Mission:

The Essential Satchel, Inc. is a Christian nonprofit organization that equips the area’s homeless community with seasonal necessities (e.g., coats, blankets, toiletries), the knowledge that God has a plan for each recipient, and information about programs and resources to help them improve their situation.

Vision:

The Essential Satchel is built upon the vision that every homeless person in the community will receive a care bag and a list of resources where they can seek help and improve their current situation. All satchel recipients will hear and learn that there is a mighty God who loves them and has a plan for their life.
 
Through monetary and in kind donations, this nonprofit organization will purchase and collect the age-, gender-, and season-specific necessities to fill each satchel. Volunteers will distribute the satchels to local shelters, churches, and areas where the homeless community gathers. Before bag distribution at local facilities, a speaker – a local pastor, a community leader, a previously homeless person with a success testimony – will address the group receiving the bags.

The Essential Satchel’s goal is to distribute bags in spring and fall, with the season dictating some of the contents of the bag. In the fall, for example, all bags will include gloves, blankets and knit caps for the colder months, and children’s bags will contain school supplies as well. In any season, all bags include a small Bible, a toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, deodorant, socks, a comb, shampoo, other necessities, and literature on local programs offering guidance and assistance.

Declaration of Faith:

We believe in the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
We believe in one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.
We believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.