Upside Down Ministries Inc

“Part iii - organizations primary exempt purposewith a faith-filled foundation, managed by a committed board and volunteer staff, the organization exists to provide, in the spirit of jesus christ, nourishing meals for the needy in an atmosphere of caring and acceptance.part iii - statement of program services accomplishmentsthe organization was blessed to accomplish much in a short amount of time in 2017. We provided over 10,000 free community meals before we closed our doors in july. We catered over 2,500 meals in special events that serve our local community needs. We provided weekly produce and groceries to over 500 homes each week. We grew our volunteer base to over 170 people in 2017 as well as continued to implement our internship program. We have successfully completed three college internships as well as a board fellow and mentoring program with our local university, appalachian state university. We continued to work with local rehabilitation ministries and organizations to create a work program to assist men that are recovering from substance abuse problems. We continued to serve with over twelve local churches and organizations in 2017. This year, we continued to serve our free community meal each thursday and grew our number from 400 meals each week in 2014 to 500 meals each week in 2017, delivering to shut-ins and elderly into their own homes and neighborhoods. We worked with other non-profits and local organizations as they have hunger needs as well and have started to serve in two different locations once each month to reach the most needed with our meals. One of the highlights of this year continued to be catering for over 150 young adults with special needs as they attended the joy prom in our community. We also enjoyed working with local schools to host community-wide family dinners to bring families into the schools together for literacy programs and fellowship. We continued to receive food donations and prepare meals weekly with the help of our local community businesses. In the power of jesus christ, green street catering continued to grow with the needs of our community and serve its people. However, we have had to unexpectedly close our doors to serving meals due to family illness for our executive director, chastity lesesne. Chastity will need to travel between two states to be able to care for her extended family who are seriously ill and handicapped. We are so thankful for all that god allowed us to accomplish in him in these last 7 years of serving one meal at a time.”

“Description amountdepreciation from 4562 1,292accounting 205office expenses 2,902auto and truck 5,853fundraising 649food distributed 19,600food and paper supplies 14,748volunteer/internship expense 8,710supplies 1,063donations 750other 1,679”