Leader of Kingdom Warriors

2024 ANNUAL REPORT KINGDOM WARRIORS, INC. SOUTH HILL, VIRGINIA MISSION: ELIMINATE FOOD SCARCITY, PROVIDE CLOTHING, and ASSIST WITH TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THE UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS OF SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA ORGANIZATION Board of Directors: President: Bruce Robinson Vice President: Edward Lee Secretary: Herman Lundy Asst Sec/Treasurer: Therese Rogers 2024 SUMMARY KINGDOM WARRIORS, INC., a Virginia nonprofit tax-exempt corporation, providing food and clothing, has served the Southside Virginia community for twelve years. New members were added in 2024, allowing greater outreach to the residents of Brunswick, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia. In addition to the scheduled weekly food distributions, spirited energetic Kingdom Warrior volunteers have responded to unanticipated opportunities to salvage tons of perishable food for immediate distribution to the community free of charge. Kingdom Warriors is an agent for food rescue and rapid redistribution of bulk produce donations, and gleaning opportunities. An estimated 56,000 pounds of produce, 800 pounds of meat and fish, 244 gallons of milk, numerous baked goods and nonperishable items were received and distributed to over 100 families in 2024. Volunteers have gleaned fruits and vegetables in Virginia and North Carolina and managed large quantities of bulk goods gifted to the community. Hot meals were offered in 2024 during Community Days with the highlight event being December’s Christmas Community Day offering coats, gifts, prizes, food and fellowship lunch. The Kingdom Warriors Clothing Boutique offers new and used clothing free of charge. Excess inventory is redirected to other charitable agencies for shipment to distressed areas, most recently to North Carolina for hurricane victims. Kingdom Warriors also received household and business furniture which was donated to the community. When requested, volunteers pick up donated items and donate them to residents of the community. KWI ended 2024 very strongly. Throughout the year, we sought new and innovative ways to bring our services and new learning opportunities to our constituents. KWI held educational seminars on a variety of subjects and expanded learning opportunities. We continued to grow, with new positions created to back our efforts, including a Learning Officer and a Membership Liaison supported through outreach and donations from the Society of St Andrews (SOSA). We collaborated with host churches and nonprofits to foster networking, outreach and learning and gleaming activities to gain the skills to update strategic plans, evaluate leadership succession, reflect on their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, and explore new funding opportunities. Our Communities of Practice continue to be a resource for peer networking – helping provide nonprofit executives and staff the opportunity to build relationships and share best practices. KWI continues to actively advocate for impoverished, unlearned, ex-offenders. This work is not possible without nonprofit member organizations, businesses, and alliance partners supporting our mission. Our continued growth is a testament to the commitment of member agencies, our financial supporters, and our staff. We’d like to thank our Board of Directors, which has never lost sight of what we are about – connecting and building the nonprofit sector while we create a brighter future. Of course, we did not accomplish all this alone. We were privileged to collaborate with brilliant and dedicated community partners and local organizers across the state of Virginia. We are also sincerely grateful to the Cornerstone FOCCUS, Inc and SOSA who have invested in our approach and enabled us to expand our impact. And of course, we continue to feel humbled and honored by the generosity of our long-standing donors and volunteers who helped launch and build the programs that have earned the respect of local communities and institutions alike. The challenge for 2025 is the relocation of the Kingdom Warriors.