Homestead & Bread 
 

  "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat."

Matthew 35:25

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Be generous with canned food donations.

  Did you know 1 in 8 Americans is at risk for hunger?

Many churches/organizations collect non-perishable food during the Holiday Season.

My daughter is a scout and her troop collects non-perishable food items during the  month of November and distributes the donations to local food banks.

Food banks are suffering in a bad economy; families tighten the belt and donations to food banks decline.

  My Tip:

Shop for food banks around the year, not just during the Holiday Season.

  Every time I go grocery shopping I buy 1-2 items suitable for a food drive, any free items I get with coupons are designated for donation as well. We keep those food items on a separate shelf in the pantry. I also pick up toiletry items this way, a few days ago I bought 5 tubes of toothpaste for 50 cents each and 5 deodorants 50 cents each (with coupons), the next day my daughter brought a flyer home from school requesting toiletry donations.

  Visit Feeding America: Faces of Hunger site:http://feedingamerica.org/faces-of-hunger.aspx

 
Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As  the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than 25 million Americans each year, including 9 million children and 3 million seniors. Serving the entire United
States, more than 200 member food banks operate 63,000 agencies that address hunger in all of its forms. For more information on how you can fight hunger in your community and across the country, visit www.feedingamerica.org.

 Many Blessings,
Melanie

 

 


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