Red Bird Mission is located in Beverly, Kentucky and is one of the 3 missionary United Methodist conferences in the US. This outreach is sponsored by the United Methodist Church and has provided ministries in the Appalachian Mountains region since 1921.
Today, the need remains critical in this isolated, rural, distressed area.  Chronic poverty, lack of jobs, poor housing, and rugged mountainous terrain provide obstacles to a fuller life for the residents of this area.  Red Bird Mission strives to meet these needs through ministry in 5 areas:  Education, Health & Wellness, Community Outreach, Economic Opportunity, and Community Housing Improvement.
Each fall, church members fill shoeboxes for men, women and children with personal hygiene items, mittens/gloves, socks, small toys; etc. Shoeboxes filled with these goods, can help address the needs of Health & Wellness and Community Outreach. At the conclusion of the drive, we take our shoeboxes to the missions hub located in Syracuse. From there, each year our Upper New York Conference delivers truckloads of filled shoeboxes from all over NY state for distribution to people in need through Red Bird Mission.
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