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Calling all Community Members of the Kern River Valley Compassion Caravan 
Lake Isabella’s Janet Garcia, during the October 18 for Compassion Caravan.
Compassion Caravan (aka Caravan for Compassion) was started by a few local citizens whom heard that our local food banks were barren and that they needed desperate help. They were informed that increased numbers of families returning to the food banks have increased but the donations have not. They not only wanted to collect items to fill these food banks for their community but they also want to raise the awareness especially around the holidays. So, the 3rd Saturday of each month these citizens come together in a caravan fashion collecting donated food and items around the lake, and give it to The Food Pantry, The Salvation Army and God's Store House here in the Kern River Valley. It has been extremely successful.  Eli Nadler-Block, Dr. Holly Spohn-Gross, Nate Gross (on Holly's lap), Hannah Gross, Jenny Hanley painting Caravan for Compassion banners on 11-18-08. Now it is time to do it again. They need your help. Please contact your churches, groups, organizations and network to make this happen. This will be an ongoing monthly project until our food banks are filled and our people are fed. We cannot sit idle and wait for someone else to help. This is our community. We have to rise up and like as Gandhi said "Be the change you wish to see in the world." CCN iReport video on the KRV’s 11-22-08 Caravan for Compassion KV Sun 9-16-09: Caravan for Compassion marks first anniversary
Compassion Caravan is held every 3rd Saturday.
Basic items needed:
NON-PERISHABLE FOOD – CANNED (MEATS, VEGETABLES, SOUPS, BEANS, FRUIT, ETC.) – PRE-PACKAGED OR DRIED FOODS! MONETARY DONATIONS – MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: THE FOOD PANTRY, GOD’S STOREHOUSE, OR SALVATION ARMY – ALL 501-C3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS!
Saturday 6-20-08 Schedule:
NOW TWO CARAVANS! BRING ITEMS TO: 10 – 10:30 am:
KERNVILLE, Circle Park
SOUTHFORK, street at Southfork School/Women’s Club, 10:45 – 11:15 am
WOFFORD HEIGHTS, front of Post Office
SOUTHLAKE, street in front of Sierra Gateway Market
11:30 – 12 noon: LAKE ISABELLA, street corner at Senior Center MT. MESA, street in front of Mt.Mesa Market
Join or leave the caravan at any stop!
RED COLLECTION CONTAINERS IN LOCAL STORES, CURCHES, BARS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS!
So, come fill up the trucks. You can drop your items off or be part of the caravan. All help is welcome. Volunteers distribute the collected goods & donations to KRV’s The Food Pantry, The Salvation Army and God's Store House immediately following the event. Also look for red Compassion Caravan collection containers in local stores!
Compassion Caravan contacts:
Why is your help needed?- Even with our community efforts our food banks are empty!!!!
- Families are homeless.
- People are starving.
- 300 families are fed a month and over 1,000 people are taken care of by the Salvation Army in some way.
- It is cold outside and it is only getting colder.
- They need nonperishable items.
- They need gently used coats...mittens...gloves...blankets...
- Unwrapped toys for children are greatly appreciated.
- Monetary donations are always welcome.
- They are all 501-C3 nonprofit organizations. Your donation will be tax deducted. Make checks payable to The Food Pantry, The Salvation Army, or God's Store House.
The Compassion Caravan is all about Kern River Valley residents helping each other. Kern River Valley’s approximately 16,000 people are generally poorer, older and more disabled than the general U.S. Population. Compassion: A deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it |
