We did it!

I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving. Ours was busy, but fun. Last week I put out the meat slicer challenge. When Syl suggested this I thought it was a good idea, but, I wasn't sure how well it would go. To my pleasant surprise, we had the money raised by supper the same night. I found a 2nd hand slicer in a little hole in the wall restaurant equipment store on Notre Dame east. We picked it up for $400. The owner dropped the price when I told him what we were doing with it. We used it for the first time this week and it was awesome. He also fixed our coffee maker, which is a very important part of our ministry.

Thank you to those who contributed to this challenge. You have made a difference.

Meat Slicer Challenge

With the increase in school lunch production we have been looking for ways to cut costs. We are in this for the long haul. We need to purchase a meat slicer, in order to severely cut costs of cold meats every week. It costs about $25 to $30 a week in cold cuts. We can buy large hams or roast beef for much less, and it is healthier. We need to raise $450 for a used restaurant quality meat slicer.

If you can help, please send me an email at kim@onrock.org and send a check to;
On Rock Ministries
5000 St. Charles
Pierrefonds, QC
H9H 3G1

Thank you to those who partner with us in this work. Together, we can make a difference.

Peace,

K

Update on School lunch program

Two days ago, we had 80 lunches a week to prepare. As of today we are at 95 with two more schools exploring their need. It looks like we will be doing over 100 lunches a week. This is a huge increase over last year.

Peace,

K

Lunch Time

It is hard to believe sometimes, that in our day and age that kids, go to school hungry. Surely with the amount of money we accumulate and spend in our affluent society, there are enough sandwiches for kids in school to go around. Well, that is not the case. As of this week we will be making 80 lunches a week to be distributed in 5 schools, and I expect that number to grow.

This will be a challenge, last year we did about 40 a week. However, how do you say no? One Mom has kept her kids home from school because she can't give them lunch. I can't imagine what that feels like. The humility and embarrassment of not being able to feed your kids. We are not talking about providing ipods here, but the basic needs for survival. If you can help by donating food or cash, or delivering lunches(Monday mornings before 11am), please contact me.

We are committed to making a difference in our community. You can help. Together, we can make a difference.

Peace,

K

A New Face

I met with Adam today. Adam came to our wine tasting last month and offered to help create a new website for us. We have been working on some ideas ever since. We are getting very close to the launch of our new website and a new logo. All the basics are in place, we just have to flesh out some details. I am anxious to see the end result. It is going to be amazing! Stay tuned.

Busy week

This last week has been very busy. We have begun to receive our food increase and it is amazing. This past Monday we delivered 75 of the best boxes we have ever delivered. Plenty of fresh produce, meat, bread and other goodies. Our staff are excited by the ability to serve our families this way. This week we picked up a single parent family with 10 kids. The social worker called us, desperate to find a resource for this family. She was relieved to hear we would jump in. She even called back to confirm that we were serious about helping.

This week we had 3 emergency calls. Usually we have 3 in a month. We have had an increase in requests since the increase in the price of gas and food. A lot of people are struggling to make ends meet.

We picked up a new French elementary school in need of our lunch program. We have not heard how many lunches they need yet, but we will start delivering lunches on Monday.

Please keep us in prayer as we make a difference in our community.

We are still about $350 a month short of our monthly budget. Please pray about partnering with us in meeting the needs of those less fortunate in our community. Together, we can make a difference.

Peace,

K

Food Increase

In the past few weeks we have acquired 2 commercial two-door fridges. One would have been amazing, Two is just ridiculous, in a good way. We have been requesting a food increase from our distributor for the past month. I received a call last Thursday letting me know that we would have the increase in two weeks. Pete went to pick up our food on Monday and the increase was already in place. It was awesome to be able to fill our boxes, with a little left over for our emergency stock. In the past few months we have received more emergency calls that usual, so our stocks were low.

We now have a lady who is going to help us do some marketing for food with local stores and business'. With this help and the food increase we may be able to make a dent in our waiting list. It is amazing what happens when people come together to accomplish a mission. Together we make a difference.

Peace,

K