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Food Pantry System Hungers For Change
In soup kitchens, food pantries and universities across the country, activists are planting the seeds for an overhaul of the way America feeds its more than 35 million hungry people, the first major challenge to a system largely developed in the 1960s. ...more
January 26, 2009
Food Bank Leader Dies
It was business as usual for the more than 40 volunteers of the Nativity Food Pantry as they prepared carts filled with groceries Thursday for 175 needy families at Nativity Catholic Church. ...more
January 21, 2009
Food Pantry's Dinner-Dance Is Saturday
The number of people in need has swollen so much that Nativity Food Pantry volunteers must distribute lottery numbers to residents waiting in line each Thursday afternoon to receive help. ...more
January 21, 2009
Brandon Congregation Mourns Loss Of Food Pantry Leader
It was business as usual for the more than 40 volunteers of the Nativity Food Pantry as they prepared grocery carts filled with groceries Thursday for 175 needy families at Nativity Catholic Church. ...more
January 14, 2009
Coordinated Effort Helps The Homeless Survive In Perilous Times
Almost two years ago, local charities and church groups that help the needy survive, along with the city, formed the Tarpon Alliance For Humanity to coordinate resources. Formation of the group, a few years before the economy faltered, now seems prophetic. The united effort is needed now more than ever. ...more
December 27, 2008
Charities Struggle As Demand For Help Increases
Some 200 families walked away from Metropolitan Ministries on Tuesday empty-handed and hungry. And other Bay area charities say they, too, are having trouble meeting increasing demands on their resources. ...more
December 22, 2008
Food Pantries Near Bare; Fewer Giving And More Taking
Some 200 families walked away from Metropolitan Ministries on Tuesday empty-handed and hungry. ...more
December 19, 2008
Church Nourishes The Spirit, Body
The ham and turkey sandwiches were prepared. The chicken noodle soup was ready. ...more
December 18, 2008
Food Pantry Shelves Are Bare
Just three weeks ago, the largest food pantry in Highlands County had breathtakingly low bank balance of $1,000. ...more
December 15, 2008
Children's Christmas Party To Be Held Dec. 21
Nazdar, Time is getting close to "Tis the season to be jolly," and so the mood will be jolly from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at the Masaryktown Community Center on Lincoln Avenue. ...more
December 7, 2008
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