Thank you for your willingness to participate in Project Hope 2010. Volunteering your time, especially during school vacation, speaks to your commitment to serving those in need. From our perspective, the event could not have been much better. 

Although we fed fewer people this year during the actual event, the food and clothing that was collected and donated was distributed to a variety of places and in effect, we fed hundreds of folks through your efforts.

Some of the soup that was left was given to the Cathedral of St. John on North Main Street for their meal site – they serve 200+ people every Tuesday night.

Other soup that was leftover was donated to the Providence Rescue Mission, along with bagels, fruit and bagged lunches.  They serve a meal to approximately 300 people every Monday night.

The sandwiches that you made were taken to Crossroads and passed out to their clients.

Some of the sandwiches and bagels were given to Grace Tabernacle Church.  They drive a van around nightly and pass out food to the homeless in Providence.

Bagels, oranges, bananas and oatmeal was brought Tuesday morning to the George Hunt Help Center, a day shelter, primarily serving men, located on Mathewson Street in downtown Providence.

The canned goods that were donated filled the shelves at Faith and Hope Baptist Church and will continue to feed the hungry through the winter. 

Over $1,000 was raised by the students that participated with several hundred more dollars pledged – these funds will be donated to several charities in the Providence area.  If you have outstanding pledges, please collect and mail to Beyond Our Walls, Attn: Project HOPE, PO Box 567, Barrington, RI 02806.

For those of you who need community service hours certification, please email us at projecthope@bowri.org to request a form.  Please check your email over the next week for an important follow up survey so that we can get your feedback.

Do you have pictures from Project HOPE 2010? Please send them to us at projoecthope@bowri.org so that we can share them on our website.

Thank you again for participating in Project Hope 2010.  You have made a difference in many lives in our state.

Sincerely,

Project Hope Coordinators and Beyond Our Walls