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Give a Meal a Month!
Program Purpose:
- to stimulate the giving of congregations to the food pantry they choose to support
- to encourage on-going giving for an on-going need
- offers structured giving to meet the needs of food pantrie
- a way for contributors to know that what they are giving is what is needed
- offers a convenient, affordable way for everyone to fight hunger
Operation:
- each month a coordinator within the congregation (Mike and Sandy Hoyer) plans a menu for the month. This menu consists of four or five non-perishable items representing a balanced meal.
- copies of the menu are made available to the congregation, through the monthly newsletter, weekly bulletins and at the display at church, along with the yellow bag bearing the GAMAM logo.
- members of the congregation are given the entire month to deliver the menu items in their yellow bags to the display at church (the due date is always the second Sunday of each month)
- at the end of the month, the contents of the bags are delivered to the food pantry (we deliver alternately to Feed My People and Webster-Rock Hill Ministries food pantries)
Impact:
- this has been a successful program at Christ-WG. Each month, 30-50 bags of food are collected and delivered. Both food pantries we partner with are able to distribute balanced meals to families of all sizes. This program continues all year long, including the summer months when food pantries traditionally have lower donations of food.
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