How to Organize a Day of Giving in Your Community or a Community in Need

By Christine Rankins

This book describes How to Organize A Day of Giving in your community or a community in need.

It also describes why we need A Day of Giving, with statistics on Hunger in America, Homelessness, the New Poor, Number of Homeless shelters, and Unemployment rates. Why A Day of Giving is the answer by describing what it is and how it works. This book gives the history of the event and it success. It shows that anyone with a HEART can do it. Christines testimony on how God supernaturally used her through a willing vessel. It describes the Masters plan with the meaning behind it. It gives the step by step process for planning, organizing, recruiting volunteers, and securing sponsors. This book offers conclusions, encouragements and acknowledgements along with forms and sample sponsorship letters with pictures and commendations for present and previous works. These are good reasons to get involve by organizing A Day of Giving in your community or a community in need.

Hunger in American:
Hunger in America is out of control when people have to line up to get food from food pantries, church pantries and/or homeless shelters. There was a report on the new hunger in America since the recession from Web history. It listed 12% of California households struggle with hunger between 2006 and 2008, but likely higher to this date. Hunger in America stated that in Illinois rising demands on food banks, especially in Cook County has these types of customers: middle class and suddenly out of work in the midst of the recession. According to Feeding America, the National Hunger-Relief Network did a study on the fact that Cook County is not the only county struggling and to be fair the demand has increase 65% in DuPage County, where it was not considered a major problem to go hunger until the recession hit hard. It was the feelings of shame and embarrassment among the newly poor that brought these people to another countys food pantry in order not to be recognized in their own countys food pantry. If they did not go, they do not eat.

Detroit, MI has the highest unemployment in the nation, so they struggle with hunger and housing.

New York has the largest increase in demand for food assistance since 1991; this is not just about California, Illinois, Michigan or New York because people are hunger all over the USA and world, especially kids. This breaks my HEART to see or hear of kids or anybody hunger from the lack of food.

This is why part of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to each states food depositories so they can supply food to food pantries and homeless shelters, etc. I need everyone to buy this book to lend a helping hand to others in need. Part of the proceeds from sale of this book will help Haiti for a month. Thanks and God bless!

Personally speaking, this is not a black or white problem because it affects all people, which makes this a sad story when so many people are hunger. HELP!

Homelessness in USA:
Homelessness statistics cover areas related to the homeless and hunger and include numbers of the highest rate of increase since the recession of 1991. The largest and fastest growing homeless are families. Because there are so many homeless people, they have setup new tent cities and other large homeless encampments to keep up with the demands. This is by National Alliance to end Homelessness.

Tents cities highlights are the new realities as recession wears on after foreclosures force families from their homes, March 26, 2009.

Economy Bytes reported on May 18, 2010, the National Alliance presents the state of doubled-up families. The brief examines the implications of the increase in doubled-up families and reflects on how the situation speaks to the recessions impact of homelessness.

The New Poor in USA since the Recession:
Call them the new poor because these people long accus

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 15, 2010
• ISBN: 9781453539422

Christine Rankins

Christine Rankins is a nurse and is the founder of New Beginning Ministries in Indianapolis, Indiana. This ministry became part of Bethel Family Worship Center to continue with helping the needy, poor, and less fortunate with food, clothes, hygiene products, and the Gospel; she established “A Day of Giving,” a nursing home ministry, a food pantry, and God brought them into BFWC with provision so He could be edified and glorified. Hallelujah! I have become a nurse, author of this book and established a non-profit organization that is called New Beginning “A Day of Giving.” This manifestation is the result of being faithful, diligent and did what God “called” me to do through volunteering, and I always showed my heart. I truly give honor and thank unto God with the highest praise. Hallelujah because God is faithful! Christine is a member of Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park, Illinois. She is a divorced mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother with a heart to give; she volunteers in her church, from her church and in the community and is preparing for her next assignment from God.

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Prayer of Thanks and Blessings

Father God, I come praising Your Holy Name because You are worthy to be praised. You are Kings of Kings, Lord of Lords. I come before You for Your grace, mercy, understanding, peace, and joy. I write this book in Your name, with only truth, so You can have all the glory.

Lord, I thank You for unlocking doors that had kept me confined within my own struggles. I thank You, Lord, for Your guiding hands that have led me into a ministry, A Day of Giving, which is about giving and showing compassion by making a difference in people’s lives.

Thank You, Lord, for blessing A Day of Giving with sources and resources it needs to assist the needy, poor, less fortunate and broken spirited. God, please comfort their hearts and let them know You are with them, and You will hear their cries and soften their burdens with little faith, because without faith, it is impossible to please God.

Thank you, God, for giving me a kind and compassionate heart that has led me to helping people in need.

Lord, I pray this book will be a top seller so a portion of the proceeds can be used for the ministry, missions, and missionary work here and afar that will come through a combination of efforts to further Your Kingdom. I pray this book will bless You and anyone who touches or reads it in your Holy Name.

I pray Your Will always be done!

Amen!

Mission Statement

God’s work is done best when there is peace, unity,

respect, encouragement, knowledge in the Word,

a purpose, and a dream that leads to praising and

glorifying Jesus name on the highest level.

Words of Wisdom: Faith

Christine Rankins

How to Organize

A Day of Giving

in Your Community

or

a Community in Need

Christine Rankins

Copyright © 2010 by Christine Rankins.

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Contents

Prayer of Thanks and Blessings

Mission Statement

DEDICATION

Introduction

The Hungry, Helpless,

Homeless, and Hopeless!

A Day of Giving

History

Show That Anyone with a

Heart Can Do It

Christine’s Testimony

The Master Plan

The Process: It Took Wisdom

Make a Plan and Follow Your Plan

Planning A Day of Giving

Prepare Your Program for

Your Day of Giving

Assign Responsibilities

to Team’s Lead

Fund-raising

Publicize the Day of Giving

The Big Day

Conclusions/Encouragements

Acknowledgments

Community Activities

Good News Folks

DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to my grandmother, Della Lawhorn because she was the most kind, giving, understanding, gentle, beautiful, spiritual and loving person that I have ever met and she was my grandmother. She was loved and respected by blacks and whites in Carrollton, AL and by anyone who ever met her. She was called Mama, Big Mama, Mama Della, Cousin Della, Aunt Della, Sis. Della, Mrs. Della and Sweet Della. Mama was a great example for me to imitate, but could never duplicate. She could cook, clean, sew, grow anything, communicate with anybody, a prayer warrior, could sing, and had the most beautiful rose garden that everyone just loved to admire. I thank God for putting mama in my life. Because I loved her so much and she loved me, I never disobeyed or disrespected her in anyway. Mama was truly a great Christian and she was such a blessing to her family, friends and acquaintances. Because of mama’s prayers and she was my first mentor, I am a blessing to others too.

Introduction

Why Do We Need A Day of Giving in Our Community?

The Hunger in USA

Driven by hunger and homelessness, people all over the USA often line up to get food from food pantries, church pantries, or homeless shelters. With a report on the new hunger in America since the recession from Web history, it listed that 12 percent of California households struggle with hunger since the recession between 2006 and 2008 and likely more to this date.

Furthermore, New York has the largest increase in demand for food assistance since 1991. In Texas, a new federal program is bringing farmers’ market coupons to the people to help fight hunger.

There is a rising hunger trend. A report from Christianpost.com, said, Hunger affects 1 in 4 children, which has always been there, but has seen the largest increase, Nov. 18, 2009, since the USDA first began publishing data. (We must help because this does affect our future children.)

In Illinois, especially Cook County, the demands on food banks are up a third since 2006 from a just-released study of hunger in America. These are new type of customers—middle class and suddenly out of work in the midst of the recession. It reported about 37 million people—about one in eight Americans—visited food pantries and soup kitchens in 2009 compared to 25 million in 2006 according to Feeding America, the national hunger-relief network that did the study. Cook County is not the only county struggling, and to be fair, the demand has increased 65 percent in DuPage County, where it was not considered a major problem to go hungry until the recession hit hard. Some people lost their jobs; maybe some had money in a savings account but which are gone now—some had two cars, mortgage, or rent.

It was the feelings of shame and embarrassment among the newly poor that brought these people to another county’s food pantry in order not to be recognized in their own county’s food pantry. If they did not go, they don’t eat. These reports were in the Chicago Sun-Times on February 2, 2010. This is not a black or white problem because it affects all people.

In the USA, unemployment is the highest in Detroit, so they have to struggle with hunger, and they also line up as though it was the American Idol tryouts and try to get an assistance emergency grant for housing. This city has so many people hurting. This is truly a sad story! We can help them to help themselves.

In Indianapolis, residents often line up before dawn outside the St. Vincent De Paul’s food pantry southeast of downtown. The elderly and frail—some using walkers or wheelchairs—tend to come every other Monday, when they are guaranteed the shortest waits. I have firsthand experience with the hungry in Indianapolis because this is where my fight against hunger started in November 1994 and lasted many years. This was first reported by Coalition for Homelessness in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2002. Conditions have deteriorated even more, and many more families found themselves in shelters in 2008-2009. Gleaners food bank of Indiana helps organizations to feed people in need of food.

These lines in Indianapolis and other cities are just signs of hard times faced by millions of low-income and new poor families all over the United States and the world that was once known as the Middle Class.

My prayer is that this little book will make a difference in the USA and the world because a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to help all the states, etc. The proceeds will help to keep the food depositories and food banks filled with food in each state to fight hunger in the USA and world because no one should have to go hungry. Everyone can help with these causes, and one of the solutions is to buy this book.

The Homelessness in USA

Homelessness statistics cover areas related to the homeless and hungry and include the highest rate of increase since the recession of 1991. The largest and fastest growing homeless are families. Because there are so many homeless people, they have set up new tent cities and other large homeless encampments to keep up with the demands. On June 26, 2009, on average, cities reported a 12 percent increase of homelessness since 2007. This is due to jobs lost after a hard-hitting recession that has affected all of us to some degree, but some more than others. The majority of people experiencing homelessness are in the urban areas, which is about 77 percent of the U.S. homeless population in 2007, and over 60 percent of the homeless population was living in metropolitan areas of greater than 1,000,000 people. This is reported by National Alliance to End Homelessness, part 4 (dated November 30, 2009).

Economy Bytes reported on May 18, 2010, the National Alliance presents the state of doubled-up families. The brief examines the implications of the increase in doubled-up families and reflects on the how the situation speaks to the recession’s impact of homelessness.

USA Today.com on Chicago Mission on Homeless Crisis

Since the recession began, more people have been making their way to shelters, but how about the eighteen-year-olds who have aged out of foster homes and the growing number of veterans who end up in the shelters. Personally speaking, many of them end up on the streets. I believe this is why God gave me the homeless-shelters ministry, because I did not judge these people and always wanted to help them through giving and showing compassion. The tasks can be helped with this book and a non-profit organization has been established to continue the fight. We can do this if everybody buys this book.

US tent cities highlight new realities as recession wears on . . . March 29, 2009, homeless encampments have been springing up across the US as foreclosures force families from houses. Guardian Jobs: UK, USA.

The New Poor in USA Since the Recession

Call them the new poor because these people long accustomed to the comforts of the middle class are forced to go through a financial evolution. This was reported by the personal finance news from Yahoo! I have been there and done that too. Please read my testimony later in this book. It is meant to encourage and inspire people to get help and give them a chance to help themselves. Please don’t ever give up! Whatever is going on in your life, just push through it with the faith that God will pull you through. I am going through things now, and I always will as long as I am alive.

The New Poor

Millions of unemployed face years without jobs because this is the only recession since the Great Depression to wipe out all job growth from the previous years (reported by NYTimes.com. on July 3, 2009).

Church Contributions, Budgets Recede in Poor Economy—

USA Today.com.

As of January 14, 2010, the Recession’s pain has hit widely and deeply among U.S. churches, driving down giving.

There are more than 5,080,000 of the new poor in the USA since the recession, which has hit the middle class and the poor families hardest due to jobs lost, health care, and foreclosures.

In California on March