On Saturday, July 27th, 2024 the I-58 Mission, at 2450 Highway 85 in Senoia, opened their doors to 125 local school aged children and their parents for the third annual Back to School Bash. The children came to get needed back-to-school supplies to start the new school year. Each child received an Old Navy gift card to shop for back-to-school clothes.
Karhma Novak, Executive Director of I-58, said the mission was blessed with all of these items through donations from churches and individuals; supplies included backpacks, pencils, crayons, erasers, scissors, glue, markers, folders, composition books and more. For the first time this year, each child received an age-appropriate Bible. Set up on the stage were toiletries, gym bags, and two weeks’ worth of school snacks. Each child then received a new hoodie and pair of shoes (sizes selected in advance for each child). Many of the children took advantage of face painting that was being offered by several volunteers.
One Church provided hot dogs on the grill, chips and drinks, StraightForward Church provided popcorn, and Clothes Less Traveled set up a pop-up tent outside where all items of clothing were for sale for $1.00 each. TCBY in Peachtree City helped bring the event to a close by providing frozen yogurt for the children. All of these volunteers and partners and their donations helped make this event very special.
The vision of I-58 is to partner with the Christian community and local churches in mission to serve God’s people. I-58 offers clients from Coweta, Fayette, Spaulding, and Meriweather counties a Christian environment where they can hear a weekly devotional with uplifting music, shop for food – making choices in their food selection, shopping once a season for clothes, and selecting needed baby items, household goods and more.
I-58 Mission is open and accepting donations Monday – Wednesday from 10:00am – 3:00pm. Thursday is the service day and is when the pantry is open for clients. The mission is closed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
