Impact

Donors give to evidence, not adjectives.

So here is the evidence. Every photo on this page is a real day on Mary Street or at a partner church in Louisville.

Volunteers serving plates along a buffet line at the Friday community meal — Friday night, 5 to 7. A hot meal served at the table.

Volunteers plating food onto trays before guests arrive — Plating up before the doors open.

Volunteers working together in the kitchen preparing the Friday meal — The kitchen crew. Everything is cooked from scratch.

A volunteer cooking in the commercial kitchen at Sanctuary Church — Friday starts hours before anyone sits down.

Trays of food being prepared for the Friday community meal — Prep work, tray by tray.

Full trays of hot food ready to be served — Ready to serve.

A baked pasta dish prepared for a Friday night community meal — A different menu every Friday.

Red beans and sausage over rice prepared for the community meal — Red beans and sausage over rice.

A volunteer handing a plate of food to a guest at the community meal — Handed over with a smile, every time.

Guests eating together at picnic tables under a pavilion — Eating together, not just handing out food.

Racks of donated clothing organised by size in the clothing closet — The closet: Wednesdays 12 to 2 and Fridays 5 to 7.

Neighbors browsing racks of free clothing at the clothing closet — Free to the public. Up to 10 items a visit.

A wide view of the clothing closet with racks and shelving — Stocked entirely by donations.

Volunteers sorting and hanging donated clothing — Sorting, hanging and restocking between openings.

A group of volunteers standing together in the clothing closet — Closet volunteers, mid-shift.

Volunteers helping guests find clothing among the racks — Helping people find their size.

Tents set up outdoors for a His Blessings Box community day in Louisville — A community day. Food, clothing and haircuts, all free.

A barber giving a free haircut outdoors at a community day — Free haircuts. Sometimes that is what dignity looks like.

Barber chairs set up on the grass for free haircuts at a community event — Barber chairs on the grass.

Clothing laid out on tables under a tent at a community day — The closet goes on the road for community days.

Volunteers serving food from tables under a tent at a community event — Serving under the tent.

A community cookout in a Louisville park with tents and neighbors gathered — The Elliott Park cookout. Serve one another in love.

A large group of His Blessings Box volunteers gathered together — Nobody on this page is on payroll.

A group of volunteers in His Blessings Box shirts — Some come once. Many come back every week.

Five volunteers standing together before a serving shift — Before the doors open.

Volunteers posing together at the end of a serving shift — After the last plate.

Volunteers in aprons working side by side in the kitchen — Two hours is all it takes to help.

Volunteers gathered outdoors at a community event — Churches, families and neighbors, serving side by side.

Where the money goes

100%

of donations buy food and clothing

There is no payroll to cover. Every officer serves unpaid.

$0

paid in salaries

All nine officers are listed at zero compensation.

501(c)(3)

registered nonprofit

EIN 88-2975654. Recognized by the IRS since 2022.

Come as you are. You are loved here.

Whether you come to serve or to be served, there is a place for you at the table.

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