MTKO “Witness to HOPE” Update
I am pleased to let you know that our group will have a great opportunity to participate very closely in Matt Talbot’s move to their new location over the coming months.
On Saturday, at a meeting of team captains at the Kitchen to update us on the plans for the move, I was asked to join the Steering Committee for Matt Talbot’s $1.4M “Witness to HOPE” capital campaign that will be launched very shortly to raise the needed funds to relocate the Kitchen from their current location to the Carnegie Library area on North 27th St.
As part of the Committee, I am excited to be able to give voice to the many volunteers and supporters of Matt Talbot that hail from outside the Lincoln metro area. About 20% of MTKO’s volunteers travel, like we do, to serve at the Kitchen, and I believe we will have some great opportunities this spring and summer to facilitate events in our area to tell the story of Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach and how important their mission is to the homeless and working poor in Lincoln.
In talking with Sarah Sr. at the last meal, she indicated that they are thinking about a music festival fundraiser this summer as one possibility. It sounds as if the campaign will have a significant “grassroots” flavor – small gatherings of people where the staff or Board of MTKO can interact personally with folks interested in the Kitchen and how they might help with the move. Please be thinking of some other creative ways we might gather people together in our area to tell them about this great organization, and our experiences there.
I will be attending the 1st Steering Committee meeting on March 3rd in Lincoln, and will give everyone an update on how this will unfold in the coming months. If you have any ideas you’d like me to share with the Committee, just drop me a line before then!
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