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Special Medical Equipment for a Special Girl in Need

Gerardo, a single Dad in the Community comes to the Mission every month to pick up a food box for himself and his 3 daughters. Last week he came to pick up his regular food box, but this time he came with an extra need.

Gerardo needed a wheelchair and a walker for his 10 year old daughter Teresa. Teresa has cerebral damage which affects her motor skills and speech. Gerardo had been struggling to find this equipment and wasn’t in a position to purchase them. His last recourse was coming to Community Ministries at Gospel Rescue Mission .

According to GRM Community Ministries Director, Suzanne Williams, “We don’t regularly receive these types of medical equipment donations to meet these “specials needs. We almost had to tell him that we don’t have it” (a phrase we hate to say at Community Ministries).

But, once again God made a “Miracle” to provide.

One of our Staff members remembered the medical equipment that was used by a former Women and Children’s Center volunteer, Cindy Clark. Cindy had recently passed on to be with our Lord. The Mission contacted Cindy’s family and found out that the family was wanting to bless “someone with a special need” to give them the equipment.

After explaining Teresa’s need to the family, they were more than willing to donate it to GRM to pass along to Teresa. Thanks to this donation we were able to provide the equipment Teresa needed to better her quality of life. 

Everyday we see how God blesses a community member, other ministries, social sercive agencies, and churches using our GRM Community Ministries. We are a pass through, “connecting people who care to help with people who need care and help”. What a Blessing all around. 

Food Boxes go to needy families

The pantry shelves are half full

Canned foods are critically low at the Mission. In conjunction with Family Life Radio, Gospel Rescue Mission is conducting a non-perishable food drive at various Basha’s Grocery Store locations around Tucson the week of July 12th. The food will be utlized in food boxes to working poor families.

Daily Basha locations for food drop off are:                                                                                                                                                                                                Monday July 12th – Catalina AZ (Oracle & Golder Ranch) 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM                                                                                                                Tuesday  July 13th - River & La Cholla 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM                                                                                                                                                   Wednesday NO LOCATION                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Thursday July 15th – Swan & Camp Lowell  6:30 AM – 9:00 AM                                                                                                                                                           Friday July 16th – Thornydale & Cortero 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM                                                                                                      

Food needed includes: canned goods (vegetables, fruit, soups, and meat/fish), pasta, rice, beans, cereal, mac & cheese any other non-perishable items. Collection boxes will remain in each location inside of the store throughout the week to drop off food. The above list of locations and times are when KFLT is with us on location for a remote broadcast.

According to GRM Community Ministry Director, Suzanne Williams, “People may only receive one box a month from the Food Bank. Although this helps, the box only lasts a few days. People often need more than the one box. So, the Mission food box supplements the Food Bank box with a GRM food box.”

The food pantry at  the Mission’s Community Ministries Department is extremely low. Layoffs, work furloughs, and difficult economic hardships are bringing about 500 families a month to the Mission for help with food. The Mission distributes about 450 emergency food boxes from the Community Food Bank and monthly distributes another 50 plus GRM emergency boxes. 

Each GRM food box contains about 30 pounds of food. The goal of the drive is to generate at least 3,000 pounds of food, which would translate to 100 food boxes or about a 2 month supply of food.

People are encouraged to drop off food on the way to work or stop in at the Basha’s location and purchase some food items. A booth will be located outside each store and there will flyers with list of the needed items. Look for the GRM truck and the Family Life Van and you will find our booth near the front door.