|
PROJECT ONE: Purchase a walk-in cooler/freezer for the Distribution Center (DC)
"If we could get a walk-in cooler /freezer, we could better manage our perishable items. Right now we don't have the cold storage for very much at all. If we had a walk-in cooler/freezer, when certain items are available at greatly reduces prices, we could purchase enough to last for more than one week. For instance when we get potatoes we get 2180-200 bags on Monday , and they are gone by Tuesday. If we had the walk-in cooler, we could get 2-3 weeks supply of potatoes or other perishable foods when they are made available." David Beegle
|
|
Typical size and pricing for a new walk-in cooler/freezer combination:
1. Measurements: 17'0"W x 17'4"L x 8'6"H with floor and installation = $30,000.00
2. Measurements: 18'0"W x 30'0"L x 8'6"H with floor and installation = $43,000.00
Approximate monthly electrical expenses = $800.00 to $1,000.00
|
| Food costs: Variable depending on availability and costs. Perishable food items are sporadically made available for free but the DC can only take a limited amount because of lack of storage facilities. The same restrictions apply to perishable food offered for as low a .10 on the dollar. Only a small amount that will be distributed in two days can be purchased. |
| Buying a cooler/freezer is a one-time cost, but operating expenses and food costs are ongoing and variable. The Foundation is investigating various methodologies to determine the best solution for long-lasting support. |
|
Trying to maximize the buying power of a few dollars and feed the hungry is an increasingly difficult thing to do. With a cooler/freezer combination, the DC will better be able to fulfill its ministry goals.
|
| PROJECT TWO: Update and expand the Distribution Center into a disaster relief facility. |
| Since its beginning, the Distribution Center has served as a Disaster Relief Facility serving the people of Harris County, Southeast Texas, Louisiana, and other locations needing help. It's work has been effective, but with better facilities they would be able to do much more, quicker, better, and more efficiently. David Beegle, Director of the DC, is in communication with the follow businesses, relief operations, and organizations established specifically to help during times of disasters: |
- The Houston Food Bank
- The Red Cross
- The Feed The Children Organization
- The Coalition For The Homeless
- San Jose Clinic
- Lone Star Clinics
- The Retail Grocers Association
- Catholic Charities
- The City of Houston
- Texas Pride
|
| PROJECT THREE: Build a fully staffed medical clinic combined with a Single Resident Occupancy (SRO) housing complex. |
|
A longtime dream of the leaders at Impact Church is to provide a fully staffed medical clinic located in the inner city. Recently members of the Impact Houston Foundation made contact with another foundation whose core purpose is to create life-stabilizing, affordable apartment homes for adults living singly on limited incomes. They would like to build these SRO communities near a full staffed medical clinic. The possibility of a joint venture to build such a facility neat the Impact Church building is very real.
There remain many areas that must be worked out between both groups. Please come back to our we site and check on the progress.
|
| PROJECT FOUR: Construct an educational building to house new outreach efforts to help prepare our neighbors for improving their quality of life. |
|
The Youth Development Center (YDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which began by using the educational facilities of the Impact Church. Their mission is to inspire, equip, and guide urban youth to improve their lives! And they are very successful in doing so. The Foundation would like to construct a building, on Impact property, with the latest equipment and resources to replicate what YDC did while at Impact. They have since moved to larger facilities of their own. The management of YDC has offered to assist us in getting the best software programs and computers needed to show young middle school children how to improve their reading and comprehension abilities, sometimes upward by two, three, and more grade levels. The facility would be staffed and open during the day and during the evening for those working adults wanting to improve themselves. Various classes would be offered at no cost to the student. Computer operations and software understanding are just two of the classes that would be available. For additional information about YDC, go the their site at www.ydc.org.
|
|
