Pizza, Pizza!

Well, you know it's a busy time of year when we don't have time to blog. But this week is too important to miss out telling you what's coming down the pike.

Little Caesar's Pizza Party
Our latest news--and we just got word of this today--is that Little Caesar's is coming to town this Friday (December 18) to provide free pizza for needy people downtown. It's funny, because Fridays are known as Pizza Days at The Mission; it's the day we serve donated pizza here and at our shelters. What makes this unique is that the company is baking pizzas fresh and handing them out on the street, where there is immediate need. A pizza party for the homeless and hurting...how cool is that?

Electric 102.7/WQBE/Bristol Broadcasting/Kroger food drive
If you've been listening to Electric 102.7 or WQBE--or have visited an area Kroger in the last few days--you'll know that our Christmas canned food and potato drive is going on (special thanks goes out to the IVS Group, which sponsors the Potato Challenge.) Keep listening on the radio for stories about people we've served, and how you can help make sure no one goes hungry this Christmas. Speaking of the food drive...

The Union Mission Annual Christmas Food Giveaway
is this Saturday. All across the state, at 37 sites in 19 counties, we're giving away food baskets to needy families. As you know if you've been following us on Facebook or Twitter, our Thanksgiving food distribution shattered records. In the 98-year history of Union Mission we'd never fed as many people as we did that day. All told, more than 54,000 people received food on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. We gave out enough food to last them for a month, so now it's time to do it again. We've just wrapped up signing families up, and we're expecting another Our biggest distribution site is Bible Center Church here in Charleston, so if you want to volunteer or just attend the service, come on by. It starts at 9 a.m.