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The month of June generally marks the beginnings of summer vacation!

Schools are letting out, kids are signing up for youth camps, sports camps, and extra-curricular activities to fill their summer with fun, excitement, and enriching experiences. But for many impoverished children in our neighborhoods, resources are limited, and opportunities to sign up for camps and extra-curricular activities can prove to be a burden for their parents. That’s why year after year Sunday Breakfast Mission makes summer our FOCUS ON KIDS.

Whether it’s providing a warm nutritious meal, safe overnight shelter, and special trips and excursions for children whose parents are enrolled in our long-term discipleship program; or its hosting Alazar’s Basketball Camp for children ages 9 – 11 years old, and our Annual Back To School Rally in August, our aim is to make summer a time of fun and excitement for each child here at Sunday Breakfast Mission. But we can’t do this alone!

We invite YOU, our faithful and generous donors to help provide enriching experiences for many of the impoverished children in our neighborhoods. Your prayerful support and generous in-kind, and

financial gifts help make summer programs a reality for many children coming to SBM. By generously investing your time, talents, and treasures, summer continues to become a time of fun and excitement where children can grow in their basketball skills, experience fun at a ball game, learn new things at a local museum, and be equipped for the next school year with a backpack full of school supplies.

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Would you help today? See inside for the many different ways you, your friends, family, and various groups can help make this summer FOCUS ON KIDS.

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“In my times of trouble and wander-ing like the prodigal son, I would often hear and remember my sweet mother’s words, ‘Either you will serve Christ, or

God will take His hand off of you. – Lamont, SBM New Life Program Graduate

Lamont grew up in church, but struggled with being the preacher’s kid. By 7th grade, he was using and then selling drugs by the age of 16. Not once, but twice Lamont was shot. It was only by the grace of God that Lamont was not killed.

“I was tired of waking up to selling and using drugs, and hearing God words, ‘Obey your parents in the Lord’. I really wanted to change!”

Lamont went to stay with a friend but found himself doing the same things he no longer wanted to do - drinking, using drugs, and fighting. Finally, his friend said he had to leave and without shelter he went to Sunday Breakfast Mission.

Hearing the message of hope in chapel, Lamont knew God was speaking to him and realized all the blessings and protection God was providing.

“I thanked God for keeping me, for sparing me from so much. All I wanted to be was safe and saved. I wanted to be saved from sin and I wanted to be changed. I gave God my heart.”

In the spring of 2018, Lamont graduated from SBM’s New Life Pro-gram. He has been working a job with an online shopping distribution center 35+ hours a week and is active in his local church. Lamont has

also been given the opportunity to pur-sue education and ministry opportu-nities.

“You might say I am following in my father’s foot-steps. I have felt God had a call-ing on my life to preach and min-ister even as a boy and I ran from it. I had to sober up to see how power-ful God was and that ‘In Him we live and move and have our being’.”

A PRODIGAL SON’S STORY OF COMING HOME

“I had to sober up to see how powerful God was and that in ‘Him we live and move and have our being’.” –Lamont

Graduation at SBM is a time to celebrate with friends and family. Lamont gathered his parents and Rev. Laymon for a photo to commemorate the occasion, which was full of hope and joy.

A teenager lost a contact lens in his driveway. After a brief, fruit-less search, he gave up. Within minutes his mother found the lens. “How did you do that?” he asked. “We weren’t looking

for the same thing,” she explained. “You were looking for a small piece of plastic. I was looking for $150.” (Excerpt taken from the Reader’s Digest)

Money sure takes on different meaning when you’re facing a fixed income, doesn’t it?

Many people have found peace of mind through Charitable Gift Annuities. CGAs are a great way to support an organization you care about like Sun-day Breakfast Mission and receive the benefit of a financial payout for life.

CGAs help donors:• Receive a reliable, fixed income• Gain tax advantages (with a

possible income tax deduction at the time of the donation, and another at income tax time)

• Bless an organization during and after their lifetime, with a higher payout rate when com-pared with CDs, treasury bonds, or money market accounts

Don’t live with anxiety over outliving your retirement. Let’s structure a plan that’s right for your future.

For the full version of this article, request a FREE copy of “How Not to Outlive Your Retirement” by contacting Rev. Tom Laymon at (302) 656-8542, ext. 103 or [email protected] - or bless your family today with a God-honoring Will at www.christianwill.org/sbm

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of greater Wilmington and lower Delaware Valley.

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ALAZAR’S CO-ED YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMP

JUNE 24TH-28TH | NOON TO 3 PM

Pre-Registration Requested Register online:

sundaybreakfastmission.org/basketball-registration or stop by Sunday Breakfast Mission for a form.

Walk-in registrations accepted.

At this FREE Fundamental Basketball Day Camp, children improve their basketball skills

while having fun, strengthening their bodies, and making new friends. The camp is for boys and girls born in 2008, 2009, and 2010. (Proof of date of birth needed for the first day of registration.) Lunch is provided and prizes are awarded daily.

BACK TO SCHOOL RALLYSATURDAY AUG. 10TH

Sunday Breakfast Mission needs your help to prepare for its 17th Annual Back To School Rally to send children grades K – 8th back to school with a backpack stuffed full of school supplies and a message of hope for the

upcoming school year!

Get your church, business, or community group involved helping to equip Wilmington Area Youth for School Success!

DONATE, SORT, AND PACK SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR OUR BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY!

HELP OUR KIDS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND BACKPACKS

• Pocket folders • Scissors, blunt and

sharp • Wide & college-ruled

notebook paper • College-ruled &

wide-ruled spiral notebook

• Erasers • 3-ring binders • Backpacks • Pens and pencils• Crayons (24 pack) • Pencil cases • Tissues

• Sharpeners • Rulers• Washable markers or

colored pencils • Glue sticks &

Washable glue

FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO GET YOUR GROUP INVOLVED CONTACT:

JACKIE ARMSTRONGCorporate Relations Manager [email protected](302) 652-8314 Ext. 114

KRISTEN RULEWICZAdministrative Assistant of Projects & [email protected](302) 652-8314 Ext. 111

Last day to donate items is August 3, 2019

With the approach of sum-mer, SBM youth special-ists in the Women and

Children’s Program are planning activities to keep kids active and engaged during the “lazy, hazy” days of summer. Each week themes are planned with special activities, day trips, and educational experiences to complement the week’s theme. Weeks will feature adventure, discovery, and outdoor themes that will expand their horizons and keep the children engaged in learn-ing and discovery. One theme is Rainforests, which will include trips to the Philadelphia and Brandywine Zoo. Wouldn’t you like to be a child again and experience the Trains & Cars & Inventions week when the children will visit the Wilmington & Western Railroad and Delaware Children’s Museum?

With Space and Astronomy, Sports, Water, and Superhero themes, just to name a few, the kids at SBM will be busy having fun and learning a lot at the same time. For many, it might be their first exposure to a muse-um, VBS, or theatre performance. It might be the first time they have gone to the beach or a water park. It might be the first time they have en-gaged in STEM activities outside of

school. For a mom, seeing her chil-dren engaging in the world around them in positive, healthy ways gives her hope. It encourages her to stay the course and do the hard work in the New Life Program in order to offer her family a brighter future. Your support of SBM impacts their lives in a very positive way.

All of the learning opportunities will allow the resident children to grow and thrive during their stay at SBM. It is not easy to be living in a homeless shelter, but it is worse living on the streets or bouncing from one place to the next and not knowing where you will be sleeping at night. With the help of donors like you, mothers have a safe and caring place to come with their children as they deal with their life issues. At SBM their children are able to thrive in an atmosphere of caring that provides security and offers them adventures and experiences that will expand their horizons and stretch their imaginations. Childhood is a precious time. THANK YOU FOR CARING FOR SBM CHILDREN!

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KIDS—EXPANDING THEIR HORIZONSSBM Resident Children Experience Fun Summer Learning

Above: Arts and crafts and STEM activities prove to be a hit every time.

Left: A mother reading to her child in the Alazar’s lending library for resident children.

Right: Summer break is full of adventures and

these SBM children are getting ready for a day

trip full of adventure.

We hope to see you this summer! To get your company involved, please contact Jackie Armstrong at

[email protected] or at (302) 652-8314 ext. 114.


Your household goods can do more than you think when you donate to Sunday Breakfast Mission’s Thrift Store! When you donate household items to Sunday

Breakfast Mission, your act of generosity is provid-ing opportunities for our impoverished community to receive gently used items that will fill their homes and apartments with “new to you” couches, tables, dressers, chairs, bed frames, etc.

Sixty percent of the items that are provided to our Thrift Store are repurposed and provided at no

cost to individuals and families in need in our community. Your household goods also

do more for our graduates who have successfully completed SBM’s New

Life Program and are transitioning away from SBM and moving into their next residence. Imagine the stress that comes from having

to move, now add the stress of limited resources, and you still need plates, cups, utensils, lin-ens, furniture, and more. Your donated household items can

become an answer to prayer for many of the men, women, and families being served here at Sunday Breakfast Mission who are seeking household goods to make a home!

Did you know that every Thursday evening,

homeless men, women, and children are able to peruse our gently used clothing section in our Thrift Store and select needed articles of clothing for free? Your donation of gently used clothing can meet the needs of so many in our community. Imagine the joy a homeless man, or women experiences when they find a “new” pair of shoes or work boots that would meet their need. Several times our homeless guest have sought articles of clothing that would be acceptable for a job interview or to attend a church service and because you gave their joy was made complete.

So, before that next item gets pushed off in a cor-ner to collect dust or set out for a random company to pick up, consider donating it to Sunday Break-fast Mission and Do More with your Household Goods!

Sunday Breakfast Mission will also schedule pickups of large items and furniture. We even will conduct home cleanouts. Contact Jim Smith at (302) 652-8314 Ext. 108 to find out more!

DOING MORE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS

Homeless men, women and children receive free clothing on Thursday evenings.

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The phrase “I had no idea…” can be heard regularly as many business leaders tour, serve, and experience being at Sunday

Breakfast Mission for the first time. “I had no idea you shelter children.” “I had no idea you provide over 500 meals daily”. “I had no idea you have a 18 – 24 month residential program to help men and women rebuild their lives and break the cycles of addiction and homelessness.” “I had no idea you spend the summer focusing on kid’s programs to be a pos-itive influence in a child’s life.”

Maybe you had no idea ei-ther? That’s why we invite you, our business leaders, corporate teams, and local owners to partner with SBM by investing in our homeless, hurting, and hungry community. When you partner with SBM, together we are helping men and women rebuild their lives and restore their families! When you, local lawyers, city officials, bankers, construction workers, IT professionals, and more join with Sunday Breakfast Mission to collect school supplies, serve a meal, pack backpacks, landscape, conduct a maintenance project, you are paving the way for other business partners and city investors to have

an idea of all the good that is happening here at Sunday Breakfast Mission.

If you have “No Idea”, we invite you and your company to join us this summer as we Focus On Kids! Here are just a few ways you can join in the summer fun….

• Your Team can host a drive of school supplies and drop off at SBM

• Your Team can schedule a day to come and fill back-packs for SBM’s annual Back To School Rally

• Your Team can host an offsite backpack packing party (We supply the details, you supply the team and supplies)

• Your Team can sponsor an outing for the women and children in our New Life Program

•Your team can schedule a time when you can come and serve our community meal

• Adopt a Room in our Women’s shelter to refresh and dress up

“I HAD NO IDEA…”Business leaders discover how they can invest at Sunday Breakfast Mission

A team from FMC provide the manpower to paint and reorganize the SBM children’s craft room, providing a great service and blessing to the kids in the Women and Children Program.

AstraZeneca employees showing their power setting up for Alazar’s Basketball Camp.

Capital One employees stuffing backpacks for community kids.

We hope to see you this summer! To get your company involved, please contact Jackie Armstrong at

[email protected] or at (302) 652-8314 ext. 114.

The phrase “I had no idea…” can be heard regularly as

many business leaders tour, serve,

and experience being at Sunday

Breakfast Mission for the first time.


Pastor Joe shared at SBM’s Easter Sunrise Breakfast with hundreds of homeless how he moved from opioids to

new life. Oftentimes we are left with the dark realities of a life consumed by addiction, but Pastor Joe saw how the worst night of his life turned into resurrection and freedom from a life of drugs, crime, and hopelessness.

Because you faithfully and gener-ously partner with SBM, men, women, and children heard about the greatest gift of all on Easter morning…. Jesus! Not only did each New Life resident and overnight guest hear about the hope and power of freedom that Pastor Joe experienced by committing his life to Jesus, but six men and three

women experienced the same power and accepted Jesus as their Savior and Lord, and began a New Life in Christ!

Thank you for partnering with us to rebuild lives and restore families in Jesus’ name! When you give, our homeless, hurting, and hungry neigh-bors receive safe shelter, nutritious meals, education and work training, and hear the Gospel message of the power of resurrection through Jesus!

THE POWER OF RESURRECTIONHighlights from our Easter Sunrise Breakfast

Did you catch our Power of Resurrection story in the media this Easter Holiday? This year for Easter, Pastor Joe Annese, Food Service Director, shared with us, our overnight guests, and the men and women enrolled in SBM’s New Life Program how “… the worse night, became the greatest night of my life!”

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