NightStrike for 2012 Begins with a Tweet

Posted in NightStrike

What a wonderful night!  After our annual break NightStrike kicked back off tonight – with a good number of volunteers and some newbies to the scene.  We love seeing what God does with those who show up and serve…but especially, with those we serve.  Some amazing individuals are joining our team to love the people of this city and we’re excited for you to meet some of them in the future!

Our followers are going beyond this blog and into the Twittersphere, connecting us to new people with their own passion for those who are hungry and homeless.  Through our Twitter connections tonight we met Tym Less, of Form Photography, endeavoring on his own media campaign to keep a permanent focus on hunger and homelessness.  We’ll show you some of the pictures he took soon.

Want to follow us on Twitter too?  You can do so by click HERE or on the Twitter icon in the side bar.  Use the #nightstrike hashtag when you tweet about it and spread the twitter love about @BridgeTownInc so we can take our message even further!

Just a glimpse of some of the Tweets from the Night!

@marshallsnider : Excited about 1st #nightstrike of 2012. Chipotle with da boys first then down town PDX!! @BridgeTownInc

@BridgeTownInc : A gr8 #nightstrike 2night! Good number of volunteers! Cocoa Tinged Beef Stew was served…mmm good hearty soup for a cold night. Stay warm!

@marshallsnider : @FormPhotography nice 2 meet u 2nite #nightstrike. Hope all went well 4 u 2night…love to see the picts. Thanks for respecting the guests.

@marshallsnider : @ugmpdx thanks for the socks and caps tonight at #nightstrike!! It’s great to partner to “Love People Because People Matter!”

A Wonderful Christmas

Posted in BTown Kids

Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who helped make this year’s Christmas party a great success for our BTown Kids and families!

Metro Toy Drive and KGW Toy Drive helped with a number of gifts, as well as many individuals!

Special thanks to the following faith communities for providing gifts and or volunteers!

Community of Christ Church, Hillsboro
Mountainview Community Church, Oregon City
Christ Community Church, Beaverton
Life Roads, Tualatin
Door of Hope, Portland
Mt Olivet Baptist Church, Portland
Faith Bible High School, Aloha
Westside Christian High School, Lake Oswego
Stanfield Assemblies of God, Stanfield

Norma Benjamin provided 100 tins of home made cookies to top off the stockings and gifts the kids received, and Bob (aka Santa) did a fantastic job of loving on the little ones.

We could not effectively love our BTown Kids without your help, so from our home, to yours, we say THANK YOU for helping us make this a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!