Hometown Connect, Inc

The soup kitchen allows us to build relationships each and every week. We hear people’s stories and walk alongside them through life’s victories and challenges.

We were made aware that one of the individuals that eats with us was concerned about their deck and stairs being unsafe outside their home. One of our volunteers happily stepped in to meet this need and volunteer his time, money, and effort to help this person!

THIS is what ministry is about. Getting to know people, loving them where they are, telling about the love Jesus has for them, and serving them.

Happy Friday everyone! 🤍

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21

Our office is closed today! Enjoy time with family and friends, and we’ll see you tomorrow! 🥳

We’ve had some amazing VOLUNTEERS these past few weeks!

To become prepared for the soup kitchen on Tuesday or Thursday there are two groups:
GROUP 1: 1-4pm; food preparation
GROUP 2: 4:30-7:30pm; serving, and clean up

Our volunteers step up in huge ways every week - and we couldn’t do it without food donations, monthly re-occurring donations, and groups of people that give their time! 🍽️

There is always room for YOU or a group that you are part of to serve! If you are interested,
we would ask that you are able to serve at least one time per month or more if able! This can be groups of people or individuals.

‼️Follow the link below to fill out a volunteer form if you are interested at all in volunteering in this way. After you fill out the form, one of our staff will be in touch with you to confirm the date(s) when you will be coming. ‼️

Thank you, and thank all of our volunteers!! Teamwork makes the dream work! 🤍🥳

https://hometownconnectky.churchcenter.com/people/forms/602501

We are still in need of several items to complete our “Blessing Bags”. These bags are handed out to unhoused individuals or individuals with hygiene needs! 🧼

We still need the following items:
-Gold Bond powder
-Fingernail clippers
-Chapstick
-Earplugs
-Tissues

Donations can be dropped off at our office located at 624 East Broadway St. across from Little Caesar’s Pizza in Campbellsville during business hours. Our business hours are 9am-4pm Monday-Friday. THANK YOU! 🥳

This week’s Hometown Connect Soup Kitchen menu! The soup kitchen is located at Campbellsville Baptist Church, 420 North Central Avenue in Campbellsville. Please share with anyone you know in need of a warm, free meal! Dinner is served at 6pm. 🤍

FYI: Today, Tuesday, August 20th Campbellsville Baptist Church will be repaving their parking lot. Parking will be a little bit different and the awning drive thru area will be roped off. Our volunteers will be there to help direct you!

From time to time, medical supplies become available to us. The following medical items are currently available that we are not able to use at this time. They are available for pickup at our office only!

In order to receive the items, you must do an intake form during business hours and provide a copy of your ID.

These are the items:
*Shiley Tracheostomy Tube Cuffless w/ Inner Canula
*Tracheostomy Tube Holder w/ Faster Tabs
*RES11075 - Adult Soft Cannula w/ 7ft Supply Tube
*REF2010-10 - Supply Tube
*REF1601-7 - Supply Tube
*REF2050G-50 - Oxygen Tubing w/ 2 Standard Connectors
*Carex - EZ Lock Raised Toilet Seat
*DYND40615 - Tracheostomy Clean & Care Tray
*Crutches

Please share so someone that needs these items can have access to them! WARNING-these items were a donation and we cannot guarantee their functionality or safety.

Thank you Taylor Regional Hospital for collecting and donating shoes and hygiene items for our Back to School Event! We appreciate all you do to give help + hope to our community!

Everyone be sure to stop by Hometown Connect from 10-2 tomorrow for our Back to School event! There will be several booths/vendors from the community joining us! And remember that children must be present to receive shoes! Here’s the details:

❓WHAT: We’re having our back-to-school shoe drive to help families in need can come get items they need

🗓️WHEN: THIS SATURDAY, August 10th, 10am-2pm

📍WHERE: Hometown Connect parking lot - 624 East Broadway Street

Have you ever wondered what Hometown Connect is all about or had difficulty explaining it to someone else?

Our website is a great place to start!! ✨ It explains the FOUR sections of our ministry and what we do!
We’ve named the sections:

🕊️HOPE : This section offers a range of services including counseling, support groups, and rehabilitation programs. This includes addiction recovery supports, behavioral health, and social work.

🤍HEART: This section of the ministry includes our response to individuals and families facing personal loss, tragedy, or disaster in partnership with our first responders and grief tragedy ministers.

🏠HOME: This section is about our mission to provide shelter, support, and hope to those experiencing homelessness - this includes meals from our soup kitchen! 🍴

🏥HEALTH: Many individuals face challenges accessing quality healthcare. Hometown Connect is committed to addressing this issue by connecting the community to essential medical services and resources!

Visit htconnectky.com to understand even more about each section of our ministry, to become a financial partner with us, or learn how to get connected to volunteer!

Hometown Connect | Connecting Our Kentucky Neighbors We are a non-profit, philanthropic organization working to address unmet needs in our community. It is our mission to love our neighbors by connecting the most vulnerable and broken-hearted individuals and families in the community to established ministries and resources.

👟📒 ATTENTION! We have a special event this weekend you don’t want to miss!✏️👟

❓WHAT: We’re having our back-to-school shoe drive where help families in need can come get items they need

🗓️WHEN: THIS SATURDAY, August 10th, 10am-2pm

📍WHERE: Hometown Connect parking lot - 624 East Broadway Street

✨HOW YOU CAN HELP:
-DONATE: There is still time to donate gently used and new shoes to Hometown Connect as well as any hygiene items!!
-SHARE: share this post or share the information with someone that may benefit

*The child must be present to receive the shoes*

Join us THIS SATURDAY! 🥳🎉✏️👟

There’s always lots to celebrate at Hometown Connect!! 🎉🥳

Here’s a photo dump of some of the great things going on:

Photo 1: Amazon donated a lot of shoes for our back to school event - and you can too!!! Drop of your new or like-new shoes to Hometown Connect, or there’s a drop off at Hometown Pharmacy!! Let’s help some families out as they go back to school! 👟🤩 thank you Amazon for getting our donation pile going!

Photo 2: This Ingersoll Rand team came and served in a BIG way after we received a very sizable donation. They worked tirelessly preparing and delivering meals, serving and helping to clean up afterwards! Over 500 meals were able to be served and delivered due to our donation and their hard work. So grateful for them! 🎉

Photo 3: Brandy McCubbin and her family donated sweet corn for the soup kitchen straight from their farm!! Talk about farm to table!! 🌽😍

There’s been a theme reoccurring lately - people using what they have to SERVE! Whether that’s their time, their skills, donating items, becoming a monthly donor, etc. There’s always room for you to use what you have too!! 🤍

‼️GET INVOLVED:
💻DONATE at our website https://www.htconnectky.com , give to our shoe drive 👟, donate food & hygiene items 🧼
✨SERVE- at our soup kitchen or in another capacity
📞CALL us today at 270-937-9006 for info on how to help with current needs

COME AND GET IT! Due to rain yesterday we're giving away tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, and watermelon again from 2:00-4:30 PM today, Wed. July 31st! Enter through the office doors at the corner of Broadway and Poplar Street.

The photos below are of Rev. James Washington, pastor of New Zion Baptist Church in Adair County. He has a heart to serve in whatever capacity the Lord wills for him. 🤍

We at Hometown Connect appreciate his willingness to serve through the surrounding counties and are blessed to have him partner with us to build this ramp for one of our clients here in Taylor County! ✨

Here is what that client, Mary Gribbens had to say about the project: “I want to thank Hometown Connect for helping me get donations to help build a ramp for my new mobile home. I am legally blind and don't navigate steps too well. I appreciate Hometown Connect connections for sending James Washington. To build the ramp, he did a wonderful job thank you." 😭🎉

WOW!! We love the community partnerships. We love people that are using what they have to serve with all their hearts. Thank you, Reverend James Washington, and all of the other partners who helped make this possible!

This week’s Hometown Connect Soup Kitchen menu! The soup kitchen is located at Campbellsville Baptist Church, 420 North Central Avenue in Campbellsville. Please share with anyone you know in need of a warm, free meal! Dinner is served at 6pm. 🤍

We are so GRATEFUL to have so many supportive partners, volunteers and donors!

It really does make a KINGDOM impact in the lives of our clients we serve each day!

Today a HUGE blessing came our way, but with it a HUGE logistical issue as well! But TEAMWORK makes the DREAM WORK and with tons of combined forces, we were able to accomplish our mission for the day!

THANK YOU to those who helped support the specific needs that came up today:

• The ROCK Community Church
• NEW JOURNEY CHURCH
• Upper Room - Campbellsville
• Campbellsville Baptist Church
• Ancil Reynolds Used Cars, Inc.
• Amazon
• All of our Dedicated Staff and Volunteers

If you are interested in learning ways your organization, business, church or you as an individual can serve or support our mission, reach out to us or check out our webpage at
www.htconnectky.com

There is ALWAYS a NEED to be met
✋🏼➕🦶🏼🟰❤️
How can YOU meet it?

Exciting news!! 🎉🎉🎉

Hometown Connect is hosting a back to school event to assist local families as they gather things they need for a new school year and we want to partner with YOU!! ✏️📓👟

Local businesses, vendors, organizations, clubs, churches, etc. are all invited to join with us to make this event special for these families. 🤍

We already have several amazing partners:

-Taylor Regional Hospital donating shoes, school supplies, and personal items😃

-Amazon donating shoes, school supplies, and personal items🙌

-Digging Wells Ministry collecting donations for this event ✨

-Pittman Valley Baptist Church VBS penny war with a donation 🎉

Several other vendors have already RSVP’d for this event and there is room for your organization/business as well!! This will be an incredible outreach event that you don’t want to miss. Call us at 270-937-9006 if you are ready to partner with us and join in on the fun of this event.

Mark your calendars for August 10th! 🗓️ We can’t wait to hear from you!

Hometown Connect was blessed to have
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Mission Integrated Career Coach Tj Conrad come alongside us during Hometown Connect’s Re-Entry Planning class.

Tj shared his testimony of addiction recovery and to reveal all the wonderful resources they offer. Goodwill is known by many for their inexpensive but also quality purchases of an array of clothing, furniture and even books, but this industry is so much more than a thrift store. Goodwill offers programs to further men and women in their careers with programs such as housing assistance, career coaching, second chance employment, cars to work programs and so many more opportunities.

At Hometown Connect, it is our prayer that God will use our ministry to connect us with and walk alongside resources such as Goodwill, to make even more of an impact on the most vulnerable individuals when they need it most. Thank you Goodwill and others like you for making a difference in so many people's lives, and thank you Tj for sharing at the re-entry class!

Picture 1: Hometown Connect’s Community Health Worker and Peer Support Specialist Germaine Dunn seen with Goodwill’s Career Coach Tj Conrad at the Isaiah House Patricia Place location.

Picture 2: Drawing by Germaine still hangs at Patricia Place residence from 2018!

Picture 3: Germaine and Tj pictured with Isaiah House graduate/Peer Support Specialist Jeffrey Frazier at the Main Campus of the Isaiah House.

Picture 4: Tj shares Goodwill’s mission and vision to residents at Isaiah House.

Happy Monday everyone!! ✨

We’ve had more amazing volunteers at the soup kitchen of all ages serving with all their hearts. Thank you for the ways that you give and serve people who need it the most. 🤍

This past week we also recognized outgoing members of our Hometown Connect board. Some of these individuals are pictured below, and some are not, but we are so grateful for their service, prayers, and guidance of this ministry. Thank you Mike Stein, Dr. Robert Romines, Ayla Hargis, Dr. James Jones, Theresa Young, and Dr. Jason Roop.

‼️Reminder that our office and soup kitchen will be closed on July 4th! The soup kitchen will be open Tuesday, 7/2 and the details are in the comments!! Thank you. ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

‼️Our office and the soup kitchen will be closed on July 4th in observance of Independence Day!‼️ 🇺🇸

We are incredibly grateful for the sacrifices made by our service men and women and their families so that we can enjoy many freedoms! Happy 4th to everyone ❤️💙🤍

Recently, our staff in partnership with Thompson Trucking, unloaded another load of paper supplies for our soup kitchen in the heat! Owen uses what he has and serves with a pure heart. Thank you!! 🎉

This week’s Hometown Connect Soup Kitchen menu is:
June 25th - Hot dog, baked beans, chips, dessert
June 27th- Chicken pot pie and dessert

The soup kitchen is located at Campbellsville Baptist Church, 420 North Central Avenue in Campbellsville. Please share with anyone you know in need of a warm, free meal! Dinner is served at 6pm.

We need YOU! We are in need of volunteers to help with food prep, delivery, and others tasks on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the soup kitchen.

⭐️We need assistance with the following shifts:
GROUP 1: 1-4pm; food preparation
GROUP 2: 4:30-7:30pm; delivery, serving, and clean up

We would ask that you are able to serve at least one time per month or more if able! This can be groups of people or individuals.

‼️Scan the QR code or follow the link below to fill out a volunteer form if you are interested at all in volunteering in this way. After you fill out the form, one of our staff will be in touch with you to confirm the date(s) when you will be coming.

Thank you!!

https://hometownconnectky.churchcenter.com/people/forms/602501