Hope 2 Others is a non-profit organization and community project created by two teenage sisters looking for a way to provide immediate help for those in need down the street. After learning about homelessness and displaced peoples at a missions camp, they started filling lunch sacks with essential items like food, water, socks, and tracts and giving them to the panhandlers and homeless in their community. The idea caught on and now there are H2O ministries all over the country.
Our own kids love filling H2O bags. They know they are really helping someone. They love knowing that this mission was created by kids for kids. They love that the grow-ups in "big church" want to help them reach others with the gospel when it's usually the other way around. We sometimes adjust what we put in our bags depending on cost, season, area, etc. We also have found it helpful to partner with a local shelter.
This project can be done at relatively low cost and makes a great ongoing outreach program. Go to their website (http://www.h2obags.com/)to learn more about how it works and what goes in the bags. Once you're ready to start your own H2O ministry, just sign up to gain access to detailed instructions, ideas, and promotional materials.
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