Dollar General donates $500!

Dollar General is donating $500 to FEED! This $500 will become $2,500 before it reaches the field! Be encouraged that although $500 is not $50,000 (obviously), it will help 1,250 people! Remembering the reason for our efforts is vital to keep us pushing forward! I believe the FEED team, along with our many supporters, has raised over $5,000 at this point! This translates to $25,000 to further the work of World Vision in Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Lesotho. If you are reading this, please recognize the impact that YOU can have on our project. Every person has their sphere of influence. There are many business connections in each of our spheres of influence! We not only need your prayer and financial support, but we also need any business connections you have! Please contact me, Kelly Stewart, at 615.260.0982 or email me at kes3j@mtsu.edu. I am open to any comments, suggestions, contact info, t-shirt orders, etc!!! Thank you very much for visiting our blog. We are thankful for your support!

$250 from Gaylord Entertainment/ Freeman Decorating Co. - potential presentation

I wish I could say that Gaylord was able to give us $25,000, but we are thankful that they gave at all. We are able to add $250 to our FEED account, knowing that the $250 will eventually become $1,250 thanks to our grant match. We are learning that fundraising is a very difficult job; the experience that we have gained from presenting to these major corporations has been invaluable. I must say thank you in particular to Mr. Barry Rice at Gaylord Opryland for helping us make the connection with the right people at Gaylord Entertainment. Mr. Rice and my dad worked together back in the day, and I really appreciate his willingness to help our team with FEED. Not only has Mr. Rice connected us with Gaylord, but he has also provided connection to another major corporation, Freeman Decorating Co. I have just gotten off the phone with Mr. Mark Kafader, from Freeman Decorating Co. He will be speaking with the General Manager tomorrow, and will get back to me by the end of the week. Mr. Kafader also knew my dad, and has been very gracious to do what he can for FEED. I appreciate all of the support that we have received on this journey to impact our world through FEED. We are on our way to raising $50,000, but we still need a great deal of support to reach our goal. We also need to remember to give up control to the One who can truly make this happen.
God is good.

Meet the team: Hey I'm Aaron

Hey! I'm Aaron McGowen. I just graduated from LaVergne High School. I will be starting at MTSU this fall. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm going to major in radio and television broadcasting and I'm gonna minor in theater. When I first became a part of the Feed project I was really impressed with how everyone was just dedicated to making a difference right off the bat. The thing I think is most exciting about this project is that you don't have to have a special talent or know all the right people to be able to make a difference. Anyone and everyone can make a difference. It is very easy for anyone who feels led to give to do so and in the process save the lives of people in Southern Africa. I believe that God is going to do some amazing things in and through us if we will only let him.

Bob Parks Presentation

June 10th FEED presented to Mr. Bob Parks himself! First off, getting to present to him was such an honor, he is such a respected man in the community and also a very committed Christian. It was just Kelly, Aaron and I(Amaris) so we were a bit nervous trying to deal with who was going to to do which part but, I think it went very well. Mr. Parks promised us $1,000 on the spot! We couldn't believe it, it was kind of unexpected. And remember with our grant that $1,000 gets matched 5 times, so $1,000 turns into $5,000 instantly! WOW! He was so kind and told us how he was also very passionate about the suffrage of the African people, and wanting to making a change. So overall, it was an awesome experience and I'm sure we'll never forget it. We have only God to give the credit to, and Mr. Parks to thank immensely! This has definitely encouraged all of us and we hope it does the same for you.

VBS raises over $600!

During our church's Vacation Bible School( June 16-20) the kids have an annual contest, girls against boys, to see who can raise the most money for a certain mission trip or project. We as FEED were chosen as one of them! It was so amazing to see those kids so passionate and willing to give the little they had, and imagine our surprise when we learned they had raised over $600 in just five days! We were ecstatic and so were the kids. It was really quite humbling to see the kids walk up to the jugs and put in their little baggies of loose change they had collected, if they can do it, I think anyone can do it. We have so much to thank them for! And by the way... the girls won, again!!! :-)