Al Hodges, one of the announcers for radio station KWBI, came to the Bible Discount Store in Commerce City recently as part of the Thanksgiving Outreach. The Thanksgiving Outreach is a yearly project sponsored by KWBI and Compa Food Ministry.

One person who appeared while Al Hodges was present was Deborah Bright who made a special trip to the Bible Discount to deliver four cases of green beans. Ms. Bright is a Volunteer Children's Advocate for the courts, who cares deeply for others.

The Bible Discount Store is owned and operated by Joan and Pastor Bob Hill of Derby Bible Church. The store began 24 years ago in a small building located across the street from Hi-Lo grocery store.

The Hills lived in Downey, California where Pastor Hill worked in pharmaceutical for nine years and taught youth in the church. They came to Commerce City 27 years ago when Bob Hill became the pastor of Derby Bible Church. Their son Bob will be taking over the store soon.

Radio Station KWBI is a non-commercial Christian radio station that began broadcasting from Morrison, Colorado on March 21, 1971. The station has numerous translators and satellators and is heard throughout Colorado and southern Wyoming.

The Thanksgiving Outreach began as a KWBI staff venture in 1981. Forty families were fed that year. Since that time it has grown and now many people who would have little or no Thanksgiving dinner are fed yearly in this method.

Compa Food Ministry agency serves and supports neighborhood agencies that help the needy. COMPA provides food for more than 4,500 families every week of the year. The Thanksgiving Outreach is the largest holiday feeding program in the Rocky Mountain Region. KWBI and Compa Food Ministry with their listeners feed around 15,000 people. Food baskets containing potatoes, yams, canned vegetables, cranberry sauce, dessert, turkey certificate and much more are delivered to the needy. Over 5,000 volunteers help in this effort.

Al Hodges first believed in the Lord because of a Sunday school Teacher in Junior High School in Tucson, Arizona. Al has lived in Colorado for the past nine years and has a Master's Degree in Counseling. He and his wife, Laura have been married for 28 years, have three sons and two daughters and a three month old grandchild named Emma. He has worked for the radio station for eight years.

You can find KWBI's website at www.kwbi.org