2003 Annual CHA Report

In 2003, Project Hope helped 23,499 people and more than 7,800 families with a variety of services and programs. It provided 6,050 families with food, 254 with utilities help and 151 with transportation; gave away 286,385 pounds of food and 1,077 coats; and provided 2,887 nights of housing and 2,881 counseling hours. With very minimum administrative staff costs and a volunteer force of more than 100 people putting in 22,681 hours, your financial support is used in a most effective and efficient way, far above the "nonprofit industry standard." Without the compassionate and generous spirit of this community, we would not be able to reach as far as we do with our works of mercy and grace to help our needy neighbors. Thanks again for helping Project Hope with your support. God bless each one of you who had a part in this ministry of hope!
— Jim Grennell, executive director

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Project Hope Says Thanks

Project Hope thanks the community once again for its generous and compassionate spirit of giving to the Christmas food and toy distribution this year. More than 299 families were helped with special food baskets for Christmas dinner, and the "Angel of Hope Tree" toy program helped more than 1500 kids with toys and other gifts. Special thanks go to all the volunteers who time and energy and love to make sure our needy neighbors had a better Christmas, the city of Lynden for giving permission to use the old city library for the Angel of Hope toys, Judy and Doug Knudson for 16 faithful years of organizing the Angel of Hope toy program, the local schools for their hard work of collecting food, coats and money for the food bank, and local churches and businesses, which put of the Angel Trees and took special Thanksgiving and Christmas offerings this year for needy people. And thanks to the citizens of Lynden and surrounding communities who model a lifestyle of "compassion in action" for the less fortunate in our neighbor hoods. God bless you all.
— Jim Grennell, executive director