Heaven on earth is . . .
loving our neighbors as ourselves.
We devote themselves to four tenets of service:
FEED
More than 41 million Americans rely on food banks and soup kitchens to survive – but the nonperishables Americans donate are often junk, laden with fat, sugar, and sodium. Particularly in food deserts, citizens are chronically deprived of good nutrition which sets them up for chronic disease. We are on a mission to combat hunger with healthy food, last year alone feeding 148,000.
Launch
We believe in fresh starts and new beginnings. All the individuals and families we assist are emerging from homelessness or extreme hardship; they arrive with little or nothing but their clothes. By donating essentials for a home, we equip them to attend to hygiene, safety, utility, and comfort. Then we follow up with a year of life skills education to bolster their success in independent living.
TEACH
We reached 105,700 people last year with our Think Before You Donate campaign, educating people about combating hunger with healthy food. It’s simple for individuals and organizations who collect food to focus their efforts on nutritious nonperishables. We also teach the health benefits of drinking water, eating real food, and volunteering regularly.
Uplift
All of us struggle sometimes—and all of us benefit from grace and mercy amid these passages in life. We help to restore dignity and equity. We lend people not only life-changing and sustaining assistance and education but also our utmost compassion and respect. One person at a time, one family at a time, we bring heaven down to earth.
Heaven on earth is . . .
building people up.
