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Hiway 80 Rescue Mission Tyler Outreach Team
Road to a New Life Starts Here
109 N. BeckHAM Ave., Tyler TX 75702
DECEMBER 2012
Thanksgiving Blessings
Executive Director:
Eric Burger
Longview location:
3117 W. Marshall Ave.
Longview, TX 75606
903-759-8101
More than 220 homeless and
needy Tyler men, women and children found Christian fellowship and
nourishment of spirit and body at the
first annual Hiway 80 Rescue Mission
Thanksgiving Meal in
Tyler on Wednesday, Nov. 21, at the
West Erwin Church
of Christ Benevolence Center.
Greg
Grubb,
chairman of Mission
for Tyler, opened
the group in a
Tyler Outreach Team Office:
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ing before the
Tyler, TX
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crowd enjoyed a
delicious, traditional
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of turkey and dressing, sweet potatoes,
Host a Toy Drive!
green bean casserole, rolls and pecan
pie.
The Tyler Outreach Team is
gearing up to provide a very
merry Christmas for needy
Tyler children at our Family
Christmas Party on Sunday,
Dec. 23.
You can help provide gifts by
hosting a toy drive at your
church, school or business.
For more information, please
call Gary Crim at 903-2169183.
“I really enjoyed the food and
seeing everyone else enjoy it, too,”
said Mark Philen, who helped Rev.
Christian transport the food and
attended the meal as a guest.
The Tyler Outreach Team coordinated with other agencies, including the Green Acres Good Samaritan Outreach Center, St. Paul’s
Children Foundation, Gateway to
Hope and the West Erwin
Benevolence Center, to spread
word of the Thanksgiving meal to all
in need. Additionally, Rev. Antonio
Christian, Tyler Outreach Team
member, invited the homeless men
and women he has made contact
with since the Tyler Outreach
Team office opened in January
2012.
Volunteers helped set up and
decorate for the
event, as well as
serve guests the
meal.
Volunteer
Cindy Sulser enjoyed
seeing familiar faces
and visiting with
friends she has made
while volunteering as
an art outreach instructor for the Mission as well as making
some new ones.
“I enjoyed volunteering with people from
different churches
and seeing all of us
work together for the same
cause,” she said.
Hiway 80 Rescue Mission will
host a Christmas Eve meal for the
needy at 3 pm on Monday, December 24, at the West Erwin Benevolence Center.
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What a blessing it was for the Tyler Outreach Team to be able to share
the love and spirit of Christ with so many homeless and hungry individuals at our first annual Thanksgiving meal in Tyler. I want to thank
West Erwin Church of Christ Benevolence Center for sharing their
facility with us and the volunteers who helped make this event such a
success. We are looking forward to our upcoming Family Christmas
Party in Tyler, where we will feed needy families and give toys to children as well as our Christmas Eve meal. It is because of your support
that our Mission has been able to touch the lives of so many hurting
individuals in Tyler and that we will be able to expand our services in
the future.
On behalf of Hiway 80 Rescue Mission, may you and your family have
a blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy new year.
Eric Burger,
Hiway 80 Rescue
Mission Executive
Director
Road to a New Life Starts Here, Eric
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Current Needs List

Bottled water
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Pop top foods (Vienna sausages, tuna,
etc)
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Hats, gloves and scarves
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Underwear and socks
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Toiletries (deodorant, toothbrushes and
toothpaste, razors, shaving cream,
feminine sanitary items, hand lotion,
chap stick)
Please drop off donations at our Tyler
Outreach Team office, located at 109 N.
Beckham Avenue. Thank you, and may God
bless you and your family this season!
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!
Volunteers are needed December 20-22 to sort,
organize and wrap toys for our Tyler Family Christmas
Party. We also need volunteers on December 22 to help
prepare the meal that will be served at the party.
Please call Gary Crim, Tyler volunteer coordinator
at 903-216-9183 for more information and to sign up to
volunteer.
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