What Happened in December
*The Family Kitchen served 3,039 lunches, 550 dinners, and 785 breakfasts. 410 meals and snacks were served in the youth program. Overall, 5,194 meals were served.
- *141 low-income seniors received commodity food packages delivered to their homes with a special surprise of fresh fruit.
- *461 volunteers contributed over 1,845.50 hours of service to Baldwin, valued at $40,148.
- *Winter hats and gloves were distributed to 202 clients.
- *The Clothes Closet had 800 shoppers and 22 families cleaned 75 loads of laundry.
- *16 new mothers received diapers and two received layettes.
- *Eighteen families no longer face eviction and eight families were protected from utility shutoffs. Assistance totaled $7,789.00.
- *Two families received emergency food supplies.
- *Employees at Chrysler headquarters stuffed seven festive Durango’s filled with gifts for the Holiday store.
- *Twelve new clients enrolled in the GED program.
- *On average 32 children attended the after school program each day.
- *Twelve birthdays were celebrated, and 13 women received hygiene products.
- *A class from Derby Middle School spent a day volunteering.
- *Volunteers from Genysis prepared, and volunteers from Chrysler and Flagstar Bank distributed, 400 Christmas Food Baskets that included a turkey, fresh produce, canned goods and paper items.
- *Baldwin assisted the Pontiac Public Schools with distributing food for 300 needy families in the district.
- *The youth center had a Christmas festival that included stamping and embossing holiday cards, decorating cupcakes, making felt flowers and painting ornaments.
- *Volunteers from Pontiac High School began volunteering weekly.
- *50 extra turkeys were given to Grace and Peace food pantry and another 40 were given to Transform Pontiac Now who cooked and delivered meals to shut-ins on Christmas Eve.
- *Manure was spread in the gardens in preparation for spring planting.
- *Volunteers prepared for the Food distribution and Holiday Store on three different weekend work days.
- *14 individuals met with an Oakland County Health Department nurse during the soup kitchen.
- *300 families (1,300 individuals) were provided clothing and gifts at the Holiday Store. Gifts were generously provided by corporations, churches, clubs and individual families.
- *Six women attended yoga classes.
- *31 children are now paired with volunteers for individual tutoring.
- *A Christmas Day dinner was provided for 90 community members and each received small gifts of socks, cookies and candy.
- *Zoup and Mike Larco al a Carte provided meals in the soup kitchen as part of Feed The Need.
- *Six people took showers.
- *Toast sponsored a holiday meal and ice cream bar for the kids in the after school program in addition to providing breakfast burritos for the youth on the 3rd.
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