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On Thursday, February 15, the Midwest Mission operations team revved the engines of the forklifts, and prepared to load our fourth international shipment of the year.
We recently received a donation of bed frames and mattresses from Illinois State University in Bloomington, Illinois. After processing the donation, Brad Walton, Operations Manager, contacted Food For The Poor to tell them about the donation, and to find out where they might be needed.
Food For The Poor quickly replied that their partners in Jamaica were in need of the beds. Within a few weeks, we were ready for the shipment.
It didn’t come as a surprise that the team in Jamaica jumped at the opportunity to have beds they could distribute to their partners. In March 2023, a few Midwest Mission staff members visited Food For The Poor in Jamaica, and saw the overwhelming need for beds. Whether at the hospital, in children’s homes, or the homeless shelter, it was evident that beds and more specifically, mattresses, would always be needed.
Having a solid, clean, and comfortable place to sleep helps not only a person’s physical health, but mental health as well. The people we get the opportunity to serve are already in the midst of a crisis. If we can help meet even one of their needs, our prayer is that they will have the hope to move forward, and the empowerment to take the next step in their journey.
Can you imagine needing to be in the emergency room, but you have to sleep in a chair? Or in a children’s home because you don’t have any family left, but you only have a thin, dirty mattress to sleep on? We send these items, and many others, so more people may have health, hope, empowerment, and dignity.
On this shipment, we sent 53 bunk bed frames, 75 mattresses, and 9,600 Rice Meal Bags — this is enough to make 57,600 individual servings of a nutrition-packed meal.
The items on this shipment were valued at $64,012.00.
You can play a part in sending hope and empowerment around the world and around the corner — visit midwestmission.org/get-involved to see how you can join our mission.
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