How many nights a week do you hear or even ask yourself, "What are we going to have for dinner?" Imagine hearing that question and not really knowing what you are going to have for dinner because your cabinet is empty. More and more people each day in one of the richest counties around are facing that situation. Our pantry saw 99 families this past Thursday. The biggest family which had 11 people living under 1 roof, told us Thursday that they took in 2 more people that had nowhere to go. Wow! I am honestly not sure if I could live in that type of situation but if you have no choice you do what you have to do. We continue to see new families each week. There were 6 new families this week. On Tuesday 9 people came out to stock and on Thursday 53 volunteers assisted guests.
Our needs this week include healthy cereals, oatmeal, cake and brownie mix, canned meat, boxed dinners, dry beans, rice, sugar, flour, boxed potatoes, and toilet paper and diapers.
There is an awesome opportunity that your family can enjoy. David Crowder will be performing a FREE concert, made possible by a donating a bag of groceries per ticket. Food donations will be accepted for tickets TOMORROW at Northview Church Lobby, 12900 Hazeldell Pkwy, Carmel from noon to 9pm. The concert is Friday, February 3 at 7pm. Only 2200 tickets are available. The food collected will be distributed to local food pantries. This is part of the "Souper Bowl Extravaganza."
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