked by their order of importance. The ranking is based
on balancing the questions, "How difficult is this food for us to get", "How
expensive is it", and "How important is it". We strongly urge you to think
beyond the "a few cans of generic green beans" when you think about donating
food to be given to the poor. Powdered milk hasn't been available at all for
several months. Peanut butter is a very important, high protein, comfort
food. Canned fruit is an important source of nutrients. Canned meat, soups,
and chili are always in short supply. Cooking oil and sugar are useful for
preparing other foods, and are expensive to buy. We encourage people to have
food drives at their schools, parishes, or workplaces and collect food items
on this list for us to deliver to the poor.

lance a schmitz
minister of social justice
okc 1st church of the nazarene
405.843.9588
*lanceschmitz at gmail.com* <lanceschmitz at gmail.com>


-- 
"We are poor - yes, and I trust the Lord will keep us poor. Anybody who can
make money and get rich is not fit to be a Pentecostal Nazarene. If a man is
worthy of the cause, he will pour his money out."- PF Breese

"In reference to the poor; the Lord has told us to do good unto all men as
we have opportunity, especially to those of the household of faith."-PF
Breese
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