The Shelves Are Empty
May 4th, 2008 | Uncategorized
This week we experienced an unprecedented need for food in our neighborhood. As the news continues to report troubling times for the economy (and our pantry was featured in Sunday’s Nowy Dziennik), we are witnessing first hand the effects that higher prices are having on our neighbors. After distributing 150 bags of food in the first two hours of the pantry being open, we ran out of food and sadly had to turn people away. We also fed more than 70 people at the soup kitchen, another record number of hungry folks.
The food pantry is truly a loaves and fishes operation, and we have faith that God will provide. The church has already depleted its budget for the pantry and it’s only May. We need to raise $3000 to pay for an emergency purchase of groceries from our wholesaler so that we’ll have food to give out for the coming month until we get our next shipment from the Food Bank. We’re stepping out on faith, and placing the order so that there will be food on Wednesday. In the meantime, if those of us who are able could contribute to this effort, it would be greatly appreciated. You can donate online or send a check to the church at 136 Milton St. Brooklyn, NY 11222.
We would like to say a special thank you to all of the friends of Mary and Norman Kansfield. As many of you know, Pastor Ann’s parents were involved in a head-on collision with a tanker truck last week. In lieu of flowers, they have asked their friends to donate funds to the food pantry.