Charlie’s Lunch
Initial Outfitters Goal
Our dream is to fund a lunchroom a month. That would mean selling over 12,000 Charlie’s Lunchboxes each year. Our goal is to make sure that every lunchroom sponsored by Initial Outfitters is fully funded before the New Year starts. That way, we know that our kids are taken care of, and we can responsibly decide when the time is right to open new ones!
We have raised 100% of the necessary funds for 2011, and are now working on 2012! If we work quickly, we would love to open another lunchroom this year!
Who Is Charlie?
Sam and Janey Stewart’s son Charlie was born with a serious heart defect. Charlie remained one of the most spiritually alive kids you could ever meet, and he was a beacon of joy who loved to give. Tragically, on February 1, 1996, Charlie’s heart just couldn’t hold out any longer, and he went home to be with the Lord.
One day around lunchtime, there was a knock at Janey’s door. When she opened it, she found two little boys begging for a piece of bread. Janey felt the Lord was telling her, “Give them Charlie’s lunch.” And so she did. Sam and Janey shared what God was doing with their family, and they created Charlie’s Lunch. There was confirmation and vision that God could multiply “Charlie’s Lunch” to feed thousands of hungry children all over the world, and the Charlie’s Lunch ministry was born!
To learn more about Charlie’s Lunch or make a direct donation to their cause, please visit the Charlie’s Lunch website at http://www.charlieslunch.com
Where does Initial Outfitters fit in?
At Initial Outfitters, we believe that we have been blessed so that we can bless others! With that in mind, Initial Outfitters has partnered with the organization “Charlie’s Lunch” to help in their mission of goodwill, fellowship, and feeding.
Through our lunch money collections, and the sale of our Charlie’s Lunchboxes and Charlie’s Lunch Cookbooks, Initial Outfitters now fully sponsors 7 lunchrooms each year! Located in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala, our lunchrooms provide hot lunches, bible study, and love for 420 children! But this is not just a charity that we send money to! Alicia and Jim Storbeck have personally visited and spent time in each of our Charlie’s Lunchrooms, giving out hugs, lots of love, leading evangelism activities, and getting to know the communities.
These children and their families are counted among the poorest of the poor. But as a part of this ministry, they are made to feel rich as they are fed physically and spiritually, and are ministered to on a regular and personal basis. This is where the “eternal differences” will be made!
The changes that we have seen in the children are dramatic! Their families are joining the church, and their priorities are changing to reflect their new faith. When a Charlie’s Lunchroom comes to a community, the community is changed forever. We are proud and humbled to have had the opportunity to participate in this project, and look forward to many more communities experiencing the same!
