Our Daily Bread annual fundraising campaign
is currently in progress.

Please be generous.

 

 

We are forming a group of people willing to donate a bit of time here and there, to inform others about who we are, what we do and how they can get involved.
If you are interested please email: ourdailybreaddenton.org.

Summer is almost over and although the heat wasn't as brutal as the previous year, if you are homeless, it was a very, very hot summer!  During hot days we make sure our clients have plenty of water to drink while at ODB, but also to take with them.  We are very grateful for the amazing response we received from our volunteers, businesses and the community in general to our requests for bottled water.  We estimate that over 25 cases of water are distributed each week during the hot summer months.  This is only possible because of the generosity of the employees and management of the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Sanger, as well as other businesses in Denton and, of course, our loyal volunteers and contributors. 

Another critical need this summer is for mosquito repellent, especially because of the high number of West Nile virus cases in Denton County.  We have distributed approximately 300 bottles of mosquito repellent this summer and could have distributed much more if we had them.

Summer also meant that the community gardens around Denton were busy planting and harvesting and ODB was the grateful recipient of an abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits. We were able to serve many more fresh vegetables than ever before!  Any surplus was given to clients to take home through our very popular "free farmers' market" program.  This program allows our clients to take home surplus fresh fruits, vegetables, package goods, bakery goods, etc. that were donated by Wal-Mart through the Feeding America program, various merchants around town, individuals and community gardens.  Whatever is not used in the kitchen is given to our clients!

• We are currently serving an average of 200 meals per day. Since we opened in June 2000, we have served 478,687 meals to those in need. We will serve our 500,000 meal within a few months.

• At the present time, Our Daily Bread has 1,129 clients enrolled in HMIS and we are currently serving 974, of which 491 are homeless.

• Our volunteers provide more than 35,000 hours of service per year.

• We provide many other need-based services to our clients.

None of this would be possible without your continued support and we are very thankful to you.  Your generous contribution during the Harvest for the Hungry campaign will allow us to continue our important mission.  So please help us feed the homeless and needy.

Ed note: Suely Lohr is currently serving her second, consecutive, one-year term as President of the Advisory Board of Our Daily Bread.

The Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is an electronic database with information on the characteristics and service needs of homeless people in the U.S.
The program was developed in the 1990s in response to a mandate by Congress requiring states to collect data in order to receive funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help address homelessness.

ODB is participating in this program to enable the sharing of available services between other help agencies, gathering important data and information from HUD and most importantly to provide a picture identification card for our .clients