Every year when it is our founder, Jamie Jones’ birthday, we choose to do a project that will help our clients because we know that’s what will make her the happiest. Asha’s Refuge began in the heart of Jamie in 2009 & 2010. Deborah Eaton partnered with Jamie, helped to develop the organization and worked with her to gain its 501(c)3 status between 2010 and 2012. The two of them have really done this together with many volunteers, supporters and most of all the grace and mercy of Jesus. One year Asha’s Refuge collected stock pots full of grocery items to make soup. Another year they collected warm fuzzy socks to cover lots of cold feet. And another year, they packaged baked goods for our new friends from all over the world. This year, Asha’s Refuge is making pots of porridge for some of our elderly men and women, single parents and mothers-to-be. This is an African comfort food that many others also will enjoy. It is also believed to be a healthy nutritious meal for pregnant mothers, children and the elderly. We need your help with collecting the items for this project.

Our founders birthday is Friday, November 30th. We’d love to have medium sized nonstick pots, gallon sized bags and several bags of the ingredients needed for us to mix up a large amount of porridge for our clients in need. Please see the various types of baking/cooking ingredients such as flour and corn meal that are needed. Some of these more unfamiliar ingredients can be found at stores like Farmers Market at Kirby and Winchester, Wild Oats and Sprouts. Please contact us to make a convenient plan to drop off these ingredients at serve@ashasrefuge.org or 901-500-9200. You may also feel free to text or call Vivian at 901-337-1180 with any questions.

If you would like to donate towards this project so that we can purchase the porridge ingredients and pots ourself, please donate a suggested amount of $30 per one pot and for the porridge ingredients. $100 would cover 4 to 5 pots of porridge for our clients in need. Donate through PayPal here:

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