SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH, 2019 WAS A GREAT DAY FOR THE HENDERSONVILLE HOME BOUND MEALS PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY THAT IT SERVES!
THE RAIN DID NOT DAMPEN SPIRITS OR THE TURNOUT AT THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST &
SILENT AUCTION. IN FACT, THE RAIN MAY HAVE KEPT SOME OF YOU AROUND TO SHOP.
WE HAD TWO VERY SPECIAL GUESTS ON SATURDAY.
THE FIRST WAS SANTA CLAUSE (AKA TOM STAGGS). THANK YOU, SANTA FOR DONATING A VISIT FOR THE AUCTION AND FOR SPENDING YOUR SATURDAY SUPPORTING THE HOME BOUND MEALS PROGRAM AND BRINGING SMILES TO OLD AND YOUNG ALIKE.
THE SECOND GUEST WAS WANETTE TURNER, THE EVENTS & AUDIENCE PRODUCER FOR THE HUCKABEE SHOW WHO IS ALSO A FANTASTIC PATSY CLINE IMPERSONATOR. WANETTE TOOK TIME OUT OF HER DAY TO SING WHILE THE BID SHEETS WERE TOTALED. SHE WAS GREAT, A FEW IN THE AUDIENCE WERE MOVED TO TEARS. THE HUCKABEE SHOW WAS ONE OF OUR SPONSORS AND DONATED 2 BASKETS FOR THE AUCTION. THANK YOU WANETTE!
WE DO NOT HAVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED BUT THE APPROXIMATE TOTAL IS $17,500. IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT OUR SPONSORS, DONORS, FRIENDS, VOLUNTEERS, WORKERS, SHOPPERS AND THE HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY!
WE HAVE TRIED VERY HARD TO LIST OUR SPONSORS, DONORS, AND BUT THERE ARE SO MANY IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE FORGIVE ANY OVERSIGHTS.
THE HOMEBOUND MEALS PROGRAM (HBMP) IS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER 501C3 TAX EXEMPT PROGRAM FOUNDED IN 1982 TO SERVE THE ELDERLY/DISABLED POPULATION OF HENDERSONVILLE (37075). IN 1982, THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF MEALS SERVED DAILY WAS 17. THE HBMP IS CURRENTLY SERVING APPROXIMATELY 115 PEOPLE A DAY, 5 DAYS A WEEK WITH AN AVERAGE COST OF $10,000 A MONTH. YOUR GENEROSITY ON SATURDAY WILL COVER ALMOST 2 MONTHS OF MEALS. HOWEVER, THE COST OF MEALS WILL INCREASE IN 2020.
THE HOME BOUND MEALS PROGRAM IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTING OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE A DEEP DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED. THE BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION. THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE BOARD IS TO RAISE FUNDING FOR THE MEALS.
FUNDING IS RAISED THROUGH GRANTS, DONATIONS FROM LOCAL PATRONS, BUSINESSES, CIVIC GROUPS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS. CURRENT FUNDRAISING EVENTS ARE A MOTORCYCLE RIDE ADDED LAST AUGUST AND PLANNED AGAIN FOR 2020, THE ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST & SILENT AUCTION HELD IN OCTOBER AND SPIRIT NIGHTS AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS. SPIRIT NIGHTS ARE HELD APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. THEY WILL RESUME IN JANUARY.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
SINCERELY,
THE HOME BOUND MEALS BOARD