Hope for Homeless

Hope is the...

Good Evening. Perfection, perfection of a day. It was in the 40s when I started out and in the early afternoon it was around 80 degrees. And low humidity. Doesn't get any better than that. Tomorrow looks like a repeat.

Today I was going through lots of food donations over the weekend. Thank you Villager.(s) By noon I had 3 orders for tomorrow already.

Then we handed out 10 cases of socks through the Bomba program. This means 14 cases thus far have gone out to different programs. The sock fence lady is coming in for her cases shortly. She has them bagged up and they put them out in a fence and the homeless know to go there for a spare, dry pair of socks.

Got word that a church group of ladies are going to assemble hygiene bags next week so I had to make sure we had enough inventory and order what we didn't.

CLYNK early today. 3 large bags. (no pictures. I want to collect as many as I can, early this week because Thursday-weekend I am going to be tied up.

We may have news coming up on how more folks can help. Stay tuned.

"Hope is the bridge between yesterday and tomorrow." - naomhenriette

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Canned pasta flip top lid 800 cans needed.
Vienna Sausage 252 cans
Peanut butter/crackers 400
Pudding Cups 540
Slim Jims - mini 360
Size 12 men sneakers
bug spray
Snacks
Cereal
Creamer
rain ponchos
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Hope for Homeless
PO Box 1187
Bangor ME 04402

If you do not hope...

Good Evening! What a gorgeous day. Rather chilly this morning but bearable and short lived. Looks as we progress throughout the week summer might be returning.

This past weekend brought in some nice donations and nice mail for us. First the mail. Checks from 2 Villagers one for $200.00 and the other was for $500.00. Our 2nd 500 for the month of May. Thanks to all our Villagers.

Then MaineSpace reached out that a Villager had dropped off sugar, creamer, coffee, Vienna Sausage, cereal, poptart, cheezits (individual packets) peanuts and a pair of sneakers. Then another Villager dropped off feminine products, bras and new socks.
BTW that was 108 cans of Vienna Sausages. The Villager did say there were no canned pastas at that time to purchase. Remember folks, we need 800 cans!!!

I then went CLYNK'ing. I got 8 bags. Thank you all.

For tomorrow, I have almost all orders from agencies and the shetlers. Only one more agency left to get the order in.

"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes." - St. Clement of Alexandra..

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Canned pasta flip top lid 800 cans needed.
Vienna Sausage 252 cans
Peanut butter/crackers 400
Pudding Cups 540
Slim Jims - mini 360
Snacks
Cereal
Creamer
rain ponchos
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2B0BEB5JPIQZZ.

PayPal [email protected] - Be sure to send as FRIEND
[email protected]

Hope for Homeless
PO Box 1187
Bangor ME 04402

Wait for a miracle...

Good Evening. A bit of a gray day. Some sun, some mist, some gray. Next 2 days look chilly and cloudy.

Today started over at FedEx at 6:30 AM. We wanted to pick up an order(2 cars) so we could have the weekend "off." But you and I both know that if FedEx has more stuff I will be over there.

We sort items that we know we can get money or barter for that we can't use for the homeless. But we got tons of paper goods, more beverages, some clothing, snacks, and oatmeal. Stuff for the upcoming winter for the Warming Centers.

In the middle of the night..I got a text. A Villager has ordered the size 20 men's sneakers for our homeless gentleman. We have been looking for almost 2 weeks. So grateful for our Villager to do this.

I have updated the next inventory list for the Blessing Bags. I have listed it below.

Canned pasta flip top lid 800 cans needed.
Vienna Sausage 350 cans
Peanut butter/crackers 400
Pudding Cups 540
Slim Jims - mini 360

"Wait for a miracle and it will never come. Take responsibility and you'll invite a miracle." - Laura Berman
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Canned pasta flip top lid 800 cans needed.
Vienna Sausage 350 cans
Peanut butter/crackers 400
Pudding Cups 540
Slim Jims - mini 360
Snacks
Cereal
Creamer
rain ponchos
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2B0BEB5JPIQZZ.

PayPal [email protected] - Be sure to send as FRIEND
[email protected]

Hope for Homeless
PO Box 1187
Bangor ME 04402

Strength today.

Good evening,

Today was a bit slower and less chaotic. The high was 83 degrees with manageable humidity, and tomorrow is expected to be cooler and mostly cloudy.

I was able to place an order at Sam's Club for our homeless. The manager at MaineSpace was kind enough to put everything away for me, because we started to get busy.

Then the Bangor Community Action Team (BCAT), reached out to us, which works with the police department to support our local homeless population by providing snacks, clothing, and "Blessing Bags."

While filling a clothing order today, I recognized the sizes and realized they were for a specific individual I have known for some time. Despite being housed in shelters and transitional housing multiple times, their mental health challenges continue to be a barrier. It is heartbreaking to see that what they truly need is consistent mental health care.

On a positive note, we were able to provide a pair of brand-new non-slip shoes to another individual who recently secured a job at a local restaurant., starting date is tomorrow. The case manager said he would be so relieved to be properly outfitted to start work.

We also received a wonderful surprise donation of new tops from Catherine Moller in Vermont. Thank you, Catherine, for your continued support.

We are still in need of - Men’s sneakers, size 20 (1 pair needed).

I picked up 5 bags of CLYNK today. That's my next project, to get all the numbers together for 2026 to see where we stand for fundraising for our Warming Centers for the upcoming winter.

"Strength for today and Bright HOPE for tomorrow." - unknown.

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ONE Pair of Size 20 men's sneaker
Canned pasta flip top lid 800 cans needed.
Vienna Sausage
Snacks
Cereal
Creamer
rain ponchos
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2B0BEB5JPIQZZ.

PayPal [email protected] - Be sure to send as FRIEND
[email protected]

Hope for Homeless
PO Box 1187
Bangor ME 04402