PUTTING PRAYERS TO ACTION INC

Since our first Back to School Program in 2009, children have developed a relationship with Love, Respect and Encouragement. Putting Prayers to Action has reached over 10,200 children with clothing, blessing bags and food for our Back to School Program. We have documented: significant improvements in communication and knowledge of our families. We have seen increases in the families in need, and a greater willingness to try to provide to the children. Putting Prayers to Action Programs are expanding to many schools, community centers and churches in the Appalachian Region. Putting Prayers to Action installs a Team Leader in each elementary school or area who implements on-site Putting Prayers to Action Programs and forges community collaborations to help establish an efficient method of reaching the families in need. After the method is determined, a location is designated for distribution, visits to the area to meet the families are done, data bases are made and a one call list is established for the area. Our Appalachian Back To School program ranges from 7 days/168 hours to 5 days/120 hours each team member will do visits to the families, help deliver food to families without transportation, interact with the children and each team member will be stationed with a particular set of duties and responsibilities. The team members go to be a blessing, but usually receive a bountiful blessing in learning the principle of serving. Putting Prayers to Action encourages youth leaders and families to participate to build and strengthen good morals and values in the children God has placed in their life.

Since our first Christmas Program in 2009, children have developed a relationship with Love, Respect and Encouragement. Putting Prayers to Action has reached over 10,200 children with clothing, Christmas blessing bags and food for our Christmas Program. We have documented: significant improvements in communication and knowledge of our families. We have seen increases in the families in need, and a greater willingness to try to provide to the children. Putting Prayers to Action Programs are expanding to many schools, community centers and churches in the Appalachian Region. Putting Prayers to Action installs a Team Leader in each elementary school or area who implements on-site Putting Prayers to Action Programs and forges community collaborations to help establish an efficient method of reaching the families in need. After the method is determined, a location is designated for distribution, visits to the area to meet the families are done, data bases are made and a one call list is established for the area. Our Appalachian Christmas program ranges from 7 days/168 hours to 5 days/120 hours each team member will do visits to the families, help deliver food to families without transportation, interact with the children and each team member will be stationed with a particular set of duties and responsibilities. The team members go to be a blessing, but usually receive a bountiful blessing in learning the principle of serving. Putting Prayers to Action encourages youth leaders and families to participate to build and strengthen good morals and values in the children God has placed in their life.

In 2014, Putting Prayers to Action began their Blessing in a Back Pack Program to assist hungry children in the Appalachian Mountain Region. Putting Prayers to Action was approached by an elementary school because many of their students were food insecure. Most of the children who attended were on assisted or fully funded lunch programs. After leaving school on Friday afternoon, many of the children would have nothing to each until Monday morning during breakfast at school. Putting Prayers to Action were able to partner with the school to fill each child's backpack with healthy snacks everyday and every Friday we provide food to go home with these children.

Since 2005, Putting Prayers to Action has been providing to our homeless community. They now provide to four different Homeless Communities. These homeless are the ones living on the streets and within the camps, not in a shelter. Every month, we partner with Homeless ministries that assist us in caring for the food insecure, poor and homeless. Putting Prayers to Action provides them with the needed food, clothing, personal hygiene items, blankets, coats, gloves and sleeping bags. We travel one Sunday a month to assist in the worship service with them. We restock the ministries supplies and provide to the homeless in attendance, usually between 100-200.

Since 2011, Putting Prayers to Action had acted as a local food bank to other ministries, outreaches and families. There are many families who need food to sustain them for the week. Putting Prayers to Action is able to give them a hand up, instead of a handout. We provide food and supplies to ease the hardship they may be going through. Many families fall between the crack of receiving assistance. We are able to assist these families, when other agencies aren't able to assist. Putting Prayers to Action also provides food, personal hygiene items, and supplies to different children's homes, churches, ministries, outreaches, shelters and schools who do not have their own food pantries enabling them to assist their families in need in their communities.

We have over 2,700 children that we provide Christmas to them and their families. The children receive a new coat, new shoes, new outfit, Blessing Bag and they get to pick out their choice of a Christmas present. The parents receive food and personal hygiene items. The families with babies receive diapers and baby products.
We use a one-call system to stay in touch with our families and alert them of our arrival to their area.