WestJax Outreach provides food, medical, dental, and pregnancy services to those in need on the Westside of Jacksonville. They are seeking volunteers for their food pantry, pregnancy center, and medical/dental clinics in order to expand services and help more people. They also encourage donations of food, money, and volunteer time. Contact Mary Ann Cox for more information.

1. Outreach Connections
“Reaching out to others in the name of Jesus.”
Website: www.westjaxoutreach.org
Telephone: 904-573-1333
By Mary Ann Cox, Executive Director, The Lord's Pantry: A Volunteer Coordinator is needed
WestJax Outreach, Inc. to assist with running this vital ministry. If you are
interested or would like more information, please let me
know.
Each day at The Lord’s Pantry, volunteers work
diligently to fill and distribute bags of groceries to
Baby Luv Pregnancy Center: HAVE YOU EVER
families in need. Our current USDA food allotment
WANTED TO HELP WOMEN WHO FIND
along with donations allows us to fill 30 bags per day.
THEMSELVES IN A CRISIS SITUATION?
Each bag is designed to provide a week’s worth of meals WE NEED YOU! In order to expand our hours to serve
for a family of four. Once 30 bags have been distributed, more clients we are in need of volunteer crisis
our volunteers provide soup, bread and snacks to any pregnancy counselors. All training will be provided.
remaining client who comes to us for assistance. During The only criteria are that you must have a relationship
the first six months of 2011 approximately, 600 families with Jesus Christ, hold to God’s views on the Sanctity of
did not receive a full bag of groceries. In order to
Life, and be lead to this Ministry. Contact me if you are
better meet the need, we must increase our daily bag
interested and would like more information.
distribution by 10 bags for a total of 40 bags, on each of
the three days a week The Lord’s Pantry is open. For
Healing Hands Medical & Dental Ministry: Dentists,
this to be realized, we need more weekly food
Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants are needed to
donations. How can you help? Consider one or more of
expand our hours of operation at our Healing Hands
the following:
Dental location. Doctors and Nurses are needed to
expand our hours of operation at our Lake Shore
If you have a child who attends a school located on
Medical Mission location. Volunteer providers receive
the Westside of Jacksonville, consider becoming a school
CE credit and possible fee credit towards biannual
liaison to assist in coordinating a school food drive.
license renewal.
If you have a child involved in a community program
Contact: Mary Ann Cox, 778-=1434, ext. 108 or
(i.e. soccer, scouts, etc.) on the Westside, consider a
mary.ann.cox@comcast.net
group service project for food donations or other items
we neede.
If you are a member of a local church that is not
currently a church partner, consider becoming a church
liaison assisting with communicating the needs of
WestJax Outreach to your church family. (Current
partners: St. Peter’s Church, Lake Shore United
Methodist Church, Lake Shore Baptist Church, and
Cedar Hills Baptist Church).
There are many ways for God to use you to help
WestJax Outreach. If you would like more information,
contact Mary Ann Cox at 778-1434, ext. 108 or
administrator@westjaxoutreach.org.
Reaching out to others in the name of Jesus www.westjaxoutreach.org

2. Leviticus 19 Society STATISTICS
“9When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to Jan-May
the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your 2011 2010 2009
harvest. 10Do not go over your vineyard a second time
or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for Meals Provided 8,800 16,036 14,940
the poor and the alien. I am the Lord your God.” Baby Luv
Leviticus 19: 9-10 283 705 810
Clients Served
God instructed the Hebrews to provide for people in Medical Patient
515 1,184 710
need. WestJax Outreach Inc. invites you to join the Visits
Leviticus 19:9-10 Society. A monthly commitment of $10, Dental Patient
151 265 32
$15, or $25 can do so much for so many. It can put food Visits
in their cabinets, diapers on their little ones and hope in Total Number
their hearts. By joining the Leviticus 19 Society, we can 7, 881 16,669 16,453
Served
obey as the Hebrews did by “leaving the corners of our
fields” for those in need. Volunteers 66 69 63
Volunteer Hours 3315 7,842 7,183
I needed clothes and you clothed Me, I was sick and you
looked after Me, I was in prison and you came to visit Me.‟
Then the righteous will answer Him, „LORD, when did we
He [Jesus] told them, “ The harvest is plentiful, but the
see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You
workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore,
something to drink? When did we see You a stranger and to send out workers into His harvest field. “ Luke 10:2
invite You in, or needing clothes and clothe You? When did
we see You sick or in prison and go to visit You?‟
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever
you did for one of the least of these brothers and
sisters of Mine, you did for Me.’ Matthew 25:35-40
WestJax Outreach, Inc. does not charge any fees for
its services. All contributions are tax-deductible.
If you would like to become a member of the
Leviticus 19 Society, please contact Mary Ann Cox,
Executive Director, 778-1434, ext. 108 or e-mail
administrator@westjaxoutreach.org.
BREAKFAST ITEMS
(Hot & Cold Cereal, Grits,
Pancake/Muffin Mix, etc.)
August 2011 Reaching out to others in the name of Jesus www.westjaxoutreach.org