"America is the richest country in the world. And yet tonight, thousands of your neighbors will go to bed hungry. It may be your child's schoolmate who is undernourished and has difficulty learning on an empty stomach. Or it could be a co-worker, a working mother whose low-wage job doesn't make ends meet. Perhaps it's an elderly neighbor who has to make a decision whether to delay filling a prescription or buying groceries. The faces of hunger are as broad as the faces of America."
David Jasby, General Mills
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What We're About ...
An important message from former C.R.O.S.S. Center Board Chair, Pastor Al Jergenson -
This web site seeks to introduce you to the work and ministry of the C.R.O.S.S. Center in Benton County. It is our hope to acquaint you with the reasons for its existence, the resources it provides and the opportunities YOU are afforded to make a loving and significant difference in the lives of many of your neighbors who find themselves in a time of real crisis or need.Through a dedication to ongoing education, commitment, partnership and resourcing, the C.R.O.S.S. Center seeks to develop a growing awareness of the basic needs around us for food and clothing; to generate a passion to address those needs with compassion, love and care; to foster a willingness to partner together to accomplish much more than would otherwise be possible; and to challenge one another to each do our part to provide the best resources possible, to serve those in need through volunteers who truly care, and to support clients with what it takes to meet their real emergency needs.Whether you find yourself in the role of donor, volunteer or recipient - the ministry of the C.R.O.S.S. Center seeks to address real needs with compassion, integrity and a loving response. To that end, I hope you will join with us and play your part in making a real difference in the lives of those in need!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please check the other pages of our web site to learn more about us, to see how you can help with our mission, or to discover what kind of help may be available to you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Something to remember ...
FACT SHEET – 2007 Information about C.R.O.S.S and
7/2006 – 6/2007 CROSS CENTER FOOD SHELF STATISTICS
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C.R.O.S.S. NO LONGER ACCEPTING FURNITURE
The CROSS Center is no longer in the Furniture Business. The CROSS Board regrets that the CROSS Center will no longer be accepting furniture donations. Please DO NOT leave any furniture, beds or appliances by the CROSS building. There is no room inside for furniture. Anything outside will have to stay out in the weather and then be set out for garbage pickup. The required extra garbage fees will cost CROSS money that should be used for buying food.
However there is another option!
Notices of items to be given away can be posted, with phone number, on the bulletin board at CROSS. Bring notices in during open hours or mail them to us. (PO Box 205) Call CROSS for more information. (968-7012)
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CHECK OUR SERVICES PAGE FOR INFORMATION ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS THE C.R.O.S.S. CENTER HAS RUNNING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR.
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Stretch your donation dollar This graphic will show how you can make your donation to the C.R.O.S.S. Center stretch even farther. This is a .pdf file, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view it. A free copy of the Reader can be obtained by clicking here.
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EMAIL US at crosscenter@hotmail.com
