Central Night Shelter: This Wednesday!!

Wednesday (January 10th) is our night at the Central Night Shelter. If you’re interested in volunteering, contact Brian Coulter or Kathy Wolf. For more information, check out their website.

Poverty in America Awareness Month

January is “Poverty in America Awareness Month” (sponsored by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development). According to their website, 37 million Americans are struggling with poverty. Below are a just a few links to help you “get a grip” on poverty and find out more information about the state of affairs and what you could do to help.

• The State of Poverty in America
• Poverty Quiz
• U.S. Census Bureau Statistics
• Poverty Tour
• National Center for Children in Poverty
• Get Involved – DO SOMETHING
• Children and Poverty
• Just Neighbors: a curriculum that helps explore what it’s like to have to make difficult choices.

Eat Rice . . . Save Lives

EAT RICE . . . SAVE LIVES

More than 852 million people in the world go hungry.

In developing countries, 6 million children die each year, mostly from hunger-related causes.

In the United States, 13.9 million children live in households where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet. That means one in ten households in the U.S. are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger.
But we CAN end hunger.

We have the means. The financial costs to end hunger are relatively slight. The United Nations Development Program estimates that the basic health and nutrition needs of the world’s poorest people could be met for an additional $13 billion a year. Animal lovers in the United States and Europe spend more than that on pet food each year.

What makes the difference between millions of hungry people and a world where all are fed?
Only a change in priorities. Only the will to end hunger.

COME PARTICIPATE IN A HUNGER MEAL ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH!!

RATHER THAN EATING A FULL LUNCH OR DINNER . . . EAT RICE, SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY, DONATE THE MONEY YOU WOULD HAVE SPENT ON LUNCH OR DINNER TO BREAD FOR THE WORLD (WWW.BREAD.ORG)

Central Night Shelter: Volunteers Needed

Monday, November 13th, is our first night at Central Night Shelter. We are still looking for some volunteers to go and spend the night. If you’re interested, e-mail Reggie Weaver or leave a comment below. If you’d like more information, check out their website here.

If Monday night doesn’t work for you, here are some more dates in November when they are in need of overnight volunteers:

• Nov 25, 26 , 27: Central and Shrine sites
• Nov 29: Shrine

Please consider helping as much as you can.

Our House Thanksgiving Dinner: Desserts and Servers Needed

Our House, the childcare center for homeless children located across the street behind Columbia Presbyterian Church, is in need of desserts and servers for their annual Thanksgiving Dinner. They need twelve desserts and ten servers for Friday around lunch time. If you could do either or both, please e-mail Karen Fleming or leave a comment below.

Hunger Meals

“More than 852 million people in the world go hungry.

In developing countries, 6 million children die each year, mostly from hunger-related causes.

In the United States, 13.9 million children live in households where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet. That means one in ten households in the U.S. are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger.
But we CAN end hunger.

We have the means. The financial costs to end hunger are relatively slight. The United Nations Development Program estimates that the basic health and nutrition needs of the world’s poorest people could be met for an additional $13 billion a year. Animal lovers in the United States and Europe spend more than that on pet food each year.

What makes the difference between millions of hungry people and a world where all are fed?
Only a change in priorities. Only the will to end hunger.” – Bread For the World

Come, make a difference. On Thursday (November 16th), the Refectory and Outreach Committee are hosting two hunger meals: lunch & dinner. Instead of your normal meal, consider eating rice and water instead. The money you would have paid for lunch will be donated to Bread For the World and you’ll get a small taste of what so much of the world experiences every day.