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Buy a bldng 2 con't 2 feed veterans & their families, please help us!!wilson county veterans food program

COMPETED FOR

$250K
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Competed in
March, 2010

Goals

  • To establish permanent housing for our organization
  • To provide adequate food for our clients
  • To purchase better abled and more fridges and freezers to store food

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Overview

We are a 501 (c)3 non profit organization and we are currently crammed into an old flower shop.  We would love to be able to move our group to a much larger and more adequately prepared spot to be able to expand and help more families.  With this grant money we would be able to purchase and own our own building and never have to worry again if we have enough in grants and donations to pay the rent.  As it stands now we are on a month to month basis of never knowing if we will have enough to make due in order to not have to close our doors.  The need for food becomes more and more every month but the donations do not.  The cost of rent is over a thousand dollars alone a month and does not include the electricity to run the five freezers and ten refridgerators that we own when they are working! Everyone that is there to help is strictly volunteer, no one including the CEO gets paid. This grant would help us to create a more permanent environment for clients!

How will the 250K be Used?

Budget Notes: our budget will not include pay to anyone within our organization. It will strictly be used for the items noted above.
$ 200,000 purchase a building
$ 10,000 purchasing more freezers and equipment
$ 5,000 this will purchase food for more than three years
$ 35,000 will be used for monthly expenses such as utilities
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