and women he has made contact

with since the Tyler Outreach

Team office opened in January

2012.

Volunteers helped set up and

decorate for the

event, as well as

serve guests the

meal . Volunteer

Cindy Sulser enjoyed

seeing familiar faces

and visiting with

friends she has made

while volunteering as

an art outreach in-

structor for the Mis-

sion as well as making

some new ones.

“I enjoyed volunteer-

ing with people from

different churches

and seeing all of us

work together for the same

cause,” she said.

Hiway 80 Rescue Mission will

host a Christmas Eve meal for the

needy at 3 pm on Monday, Decem-

ber 24, at the West Erwin Benevo-

lence Center.

More than 220 homeless and

needy Tyler men, women and chil-

dren found Christian fellowship and

nourishment of spirit and body at the

first annual Hiway 80 Rescue Mission

Thanksgiving Meal in

Tyler on Wednes-

day, Nov. 21, at the

West Erwin Church

of Christ Benevo-

lence Center.

Greg Grubb,

chairman of Mission

for Tyler, opened

the group in a

prayer of Thanksgiv-

ing before the

crowd enjoyed a

delicious, traditional

Thanksgiving meal

of turkey and dress-

ing, sweet potatoes,

green bean casserole, rolls and pecan

pie.

“I really enjoyed the food and

seeing everyone else enjoy it, too,”

said Mark Philen, who helped Rev.

Christian transport the food and

attended the meal as a guest.

The Tyler Outreach Team coor-

dinated with other agencies, includ-

ing the Green Acres Good Samari-

tan Outreach Center, St. Paul’s

Children Foundation, Gateway to

Hope and the West Erwin

Benevolence Center, to spread

word of the Thanksgiving meal to all

in need. Additionally, Rev. Antonio

Christian, Tyler Outreach Team

member, invited the homeless men

Thanksgiving Blessings

Microsoft

Executive Director:

Eric Burger

Longview location:

3117 W. Marshall Ave.

Longview, TX 75606

903-759-8101

Tyler Outreach Team Office:

109 N. Beckham Ave.

Tyler, TX 903-617-6097

www.hiway80rm.org/programs/

tyler_outreach_team.asp

109 N. BeckHAM Ave., Tyler TX 75702 DECEMBER 2012

Hiway 80 Rescue Mission Tyler Outreach Team

Road to a New Life Starts Here

Host a Toy Drive!

The Tyler Outreach Team is

gearing up to provide a very

merry Christmas for needy

Tyler children at our Family

Christmas Party on Sunday,

Dec. 23.

You can help provide gifts by

hosting a toy drive at your

church, school or business.

For more information, please

call Gary Crim at 903-216-

9183.

Merry Christmas from Eric Burger Check us out on

for upcoming volunteer

opportunities and events,

updated pictures and current

needs! Please “like” us at

Mission for Tyler

“Hiway 80 Rescue Mission”

PO Box 3223

Longview, TX

75606

Eric Burger,

Hiway 80 Rescue

Mission Executive

Director

Friends,

What a blessing it was for the Tyler Outreach Team to be able to share

the love and spirit of Christ with so many homeless and hungry indi-

viduals at our first annual Thanksgiving meal in Tyler. I want to thank

West Erwin Church of Christ Benevolence Center for sharing their

facility with us and the volunteers who helped make this event such a

success. We are looking forward to our upcoming Family Christmas

Party in Tyler, where we will feed needy families and give toys to chil-

dren as well as our Christmas Eve meal. It is because of your support

that our Mission has been able to touch the lives of so many hurting

individuals in Tyler and that we will be able to expand our services in

the future.

On behalf of Hiway 80 Rescue Mission, may you and your family have

a blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy new year.

Road to a New Life Starts Here, Eric

Current Needs List

Bottled water

Pop top foods (Vienna sausages, tuna,

etc)

Hats, gloves and scarves

Underwear and socks

Toiletries (deodorant, toothbrushes and

toothpaste, razors, shaving cream,

feminine sanitary items, hand lotion,

chap stick)

Please drop off donations at our Tyler

Outreach Team office, located at 109 N.

Beckham Avenue. Thank you, and may God

bless you and your family this season!

NONPROFIT ORG.

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

LONGVIEW TX

PERMIT NO. 845

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!

Volunteers are needed December 20-22 to sort,

organize and wrap toys for our Tyler Family Christmas

Party. We also need volunteers on December 22 to help

prepare the meal that will be served at the party.

Please call Gary Crim, Tyler volunteer coordinator

at 903-216-9183 for more information and to sign up to

volunteer.

www.hiway80rm.org/programs/tyler_outreach_team.asp