Thank you and Thanksgiving

Paige, Johnny, Tom and the entire staff and Men of Hoskins Park would like you thank you for your continued support and especially your thoughtful Prayers.

The Thanksgiving Baskets that we asked for help were delivered to 30 families in the Hoskins Neighborhood this past Saturday, November 6, 2010.

What a great support of the outreach efforts of the Men of Hoskins Park Ministries to the surrounding community!

Imagine homeless men coming to YOUR door and giving YOU a Thanksgiving Basket, what a difference just the presence of this Ministry is having in the Hoskins Community!

So with that momentum that the Men have, we must now turn our attention to Christmas, as Thanksgiving events are already filled with church and life group support.

We are so grateful to our Lord for this continued support.

I will be sending Paige’s exact plans and dates on a later email, but here is the basic plan:

Decorate the Men’s houses on Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 9AM to 1PM.

The Christmas Party for the Men will be Tuesday, December 7, 2010 from 6PM to 9PM.

As in the past, we would like to give each of the Men a gift card along with some basic personal items.

Once again this year, life groups from Philadelphia are taking a 5 day vacation to come to Hoskins
Park to serve for the Christmas Party event and have donated $500 for the gift cards.

We also have 2 individual families planning for the Christmas Party, but we still need everyone’s
support to provide fellowship for the 53 Men that depend upon us for help.

The deadline for having all donations into Paige for the gift cards and Christmas Party volunteers is Friday, December 3, 2010.

Please contact Paige Vestal at paigev@truevine.net to volunteer and donate.

Once again, thank you all for your Prayers for the Men of Hoskins Park Ministries and the staff that cares for them every day.

God Bless.

Please Join HPM to Learn about Our Future!

Hoskins Park Ministries

Invites you to join us:

Educating you on our Mission / Updating you on our needs

Dreaming with you about our future / Discussing our desire to eliminate debt

&

To inform you of our plans to become more self sufficient

Nov 3rd or 4th @ The Harris Y (you pick )

6:30-8:30pm

5900 Quail Hollow Rd

Charlotte, North Carolina 28210

(704) 716-6800

Located at the corner of Quail Hollow Rd and Sharon Rd
(enter through the main entrance, we will be the first room on the right)

All friends are invited!

We would simply like a head count for facility and planning purposes

Snacks Provided

Please RSVP Tom Wheeler @ tawheeler@truevine.net or call the Office at 704-391-3303

Thanksgiving Baskets

All:

This year for Thanksgiving, the men at Hoskins Park Ministries are putting together Thanksgiving Baskets to give to their neighbors in the Hoskins Community.

After years of you guys giving to the men, they would like to start their own outreach program to the community surrounding them.

What a gift you have given Hoskins Park, the example of unconditional love and giving, and having these men start to consider the needs of others in their community.

The items that we are putting in the Thanksgiving Baskets are as follows:

1 box of Mashed Potatoes
2 boxes of stove top stuffing
4 boxes of Mac n cheese
1 or 2 cans of pumpkin pie filling
2 cans of green beans or a large can
2 cans of corn or a large can
1 large can of chicken broth
1 large can of yams
The cost is about $30 for each Basket.

4th Annual Open House

It’s that time again!

Hoskins Park Ministries

4^th Annual Open House

Saturday May 22^nd 2010

11:00-2:00pm

Lunch at the Pond! Everyone is invited!

We now have 13 houses, care for over 50 men and have a staff of 10! So come fellowship with all of us, eat, tour our property, meet the staff and men, and hear testimonies of what God is doing at Hoskins Park Ministries!

Lunch is on us but for those who insist on bringing something, we can always use donations to our food pantry.  Also toiletries and canned food are always helpful! But that is only if you insist! Your presence is enough for us!

Please RSVP to Paige Vestal at 704-400-9755 or email:  paigev@truevine.net

107 Cromer Street, Charlotte NC 28208

See you on May 22^nd!

Needs – April 2010

Christmas Plans Update

Paige has an exciting event planned for this year, so please contact Paige at paigev@truevine.net, or call her at 704-400-9755 with your interest in helping with this year’s events.

You may also go to the Hoskins Park web site at http://hoskinspark.org/ to see all the volunteer opportunity details for the Christmas party and there is also a link to Paige’s email.

We are in need of volunteers to help decorate some of the mens’ houses, provide desserts for the Christmas party as well as provide items for gift boxes and gift cards for the 45 men that are served at Hoskins Park.

Please mark your calendars with these dates of upcoming events at Hoskins Parks Ministries:

12/05/09, Saturday,9:30AM-1:30PM
Decorating each house at HPM with festive Christmas ornaments

12/08/09, Tuesday, 6-9PM
Christmas Village at Hoskins Park

Celebrating the birth of Christ on the Beach by the Pond

There is also an opening for the 3rd Monday of each month to pick up dinner for the men at Nobles at South Park and deliver and serve to the Ministry.

Please contact Paige with your interest in these two events also.

God Bless you all for the hard work you have provided the men of Hoskins Park, and thank you for your continued support.

Bill Dinkel
704-488-2488