Hope Missions Leads Efforts to Provide Backpacks for Those in Need

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer

Hope Missions of the Upstate is teaming up with other Anderson charities, churches and volunteers to provide more than 300 backpacks loaded with essentials for our neighbors, friends and family in the community who need help. On Dec. 22, from 8 a.m.-noon, an event to distribute the backpacks is scheduled at First Presbyterian Church to distribute the backpacks, which will be distributed to HOPE Missions, The Salvation Army of Anderson, Asher House, and South Main Chapel & Mercy Center.

Located in downtown Anderson, Hope Missions provides a daily breakfast for the area’s homeless – with the help of local volunteers (who consider themselves servants of the less fortunate) - serves as a warming shelter for Anderson County when the weather turns cold, works helping the unhoused find a place to live, and helps those in need get their identification paperwork to allow them to get jobs.

The following list contains items these organizations consider useful to someone who might be without a permanent residence. The greatest need among items still being collected for the backpacks: Hygiene kits, Water bottles, Umbrellas, Notebooks, Duct tape, Toothbrushes & toothpaste, Body powder, Soap, Snack bars. Full list here.

For more information or to donate items, money or time to Hope Missions, contact dave@hopeupstate.org