Brownwood hunters help ‘meat’ needs of hungry neighbors

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BROWNWOOD—This deer season, hunters are taking aim at hunger and helping a local ministry save quite a few bucks.

Through a new initiative called the Deer Project, hunters can donate processed deer meat to Good Samaritan Ministries to feed the hungry.

Since the Nov. 1 start of deer season, more than 1,600 pounds of deer meat have been donated to the ministry, which is partially supported by the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger.

Good Samaritan Ministries Director Angelia Bostick believes that’s just the tip of the white tail. She projects that hunters will donate more than 20,000 pounds of meat to Good Samaritan Ministries in the next calendar year.

If the goal is achieved, Good Samaritan Ministries will have enough meat to feed 650 families for the next seven months, Bostick said.

The project captured the town’s attention. Businesses are offering discount rates for processing deer for the ministry. Churches have provided assistance. Companies have helped sponsor the construction of a large freezer.

“It’s really taken on a life of its own,” Bostick said.

The Deer Project has enabled Good Samaritan to let more people know about the larger breadth of its work in the community, Bostick said. It has served as an entry point for people to become involved in the effort.

“It’s really been awesome,” she said. “When those guys come in to see the freezer, we can show them what else we’re doing.”
 


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