The Clothing Room of Living Water

For those of you who have never been to Living Water, we wanted to give you a peek inside our clothing room and tell you about that part of our ministry. We receive our clothing from our community. When people clean out their closets, we are the beneficiaries. We ask for gently-used, clean clothing that is in season. We just don't have the space to store clothing from season to season. We receive those donations Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at 103 W. 4th Street in Borger.

Zella McKinney is our clothing coordinator. She works tirelessly in our clothing room, sorting clothing into sizes and hanging it on our racks to make it easier for our clients to shop.

As you can see, our clothing room rivals any department store in town. We have about 4 volunteers that give of their time to keep it well-organized.

We have sizes from newborns to adults. We're always in need of children's clothing and men's jeans.

Our clients are allowed to shop once a month and are able to get as much as is available in the sizes for which they are shopping. Of course, in case of an emergency (such as a fire), our clothing room is available to help those in need.

And the best thing? It's all FREE!

And nothing is ever wasted or thrown away. If we can't use it, we send it to a Christian school in San Antonio who sells clothing to raise tuition for their students. And if they can't use it, they send it to Mexico. Our goal is to offer clothing that is in style and fashionable--something we would wear ourselves. I hope you've enjoyed a peek inside this ministry!

The Feinstein Foundation

THE FEINSTEIN FOUNDATION

The Alan Feinstein Foundation will divide $1 million among anti-hunger agencies nationwide who raise support for their agency from March through April of 2010. Donations can include cash, checks and food items as long as they are given through this challenge. So if you have considered donating funds or food to Living Water, please consider doing it before the end of April so we can apply for these funds! THANK YOU!

Food From CURVES!

Today was the day! Curves delivered over 7558 lbs. of food to Living Water. This is the result of a contest they had. In addition to the food drive, they collected $1770.10 which equals 8950 lbs. of food. We are AMAZED with what people in Borger will do to help others. Thank you, Curves! And thank you, Borger, for your help!!

Becky Dietz, director of Living Water, and Clesta Collins, owner of Curves.

It's a convoy! The ladies from Curves walked the food to Living Water.

Clesta Collins, the owner of Curves, brings up the rear with the EOC guarding and escorting them.

These are the wonderful ladies from Curves who hand-delivered the food to Living Water. Thanks, girls!! (You look great, by the way!)

Oops! One little mishap--a cart got away from us. But we didn't cry over spilled beans.

The Living Water guys stepped in to help the Curves ladies pick up the spilled beans.

These are the wonderful Living Water volunteers who gave a morning to come help receive the food from Curves. Thanks, Guys!

Food safely in Living Water and ready to load on our shelves. Thanks again, Curves!! (We're waiting to hear if our Curves won the contest among other Curves!!)

Ameco Gives to Living Water

Thursday, Ameco came to Living Water with some groceries! We were so blessed. They did a great job of getting a lot of one thing---which helps us make sure everyone gets the same thing in their bags each week. They brought lots of macaroni and cheese and instant potatoes!

THANK YOU, AMECO!! What a blessing!