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Dear Friends,
The German philosopher Meister Eckhart said, “If the only prayer we ever say is thank you, it will be enough” echoes in my soul. I can’t thank all of you enough for the support you provided this past year. Because of YOU we have accomplished so much together-serving record numbers of guests, distributing more food than ever, expanding our Mobile Market and Resource Sharing program, relaunching our mobile soup kitchen and providing thousands of hot grab and go meals to hungry neighbors, this coupled with our expert case management team responded proactively to those in need of emergency support.
September is Hunger Action Month and as funding becomes tighter, inflation rises, and the needs continue to grow, be assured that Bread and Life will be here to serve the community. I hope that you will join with me in fighting hunger by support our 2nd Annual Fill the Truck Campaign by clicking on the link below. Every dollar raised goes directly to our emergency food programs. Last year, Bread and Life shattered all records by distributing more than 4 million meals, 5 million pounds of food and a record 1.5 million pounds of produce. 66,000 families accessed our food pantry regularly, 40,000 guests visited one of the 20 mobile market sites and 163,000 guests received hot grab and go meals throughout the year. These numbers far exceeded our expectations and yet, together with our donors, we were able to meet the demands.
As we continue to celebrate our 40th Anniversary year, we know that the path in front of us is becoming more and more challenging but we know that together we can combat Covid with compassionate, dignified services.
As Coretta Scott King so eloquently stated, “ the greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate action of its members.”
With gratitude,
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