This category is used for blog postings by the Hunger Action Working Group.
The Food and Shelter Committee continues to feed the hungry during Shelter in Place. We are serving a hot meal the 3rd Friday of each month at College Ave Pres Church (Contact Debbie Fallehy to help cook) We’re distributing bags of groceries at our Fruitvale Pantry (Contact Deborah Brooks for more info) We’re helping provide groceries with Food of God out of…
Many opportunities in March!Cook, serve, share, distribute groceries3/13 College Ave, 3/14 Fruitvale Pantry, 3/27 Food of God, 3/31 St. Mary’s Senior ShelterClick “View Post” for the full list for March JOIN US IN LOCAL FOOD/SHELTER ASSISTANCE – FOOD AND SHELTER ACTIONS for MARCH College Ave Presbyterian Church – Hot Meals – Mar 13th Fri Cook/Serve Hot Food4:30-6 set up and cook, 6-7:30…
Click “View Post” below to see the ways to get involved. FRUITVALE FOOD PANTRY We distribute groceries to needy people from the community from 11-12 the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month at Fruitvale Presbyterian Church, 2735 MacArthur, Oakland. We buy food from the food bank and also accept donations of food or cash. To participate, contact Deborah Brooks 510-531-2822 or…
We started a food drive that now has two options for donating – you might call them the analog and the digital – and anyone can participate! ** Analog – Bring canned goods to a barrel in our Family Room. These items go directly to the Fruitvale Pantry (aka Community Outreach Pantry for Emergencies/COPE) for distribution to clients twice a month. **…
This week we again bagged food at the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Because it is summer we were joined by four teenagers from our Youth Group. It was plums and oranges. Anyone who has ever done this work knows that it truly is laborious. But we had fun visiting with the other people who come to volunteer, oftentimes from businesses who…
Two things happened last week, coincidentally creating that happy intersection which sparks your mind out of a a lazy lull. I read the lead article in the March 2016 issue of National Geographic, “Too Good to Waste – How “ugly” food can help feed the planet.” I was also invited, as a co-chair of HAWG, to meet the people at Oakland First…
Recruiting – Two weeks ago we had a committee fair after Sunday Celebration. We handed out flyers, received several inquiries as to our activities, and got a few sign-ups of people who would like to help out occasionally. We welcome these volunteers because we have lots of things where just a few helpers once in a while makes all the difference. Right now…
“We’re still under the illusion that there is a social net, but it is so tattered.” ~ Carol Johnson, Executive Director, St Mary’s Center, Oakland Happy Old and New Year – As the joyful holiday season recedes, we look forward to a new year, hoping as always that it will bring change for the better. Hunger Action Work Group closed out the…
Fall is here: And with a little rain and cooler nights, people living on very little often look forward to a hot meal provided in a welcoming setting. On October 17 and November 21, MPC Youth, their advisers, family members and other HAWG and MPC members, worked together to serve dinners at College Avenue Presbyterian Church. This makes four Friday nights this…
Presbyterian Hunger Program: The national church reminds us that next week (Oct 12 through 19) is Food Week of Action, including: World Food Day (October 16) International Day for Rural Women (October 15) International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17). “RESILIENCY is the focus for this year’s Food Week of Action: Resilient livelihoods, communities and relationships Resilient farming production and food…