Mustard Seed Jersey
BREAD FOR LIFE APPEAL 2012-2013
This appeal is to fund BREAD for pensioners and poor families in Oradea
Romania – people too poor to buy for themselves –
the need is greatest in the coldest months. Based on information from Romania
we are confident that:
£6 will buy bread for a household for a
week
£12 will buy bread for 2 households for
a week
£30 will buy bread for 5 households for
a week
£60 will buy bread for 10 households
for a week
£120 will buy bread for 20 households for
a week
£240 will buy bread for 40 households
for a week ........
The social
worker has a waiting list of families and pensioners who
heard about the bread distribution last winter and are in need for this
coming winter.
Money can be paid direct into dedicated bank
account: Account Name: Mustard Seed Jersey Appeal Account – Account number 71135333 - Sort Code 40-25-41.
Cheques made payable to “Mustard Seed Jersey Appeal” should be sent to
Mustard Seed Jersey (Bread Appeal), Cardiff House, St Peter, Jersey JE3 7EJ
SOME BACKGROUND INFO
ON BREAD FOR LIFE APPEAL
Early in January 2011, Nelu a Romanian social worker asked if
Mustard Seed could help with money to buy bread for families and pensioners who
were unable to afford to buy even a loaf of bread.
A donation made it possible to provide
bread for 30+ households for almost 3 months.
Then during the winter of 2011-2012
thanks to donations received for our Bread Appeal we were able to fund bread
from late November till the end of the winter. We helped over 50 vulnerable
families, so many more persons benefitted as some families were large. This was
a brilliant result and we are so very grateful to everyone who gave.
Needless to say we have been asked if
we can help again this coming winter 2012-2013.
Because of the on-going rising cost of
wheat and loaves of bread it is impossible to predict with absolute certainty
the exact cost for this coming winter but we feel sure that £6 will provide
bread for an average household for a week.
Again we want to give bread to those
most poor and vulnerable, so if funding is short we will aim to provide bread
for only the coldest months when the need is greatest,
rather than bread for one family for the whole winter and no bread for another
equally needy family. If needed we would consider reducing
the number of bread distributions per week.
The coldest months are December,
January and February, so those will be our priority months. Ideally we would
want to provide bread for the 6 cold months from mid-October till mid-April, or
better still from the beginning of October to the end of April
.
How many days/weeks/months we can
plan to provide bread will depend upon the money raised by the end of
October.
We hope to start the bread distribution
mid/late November, but to obtain a good price the social workers need to know
how much money will be available, so that they can negotiate a good deal with
the baker. So we ask for all donations
for bread to be with us before the end of October.
On a freezing day in
December 2011, representatives of Mustard Seed Jersey witnessed how the crowd
gathered up to 2 hours before the bread was due to arrive in Oradea, Romania.
Thank you to those generous people who made the bread
distribution possible during the 5 coldest months of the winter of
20ll-2012.
WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HELP AGAIN DURING THE WINTER OF
2012-2013