LCA Food Drive Helps Answer CCS Prayer
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
LCA Food Drive Helps Answer CCS Prayer
By David [email protected]
For Combined Community Services, the answer to its prayers came through Lakeland Christian Academy students Thursday.
"As of Sept. 8, we've spent the 2009 food budget, even though we got a 40-percent food budget increase this year," said Peggi Lisenbee-Wright, CCS director of client services. "I was literally praying, 'What are we going to do?'"
Wednesday, LCA students left about 3,400 grocery bags on door steps in neighborhoods around Warsaw and Winona Lake. Attached to the bags were fliers with information about their second annual community-wide food drive.[[In-content Ad]]Thursday, the students returned to the houses where they left grocery bags and picked up the donations. The food items then were delivered to CCS by the truck loads. LCA students formed two lines to unload the food goods from the trucks and put it away at CCS.
Students collected 1,680 bags of food. CCS estimates that is $33,600 worth of groceries.
"This is amazing," said Lewis Jones, CCS executive director. "We had a commodities delivery two to three weeks ago, and it's about gone. This is just amazing. We're just glad they were able to put it away, too, and that's the hard part."
LCA teacher Carole Delp said LCA students brought in 244 boxes of cereal Thursday morning before going out and collecting the food donations.
"It's part of our serving group. It's our way of ministering to the community," Delp said.
Lisenbee-Wright said Delp had the idea for the food drive last year.
"We want to be the hands and feet of Jesus," said Delp. "This year I wanted to do 2,400 bags. After we got those donated, another 1,000 came in mysteriously. It was God's way of telling us if you're going to do this, then do this."
"I think it's amazing," said senior Brandon Glock of the food drive. "I think it's great for the community, it's great for the Christian community as well. It's a great way for us to show compassion for the community."
Glock said he couldn't believe how much food was donated. The community really came out and supported the food drive, he said. Not only was he "absolutely sure" they collected more this year than last, but they were more efficient at collecting it this year, too, he said.
"It can be fun. It's amazing what God can do when you go to work for the community, and the community can work for you as well," Glock said.
Senior Joel Widman also was impressed by the amount of food they collected this year compared to 2008.
"I was blown out of the water. I couldn't believe it," Widman said. "All the glory goes to God, it wasn't us."
Without the community's help, he said they couldn't have done it. It was an awesome experience.
"It was cool to see our community be unified," Widman said.
"Giving is one of the best feelings. It's better than receiving. It's one hundred times better than receiving," Widman said.
Asked how people can keep helping organizations like CCS, Widman said, "Prayer. But prayer without action is hardly anything. ... Just one can can help. People don't realize the smallest amount can still help."
CCS is at 110 E. Prairie St., Warsaw. CCS was founded by the Greater Warsaw Ministerial Association in July 1984. From food, clothing, diapers, baby formula, or personal/hygiene products to financial assistance with utilities, CCS meets a variety of needs of the community.
Lakeland Christian Academy exists to provide a biblically-centered education environment so that its students may be equipped to become Christ-honoring members of their families, churches and communities. LCA is at 1093 S. CR 250E, Winona Lake.
On the Net:
Combined Community Services, www.combinedcommunityservices.org
Lakeland Christian Academy, www.lcacougars.com
For Combined Community Services, the answer to its prayers came through Lakeland Christian Academy students Thursday.
"As of Sept. 8, we've spent the 2009 food budget, even though we got a 40-percent food budget increase this year," said Peggi Lisenbee-Wright, CCS director of client services. "I was literally praying, 'What are we going to do?'"
Wednesday, LCA students left about 3,400 grocery bags on door steps in neighborhoods around Warsaw and Winona Lake. Attached to the bags were fliers with information about their second annual community-wide food drive.[[In-content Ad]]Thursday, the students returned to the houses where they left grocery bags and picked up the donations. The food items then were delivered to CCS by the truck loads. LCA students formed two lines to unload the food goods from the trucks and put it away at CCS.
Students collected 1,680 bags of food. CCS estimates that is $33,600 worth of groceries.
"This is amazing," said Lewis Jones, CCS executive director. "We had a commodities delivery two to three weeks ago, and it's about gone. This is just amazing. We're just glad they were able to put it away, too, and that's the hard part."
LCA teacher Carole Delp said LCA students brought in 244 boxes of cereal Thursday morning before going out and collecting the food donations.
"It's part of our serving group. It's our way of ministering to the community," Delp said.
Lisenbee-Wright said Delp had the idea for the food drive last year.
"We want to be the hands and feet of Jesus," said Delp. "This year I wanted to do 2,400 bags. After we got those donated, another 1,000 came in mysteriously. It was God's way of telling us if you're going to do this, then do this."
"I think it's amazing," said senior Brandon Glock of the food drive. "I think it's great for the community, it's great for the Christian community as well. It's a great way for us to show compassion for the community."
Glock said he couldn't believe how much food was donated. The community really came out and supported the food drive, he said. Not only was he "absolutely sure" they collected more this year than last, but they were more efficient at collecting it this year, too, he said.
"It can be fun. It's amazing what God can do when you go to work for the community, and the community can work for you as well," Glock said.
Senior Joel Widman also was impressed by the amount of food they collected this year compared to 2008.
"I was blown out of the water. I couldn't believe it," Widman said. "All the glory goes to God, it wasn't us."
Without the community's help, he said they couldn't have done it. It was an awesome experience.
"It was cool to see our community be unified," Widman said.
"Giving is one of the best feelings. It's better than receiving. It's one hundred times better than receiving," Widman said.
Asked how people can keep helping organizations like CCS, Widman said, "Prayer. But prayer without action is hardly anything. ... Just one can can help. People don't realize the smallest amount can still help."
CCS is at 110 E. Prairie St., Warsaw. CCS was founded by the Greater Warsaw Ministerial Association in July 1984. From food, clothing, diapers, baby formula, or personal/hygiene products to financial assistance with utilities, CCS meets a variety of needs of the community.
Lakeland Christian Academy exists to provide a biblically-centered education environment so that its students may be equipped to become Christ-honoring members of their families, churches and communities. LCA is at 1093 S. CR 250E, Winona Lake.
On the Net:
Combined Community Services, www.combinedcommunityservices.org
Lakeland Christian Academy, www.lcacougars.com
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