HARKER HEIGHTS — A ready crowd prompted an area outreach ministry to open its cell meals pantry early and rapidly distribute its batch of non-perishable meals and winter objects like emergency preparedness kits that have been donated by an area chapter of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.
“Our set up time was at 9 (am). After we acquired right here, there have been already folks ready for us,” stated LaTonya Sago, one of many founders of Blessings on the Block Group Outreach.
The initially scheduled begin time for the cell meals pantry, which was held within the car parking zone of the previous YMCA on South Ann Boulevard in Harker Heights, was 10 a.m., however LaTonya and her husband, Byron, knew they needed to begin early.
For an outreach primarily based on serving to anybody in want, Byron Sago stated it is a blessing to distribute all of the objects.
“It is nice to have the ability to see that,” he stated. “We all know that what we’re doing was not in useless…and it’s at all times good to see folks right here able to go.”
That stated, it isn’t simple in a single respect.
“I believe the toughest factor is having to show folks away,” Byron Sago stated. “The toughest factor is telling folks, ‘Hey, we’re leaving; we do not need any extra'”.
The Sagos estimated that this month’s outreach helped between 65 and 70 folks.
Blessings on the Block Group Outreach plans to host one other cell meals pantry in Harker Heights within the spring. Anybody concerned about donating monetarily or within the type of meals can coordinate by e mail at blessingontheblock@gmail.com.
The outreach can also be planning a luncheon on the Moss Rose Group and Growth Middle, 1103 E. Avenue E in Killeen, on March four from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
