Love UBFM and love the UBFM volunteers!

UBFM is not just Thursday, it also Saturday. Saturday delivery is limited food items, but still Grace, Love, Respect and Hope are offered.

It was and is a very cold Saturday. The 70 homeless friends that were served were grateful for the food, blankets, sleeping bags and pads and caps.

Maggie Rhodes made a hot turkey and rice hot dish that was greatly appreciated.

Thank you to Sharpe Smith, Randy Breese, Mike/Gunny and Maggie for braving the cold. Also thank you to Joe and Jeff for covering down by the boat ramp.

Join UBFM on a Thursday and to learn more about the Saturday delivery.

Robby Collier

Delivering Hope on Saturdays

UBFM has started a Saturday delivery serving 60 friends on the street with a blessing bag of non perishable food, gloves, socks and hand warmers.

Also handed out were blankets, coats, caps and flashlights.

With more Saturday volunteers, hopefully we can expand to other routes and serve more. If you would like to help on Saturday, you can sign up on Thursday night.

Thank you Randy, Scott Benton, Ginny, Sharpe Smith and Sedina Dina for coming out.

Robby Collier

The Power of Radical Hospitality, One Burrito at a Time

We recently received the following note from Leslie Routson at Hope Ministries:

Hi Joe! I am a new fan of Urban Bicycle Food Ministry because of this awesome story:

I work for Hope Ministries. At lunch at our Door of Faith men’s life recovery housing facility a week or so ago, I was talking with a self-described “street kid” named Aaron who is clean and sober for the first time in his life. He said he lived through this entire harsh winter in a tent near the river. There were many nights that he assumed he wouldn’t wake up in the morning. One especially cold night, your group came to him on bicycles and gave him 2 burritos and a blanket. He said he is positive that that blanket and the hope your team gave him got him through the night and completely changed his outlook on street life. Shortly after, he was robbed of his tent and walked directly to Bethel Mission for a bed. After a couple of weeks he decided it wasn’t worth living like he had been and joined our year-long life recovery program. He is currently in month 2 at Door of Faith, encouraged and sober and working the program. He’s an awesome and inspirational guy and I am overwhelmingly grateful you helped him live. What a blessing your group is to our neighbors in need. Grateful to work alongside you to care for God’s children.