13-Good Shep MissionPROCLAMATION NO. 2007-13
WHEREAS, The Good Shepherd Mission is a 501-C 3 non profit, private corporation founded in 1983, with board members from local churches. They receive their funding through churches,
local United Way, businesses, civic clubs and individuals; and
WHEREAS, The primary goal is to provide hope for the hopeless, meeting basic human needs, based upon New Testament teachings. counseling and referral counseling is available at no charge;
WHEREAS, The Good Shepherd Mission also serves as an information hub for human services in Walker County;
WHEREAS, Shelter meals average approximately 1,600 served monthly. Each day of the year hot meals are served at noon and six o’clock in the evening; and
WHEREAS, The food bank serves on average 140 households per week – 135 tons of groceries per year; and
WHEREAS, The Good Shepherd Mission also offers a wealth of other services to people in need of assistance; and
WHEREAS, The primary purpose of the Mission is to give hope to those in need. People in crisis are desperate and their needs are more than physical; and
WHEREAS, A host of volunteers, 12 part time staff and one director serve over 1600 people in one way or another each month; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that:
APRIL 26, 2007
be declared:
GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION DAY
in Huntsville, Texas, in honor of their 25th Anniversary Celebration of Neighbors helping Neighbors.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the 17th day of April 2007.
J. TURNER, MAYOR