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Our Samaria Mission:

Riverview has the opportunity to help minister to and provide food to families in Kings Creek, KY this Christmas!  We usually go the weekend before Christmas, so mark your calendar and plan to go with us! 

The Kentucky Project started in approximately 1998 after a Gordon County resident was made aware of the great poverty in the Eastern Kentucky Appalachian area. The main industry in this area has always been coal mining, but due to the recent mine closings in the past years this community has been left financially barren. 

Ways to give:  You can give online - just click on the link below! You can drop a check in the Offering Box at Riverview.  ​You can make checks payable to Riverview Baptist Church, designate for Kentucky Mission Project and mail to Riverview Baptist, PO Box 2327, Calhoun, GA  30701

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click here to give

Recent statistics:

Kings Creek (Whitesburg) Population 
Avg. Household Income 
Average House Value 
Persons below poverty level, 2019

2,382
$36,776
 $117,900
35.7%

Opportunities to get involved:

• Donate!  Estimated cost to fill a box is $75.  We collect donations from September 1st - December 1st to purchase items in bulk.  

• Go With Us! You can help distribute food boxes 

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List of items purchased to fill one food box - estimated cost per box $75:

1 (5lb) bag of flour
1 (4lb) bag of sugar
1 (5lb) bag of cornmeal
1 (1lb) bag of black eye peas
2 cans of chicken
1 (11oz)  coffee
1 (24 count) family tea bags
1 case (12pk 3oz) Ramen Noodles 
4 cans English peas

4 (15oz) cans of corn
1 (24oz) box crackers
4 (15oz) can pork-n-beans
2  cans of tuna
2 (26.7oz) instant potatoes
2 (14.5oz) can tomatoes
1 (26oz) box of salt
1 (2lb) bag of grits 
1 (18 oz) carton oatmeal

2 boxes mac & cheese
1 (2lb) bag of rice
1 (18oz) jar peanut butter
1 (32oz) jar of jelly
1 (16oz) box of spaghetti noodles
2 (24oz) can of spaghetti sauce
1 (2lb) bag cream filled cookies
1 (48oz) cooking oil
1 (2lb) bag of pinto beans