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Mission and Programs

Mission

The mission of Operation Blessing is to demonstrate God''s love by alleviating human need and suffering in the United States and around the world. OBI initiates a variety of strategic national and international programs, partnerships and special projects to relieve human suffering, to provide the basic necessities of life, to educate, and to develop healthy, self-sustaining communities, families and individuals.

Programs

BLESS-A-CHILD

All That For Kids: Five days a week, children from kindergarten to eighth grade can attend OBI's All That For Kids learning centers and be mentored in areas such as reading, math, computers, character development, theater/arts, sports, homework assistance and other enrichment activities.

Worldwide Care: Through nutritional feeding programs in Africa, educational assistance and academic scholarships in Thailand, China and India, medical care and anti-parasite treatment in Latin America, and orphan training centers in Ukraine, OBI's Bless-A-Child prgrams are working across the globe to transform the lives of thousands of impoverished children.

HUNGER RELIEF

Hunger in America: With strategically-placed warehouses in Virginia, Florida and California and a fleet of 18 trucks and 65 trailers, the Hunger Strike Force is OBI's largest domestic program, delivering an average of 2 million pounds of food and relief product each week to a vast network of partnering organizations. On average, the HSF supplements more than 75 million meals each year.

Feeding Programs: Through soup kitchens in Ukraine and Romania, lunch programs for refugee children in Sudan, nutritional feeding for HIV/AIDS-affected families in South Africa and more, OBI is helping impact the lives of thousands who would otherwise go hungry.

Food Security: OBI is providing food security for impoverished communities through the construction of food banks in Niger, garden projects and fish farms in Burkina Faso and Senegal, goat projects in Bulgaria and family farms in South Africa and Latin America.

MICROENTERPRISE: OBI is involved in a variety of micro-enterprise projects helping families living in countries including The Phillippines, Guatemala, South Africa and Senegal become financially self-sufficient.

DISASTER RELIEF

WELLS & CISTERNS: Operation Blessing is breaking the cycle of water-borne suffering by digging clean water wells(in countries like India, Romania, Ghana and Nigeria)and helping to provide adequate water supplies by building cisterns(China).

MEDICAL AID

International Medical Missions: From anti-parasite programs in Peru and Guatemala to medical missions in poverty-stricken regions of India, Africa and Indonesia, Operation Blessing offers free medical, dental, optical and surgical services for those who cannot access or afford such health care.

Cleft Lip & Palates: Each year, thousands of children are born with disfiguring cleft lips and palates - a deformity that can creat hearing, speech and dental problems. Working with local hospitals and government agencies in places such as China, Indonesia, the Philippines and parts of Africa, Operation Blessing has been able to sponsor thousands of free surgeries for impoverished children.

U.S. Medical & Dental: Whether by mobile dental van, weekend medical missions or OBI's medical and dental clinics serving Katrina victims in New Orleans, OBI provides thousands of free medical services each year to those who are uninsured or unable to afford health care in America.

Program / Activities (NTEE Code)

International Relief
Food Service, Free Food Distribution Programs
Other Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness, and Relief N.E.C.

Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending 03/31/2007

1. During 2006 Operation Blessing brought relief in real time to hundreds of thousands of individuals. We continued our largest response to date in assisting Hurricanes Katrina victims by providing free medical and dental care, hot meals as well as gutting and rebuilding homes. Operation Blessing also brought food, relief and medical assistance to those affected by floods in Indonesia and Somalia, typhoons in the Philippines, refugees in Sudan and civilians during the Israel and Lebanon war.
2. Operation Blessing was instrumental in feeding more than 3.5 million hungry people around the world during Fiscal Year 2006.
3. Internationally, OBI held 1,932 missions providing 749,385 general medical, optical, dental and surgical services as well as dispensed medicine to children and adults in countries including Guatemala, the Philippines, India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Ukraine and China.

1. Sponsor monthly dental and medical missions to impoverished Americans as well as provide medical care to the poor and sick in countries including Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Ukraine, Brazil, Guatemala, South Africa and India through community clinics, pharmacies and short-term missions.
2. Help at-risk children in the USA and internationally through after school tutoring, mentoring and other sponsored Youth Development programs.
3. In the U.S., OBI's fleet of Hunger Strike Force tractor trailers will continue to support our distribution network by delivering millions of pounds of food to hungry families.

OBI tracks it effectiveness in the following ways: (1) number of people served through programs (2) % of program graduates becoming self-sufficent (3) growth of gik and cash donations (4) increased public awareness of OBI activity.

Chief Executive Profile

Bill Horan was appointed as OBI's Chief Operating Officer in March 2002. In November of 2002 he was appointed OBI President. He oversees the daily operations of Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation. Horan comes to OBI with more than 25 years of business and international relations expertise.

Horan leads Operation Blessing International. Since joining OBI, he has traveled to OBI projects such as: fresh water wells and micro-enterprise development projects in India; medical mission in Iraq; orphanage evaluation in North Korea; relief supply distributions in Romania; medical mission in Bolivia; medical missions in Indonesia; child development programs, and medical missions in the Philippines.

Previously, Horan was the founder of Michigan Aggregate Machinery, an international company that has been an industry leader in used aggregate machinery. ?I built a family-run business based on the principles of integrity, honesty and relationship building,? states Horan. ?My appointment at Operation Blessing emerges out of a deep commitment to do God?s work and honor God?s principles ? to help those less fortunate.?

Horan has traveled extensively throughout Asia, Europe and Africa, having business relationships in all 50 U.S. states and 33 foreign countries. He was raised in both Guilford, Connecticut, and Northville, Michigan, and graduated from Augusta Military Academy in Virginia. Horan is also an avid fisherman and is past- president of the Cayman Islands Angling Club. He has been married to his wife Laura for 32 years, and they have two grown daughters.

Additional Comments

Since 1978, Operation Blessing International has touched the lives of more than 202.7 million people in more than 105 countries and all 50 states, providing goods and services valued at more than $1.4 billion.

Financial Data
From the organization's FORM 990

Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2008

Revenue			Expenses
Contributions $277,823,905 Government Grants $490,261 Program Services $0 Investments $369,648 Special Events $0 Sales $0 Other $202			Program Services $284,168,128 Administration $1,002,375 Other $1,477,751 Total Expenditures $286,648,254
Total Revenue	$278,684,016		NET GAIN/LOSS	$(7,964,238)

Balance Sheet: Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2008

Notes
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot long survive, but the types of assets and liabilities also must be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

Assets	Apr 1, 2007	Mar 31, 2008	Change
Cash & Equivalent	$12,850,203	$5,112,347	$(7,737,856)
Accounts Receivable	$603,122	$78,683	$(524,439)
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$508,678	$484,601	$(24,077)
Receivables/Other	$77,260	$49,145	$(28,115)
Inventories for Sale or Use	$11,794,403	$9,044,616	$(2,749,787)
Investments/Securities	$0	$0	$0
Investments/Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets	$2,291,536	$1,813,659	$(477,877)
Other	$213,837	$294,637	$80,800
Total Assets	$28,339,039	$16,877,688	$(11,461,351)
Liabilities	Apr 1, 2007	Mar 31, 2008	Change
Accounts Payable	$1,471,646	$811,690	$(659,956)
Grants Payable	$0	$0	$0
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$11,794,589	$9,087,233	$(2,707,356)
Total Liabilities	$13,266,235	$9,898,923	$(3,367,312)
FUND BALANCE	$15,072,804	$6,978,765	$(8,094,039)

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