FOOD | Meeting Essential Needs

and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.

Isaiah 58:10 NIV

The hungry in America represents a surprising cross section of our land. Over 35 million Americans live in food insecure households. Of those, 12.4 million are children. The elderly, another of our country’s most vulnerable populations, make up 6.5 percent of households experiencing hunger.

But over the past decade, the greatest increase in hungry Americans has been among the working poor, as they find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet. According to the most recent survey on hunger conducted by the US Conference of Mayors, 40 percent of adults requesting food assistance are employed.

These are our neighbors who we are to love as we love ourselves.

Love INC Network Food Ministries could include:

food shelves & pantries

food banks

fresh meat

meal & grocery home delivery programs

diary & produce

gardening programs

cooking classes

holiday food baskets

food backpacks for school children

school breakfast programs

Love INC 2007 Annual Report