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Buckets of Hope for Haiti
Description: Looking for a hands-on, tangible way to help the people of Haiti recover from the devastation caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake? Packing a "Bucket of Hope" is one way you, your mission group, or your church family can provide food and hope to a family in Haiti! Read on for details:
Department: Baptist Men on Mission Department
Category: Missions, Disaster Relief
Project Type: Food Distribution, Material Needs, Poverty/Hunger
Location: Haiti
End Date: 03/04/2010
Contact Name: Coy Webb
Additional Information:
Every Baptist can have a hands-on, life changing affect upon the people of Haiti by participating in a Southern Baptists “Buckets of Hope" ministry.
The “Buckets of Hope" is just one means by which Baptists can fulfill the mandate of Jesus Christ to feed the hungry in the name of Jesus. As we are reminded in Matthew 25:45, Jesus tells us, “Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, yet did it not to me." (KJV)
The “Bucket of Hope" consists of a plastic five-gallon bucket packed with selected foodstuffs. For approximately $30 an individual Baptist can purchase the materials and assemble a "Bucket of Hope." In addition Baptists are requested to include a $10 cash contribution, placed in an envelope and attached to the lid of the bucket, to offset the cost of transporting the relief buckets to Haiti.
Project deadline: By March 4, 2010, the “Buckets of Hope" must be completed and delivered to your local Baptist association collection point. Disaster relief volunteers will facilitate the pick-up and transport of the local “Buckets of Hope" for placement in cargo containers for immediate shipment to the island nation. After delivery, before loading in cargo containers, all the buckets will be labeled indicating the “Bucket of Hope" is a gift of Christian love and support from Southern Baptists.
The Bucket:
The 5-gallon white plastic bucket with handle, which should be new and unused, can be purchased from Wal-Mart (UPC code #098262506408) and must include a tight fitting lid (UPC code 9826270645). UPDATE: as of 2/11/2010, we can accept any color bucket, and buckets may include logos. Should still be new and unused, 5-gallon, with handle and tight-fitting lid.
The Food Items:
The commercially pre-packaged food items can be generic, store brand items. Once the food supplies are used, Haitians will find multiple everyday uses for the bucket. Please do not substitute any item listed and do not add anything additional inside the bucket.
- 2 – 5-pound bags long grain enriched rice
- 1 – 48-ounce plastic bottle cooking oil
- 2 – 2-pound bags dry black beans (can substitute with red beans)
- 1 – 5-pound bag of all-purpose flour (not self-rising)
- 1 – 20-ounce cylinder container of granulated white sugar (coffee service size)
- 2 – 1-pound boxes spaghetti noodles
- 1 – 2 lb, 8 oz jar of creamy peanut butter
- 1 – white kitchen trash can size plastic bag (which will be used to wrap the bottle of cooking oil)
Packing Instructions:
Use the YouTube player at right to view the instructional video or click here to view and/or download a helpful video that will show you step-by-step how to pack the buckets. Written instructions appear below:
1. As you pack the bucket, pray for the Haitian family that will receive the food.
2. Lay bucket on its side.
3. Place rice packages in bucket. Lay bags side-by-side and flat running in the direction of top to bottom of bucket. Gently compress the bags (without breaking them) as flat as possible to create room for other items.
4. Place bottle of oil inside a clean, unused trash bag and wrap the excess portion of the bag tightly around the bottle. (This is a precaution to protect the foodstuffs should there be leakage or a break in the bottle during transport.)
5. Lay the bottle of oil on top of the rice bags. Lay the wrapped oil container so that the bottom of the bottle is at the bottom of the bucket and is approximately in the center of the bucket.
6. Place the peanut butter jar on one side of the oil.
7. Place the cylinder of sugar on top of the wrapped oil bottle.
8. Place boxes of spaghetti noodles on the other side of the oil bottle.
9. While holding the sugar and peanut butter containers in place, stand bucket upright .
10. Place one bag of black beans down along the inside of the bucket next to the peanut butter.
11. Place bag of flour on its side on top of the peanut butter, gently packing down the flour bag to clear the rim of the bucket.
12. Place second bag of black beans next to the flour on top of the peanut butter.
13. Close lid on the bucket and make sure it is securely closed.
14. Place $10 cash (bills only) into a business size (#10) or smaller envelope. Seal the envelope. Securely tape the envelope to the lid of the bucket.
15. Take the filled “Bucket of Hope" to your area collection center before March 4, 2010.
Local Association Collection Points
Allen Baptist Association
Contact: Freddie Spears
Collection: White Plains Baptist Church, Scottsville
Bell Baptist Association
Contact: Bruce Walzer
23rd & Winchester
Middlesboro, KY 40965
Collection: FBC Pineville, 405 Kentucky Avenue, Pineville, KY
Blackford Baptist Association
Contact: David Stovall
404 Elm St
Cloverport, KY 40111-1130
Blood River Baptist Association
Contact: Tim Cole
47 Aurora Highway
Hardin, KY 42048
Boones Creek Baptist Association
Contact: Jim Smith
1306 Trapp Goff Corner Road
Winchester, KY 40391-9178
Booneville Baptist Association
Contact: Roy D. Allen
212 1/2 Maple Street
Manchester, KY 40962
Bracken Baptist Association
Contact: Bill Boldt
5105 Main St
Mays Lick, KY 41055-8935
Caldwell-Lyon Baptist Association
Contact: Rick Reeder
45 Old Connector Road
Princeton, KY 42445-6034
Casey County Baptist Association
Contact: Peek Peek (Secretary)
91 Possum Trot Road
Liberty, KY 42539
Central Baptist Association
Contact: J.W. (Jay) Hatfield
114 North Spalding Avenue
Lebanon, KY 40033
Christian County Baptist Association
Contact: Bobby Melton
905 North Drive
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
Crittenden Baptist Association
Contact: Greg Nimmo
305 N Main St
Williamstown, KY 41097-1007
Daviess-McLean Baptist Association
Contact: Jerry Tooley
1003 Scherm Road
Owensboro, KY 42301
Elkhorn Baptist Association
Contact: Don Reed
1161 Red Mile Parkway
Lexington, KY 40504-2649
Enterprise Baptist Association
Contact: Tom Biddle
132 South Lake Drive 201
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Franklin Baptist Association
Contact: Howard Beauman
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Freedom Baptist Association
Contact: Robert Spradlin
100 Access Dr STE B
Monticello, KY 42633-2079
Gasper River Baptist Association
Contact: Bob Martin
530 Helm Ln
Morgantown, KY 42261
Graves County Baptist Association
Contact: Glynn Copeland
1400 State Route 303
Mayfield, KY 42066
Grayson County Baptist Association
Contact: C/O Chester Shartzer (Moderator)
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Green Valley Baptist Association
Contact: Karen Totten (Secretary)
2470 South Green Street
Henderson, KY 42420-4621
Greenup Baptist Association
Contact: Harold Cathey
12127 Midland Trail Rd
Ashland, KY 41102
Irvine Baptist Association
Contact: Johnny Jervis
London, KY
Knox Baptist Association
Contact: Seymour Wattenbarger
Gray, KY
Laurel River Baptist Association
Contact: Roy Faulkner
114 Carter Drive
London, KY 40741-1903
Liberty Baptist Association
Contact: Dr. Bill Whitaker (Moderator)
Collection Point: Glasgow Baptist Church
Glasgow, KY
Lincoln County Baptist Association
Contact: Gary King
4160 US Highway 27 South
Stanford, KY 40484-8400
Little Bethel Baptist Association
Contact: Robert Morrison
445 Thompson Avenue
Madisonville, KY 42431-1293
Little River Baptist Association
Contact: Michael Rust
149 Old Dover Road
Cadiz, KY 42211-8501
Logan Todd Baptist Association
Contact: Robert Johnson
196 W Third St
Russellville, KY 42276-0538
Long Run Baptist Association
Contact: Wesley Pitts
2722 Crittenden Dr
Louisville, KY 40209-1114
Lynn Baptist Association
Contact: Gordon McDowell
Magnolia, KY
McCreary Co Baptist Ascn
Contact: Jack Fletcher
Sterns, KY
Collection: Stearns First Baptist Church, 2000 S HWY 1651, Stearns or Whitley City Baptist Church, 20 West Williamsburg Street, Whitley City
Mercer Baptist Association
Contact: James Harley
315 N Main Street
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
Monroe Baptist Association
Contact: John Jordan
606 North Magnolia Street
Tompkinsville, KY 42167
Muhlenberg County Baptist Association
Contact: Barbara Vincent (Secretary)
1920 West Everly Brothers Blvd
Central City, KY 42330-1894
Nelson Baptist Association
Contact: Stan Lowery
204 W Broadway
Bardstown, KY 40004-1508
Northern KY Baptist Association
Contact: Rick Robbins
3001 Riggs Avenue
Erlanger, KY 41018-3045
collection: Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Independence, KY
Ohio River Baptist Association
Contact: Rodney Cude
221 W Main Street
Salem, KY 42078
Ohio Valley Baptist Association
Contact: John East
408 North King Street
Sturgis, KY 42459
Oldham-Trimble Baptist Association
Contact: Randy Jones
4901 South Highway 53
Crestwood, KY 40014
Owen County Baptist Association
Contact: David Marlow
518 S Main Street
Owenton, KY 40359-3031
Pike Baptist Association
Contact: Bob Finch
79 Ratliff Street
Pikeville, KY 41502
Pulaski Baptist Association
Contact: Malcolm Cheek
116 Mill Street
Somerset, KY 42501
Purchase Area Baptist Association Inc
Contact: Charles Frazier
1532 Hwy 68 West
Benton, KY 42025
Collection: Zion's Cause Baptist Church
Rockcastle Baptist Association
Contact: Randy McPheron
68 Freedom School Rd
Mt Vernon, KY 40456
Russell County Baptist Association
Contact: Danny Withers
Baptist Clothing Center located on Main Street, Russell Springs.
Call at (270)866-7142 evenings or (270) 566-0122 days
Russell Springs, KY
Russell Creek Baptist Association
Contact: Wilburn Bonta
110 W Court St
Greensburg, KY 42743
Severns Valley Baptist Association
Contact: Gerald Murphy
500 College St
Elizabethtown, KY 42702
Shelby Baptist Association
Contact: Tony Hough
120 Henry Clay St
Shelbyville, KY 40065
South Union- Mount Zion Baptist Assoc.
Contact: David Aker
1247 South Highway 25 West
Williamsburg, KY 40769
collection: Central Baptist Church, Corbin
Tates Creek Baptist Association
Collection point: FBC Richmond
Three Forks Baptist Association
Contact: James Castlen
304 Campbell Drive
Hazard, KY 41701-9407
Union Baptist Association
Contact: Fred Workman
735 Western Hills Rd
Foster, KY 41043
Upper Cumberland Baptist Association
Contact: Ernest Boggs, Sr.
228 County Pike Road
Loyall, KY 40854
Warren Baptist Association
Contact: Jeff Crabtree
6448 Scottsville Rd
Bowling Green, KY 42104-0389
West Kentucky Baptist Association
Contact: Ray Provow
890 St Rt 58 E
Clinton, KY 42031
West Union Baptist Association
Contact: Howard Atkinson
Paducah, KY
Whites Run Baptist Association
Contact: Robert Young
401 Highland Avenue
Carrollton, KY 41008
