2016 has been a hard year for Pure Heart as we’ve gone through growing pains. But we have also accomplished so much! As a new year starts, we’ve been reviewing the past year and have been amazed at all that has happened.
With the income of an average US family we have managed to:
- Feed the Hungry:
With your help, we served right around 73,000 home cooked meals. - Visit the Sick:
With your help we met the medical needs of the children we work with and their families as we could.
Medical assistance included:- Ambulance / emergency rides (availability 24/7/365)
- Dr. visits
- ER visits
- Medicine
- Food, toiletries, ransister radios and fans for patients
- Surgeries: 1 eye, 2 dental, 2 babies, 1 hernia, 1 ruptured disc, and 1 foot.
- Clothe the Naked:
With your help we clothed over 3,100 children. - Teach:
With your help we gave out 35 scholarships. 10 children graduated to Kindergarten in the Public School system. We also had a kid’s club of around 60 kids in the neighborhood on Saturday afternoons. We were able to witness the graduation of Reina Tiffer from Medical School. She was a little 8 year old girl in our program when we very first started. - Celebrate:
With your help we celebrated the birthdays and Christmas’ of 225 children with parties, cake, piñatas, games, presents, and school supplies for the upcoming year. - Mourn:
We have helped with the costs and the services of 11 funerals. - Construct:
We have helped with shoring up and roofing of several of our neighbor’s houses in the community. - Solved Problems:
Everything from marriage counseling, rebellious teen counseling, to fixing transportation, water and electrical problems. We are called to be problem solvers, not problem pointer outers! - Love: (Most important)
With your help children could witness first hand unconditional love.