Trying times indeed, with an un-certain duration - especially inso-far as a return to jobs and normalcy. Trinity Outreach has managed to keep the faith and show our love for the community through a strategic alliance with Mobile Hope - where a growing movement is showing great promise in our local area.
COVID-19 and the economic turn-down has hit vulnerable families extremely hard and continues to do so. Mobile Hope has responded by delivering food and vital supplies to families affected by job loss, poverty, food insecurity, health issues, limited language proficiency, and lack of transportation. Trinity Upperville provided a leased refrigerated truck for 3 months to Mobile Hope to expand their ability to deliver fresh, perishable food to those with food insecurities through their outreach program; Listen For The Honk.
To date, Mobile Hope has served 67,393 family members with over 36,000 food bags. The Reefer Truck Rental is helping the cause directly and with positive impact, but we only were able to sign up for a 3 month lease. There is much more to do here.
As a further tie to an end-to-end temporary stop-gap for those in need of quality sustenance, JK Community Farm will distribute fresh produce at the Mobile Hope, Sterling bus stops , on July 8,2020. JK, as food producers, will continue to explore options for an on-going partnership with Mobile Hope facilitated by Trinity Outreach. The need is great and expected to increase in the coming months. Mobile Hope is expanding its service and Trinity is looking at ways to directly help those closest to our parish, but for now the over-whelming need is Eastern Loudoun and Fairfax Counties. We (Mobile Hope /JK /Trinity) are looking at opportunities in Warrenton and Front Royal to provide the Outreach that we are obligated to deliver.
I encourage you to come out to Sterling (Eldon N of Dulles Tollway) on one of the Listen for The Honk Stops and see for yourself how important this is.
We are all in this together.
God's Grace, Jennifer Moore, Outreach Chair