Nearly a dozen middle school students arrive on Wednesday to help the Henderson Interchurch Ministry clean and organize its food storage areas. The students were part of more than 100 students who volunteered across Henderson during Full Armor Christian Academy's annual Day of Service. At HIM, student cleaned shelves, sorted food and processed recent donations. Students also prepared several bags of food for...
A recent remodellong project in the food preparation area of our offices has opened up more room for volunteers to receive, sort and organize food for distribution. The project was the idea of Linda Walker, who has been working with HIM over the past few mionths after moving to area. Linda drafted her husband, Robert, to design and plan the work. Togheter with...
The Northside Elementary School Student Council recently sponsored a "Pack the Pantry" food drive to benefit families in our community. Students collected over 3,600 items and donated them to the Henderson Interchurch Ministry. The food comes at a critical time of year as HIM prepares for its annual Thanksgiving baskets. Shown loading the boxes are fifth grade student council members. Front row, Malachi...
Now there is an easier way to find out what the ministry currently needs. With recent changes to the HIM website, a new page has been added that includes a simple graph showing what the ministry has in its pantry. Simply click on the "Our Current Needs" menu item at the top of any page. We've divided up the pantry into food categories...
Several local businesses leaders made sizable donations to the HIM recently, helping it to survive summer shortage of food. Executive Director donna Huckins said, "I've never had to shut the doors of giving out food in the four and a half years that I've been here. But this time, we just didn't have any more food." The donations, which totaled more than $2,500,...
The Henderson Interchurch Ministry is preparing for the holidays with a drive to re-stock the pantry shelves. Executive Director Donna Huckins says the the months from October through December are always the busiest and this year she expects a similar demand. ...
August was a record setting month as the Henderson Interchurch Ministry helped more people that month than ever before. Executive Director Donna Huckins said the ministry, which provides food and funds for Rusk County Residents in need, helped 204 people in August. "That's a tremendous number," she said. Huckins said that historically, the ministry has helped between 90 and 120 people each month....
