Saturday, January 23, 2010

2009 Annual Report

Neighborhoods of HOPE
2009 Annual Report

Six Neighborhoods in 2008
Six New Neighborhoods in 2009

Compassion:
Total of 186,000 meals
60,000 Buddy Bag Meals (330 students at Elwood Haynes
41,000 Cooked Meals ( Six locations on Sunday Night)
85,000 Food Pantry Meals (Five Pantries: Three new in 2009)


1480 Thanksgiving Meals
1500 Christmas Day Meals

New 2009
KUO Hands of Hope
St. Andrew’s Saturday Breakfast
Downtown office space and ArtReach center (courtesy of Grace UMC)

New in 2009
Computer Classes, Baby University , GED Classes, Horse Therapy

Kidmo, VBS, Mission Teams, Poverty Plunge,


New for 2010
Food to You
Project Diaper
Buddy Bags in Eastern Elementary and Maple Crest

2009 Stats:
Over 900 new volunteers
97 churches
32 speaking engagements
15 Community Committees (staff)
46 Collaborative partners
10 Service Organization partners

Income (includes gifts in Kind)
2006 $40,029
2007 $81,988
2008 $125,346
2009 $ 262,325

1 comment:

Bebe Dorris said...

God is truly at work in Kokomo Urban Outreach. As Henry Blackaby says in Experiencing God, "Find out where is at work and go join Him." I think that summarizes the growth of KUO over 4 short years.
Bebe Dorris