Church involvement with Foodshare

It may be Sunday, but I spent a portion of my day working.

First, I attended the services at Rehoboth Church of Christ in Bloomfield.  This congregation relocated to Bloomfield two years ago, but maintained their operation of a food pantry in Hartford.   Elsa Smith Pleasant, a member of the church and the retired Hartford WIC director described how the pantry started as a simple sandwich ministry, but when the volunteers saw the level of need, they got the church to agree to a food pantry.  The first year, they had fifteen families to serve for Thanksgiving and only three turkeys, so they cut each turkey in half, but that still left nine families without a turkey.

The church then partnered with Foodshare and today serves over 725 families each year!  While they asked me to join them today so that they could present me with a recognition plaque for Foodshare, I extend my thanks right back to them.  This church and their members are the ones on the front lines, feeding people in need every week, week in and week out!  Thank you for all that you do!

After a brief stop at home to change out of church clothes and walk the dog, my teenaged son and I returned to Foodshare to meet the youth fellowship from our church home, Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford.  The young people came to Foodshare for a tour and spent an hour helping us get donated bread packed up and ready for distribution.  They worked faster than most any group I have ever seen!  Thank you each and every one!

To learn how your faith congregation can support Foodshare's mission to end hunger, visit our website at http://www.foodshare.org/ or give me a call at (860) 286-9999.