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Feed the Children partners with local Food Pantry
by Community Center of St Bernard
Friday, Mar. 20, 2009 at 7:07 PM
info@ccstb.org 504-281-2512
International relief agency Feed the Children is partnering with the Community Center of St Bernard in Arabi LA to provide food for low-income families.
The Community Center of St Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St, Arabi, is proud to announce that it has been approved as a Feed the Children Partner Agency. This new collaboration will enable the Mustard Seed Food Pantry at the Community Center of St Bernard to receive additional supplies of nonperishable food and other items for distribution to local families.
"The partnership with Feed the Children is especially important because of the tremendous need that currently exists due to both the ongoing recovery effort
and the current economic crisis," notes Community Center Executive Director R.M. "Iray" Nabatoff. "During January 2009, we had 243 new families sign up for
he Food Pantry. That's more than double the amount of new families who enrolled just one month earlier. Right now we're distributing about 1 ton of food
each day that the Food Pantry is open."
Community Center's Mustard Seed Food Pantry, which provides weekly supplies of nonperishable food, hygiene products and household items to low-income
residents, is part of the Mustard Seed Distribution Program. Residents who wish to enroll in the program must show proof of residency, proof of
identification and proof of income for each family member in their households. Last year the Mustard Seed Food Pantry distributed 249,145 lbs of food to
more than 5,560 unique individuals, all of whom earned less than 130% of the federal poverty limit. More details about the Mustard Seed Program are
available at http://www.ccstb.org/mustardseed or by phoning the Community Center at 504-281-2512.
Feed The Children is one of the world's largest private humanitarian relief organizations. Founded in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children
helps children and families in 118 countries around the globe by delivering food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to those affected by famine, war,
poverty, or natural disaster. The heart of Feed The Children's U.S. program is distributing food to families in need. Last year, Feed The Children shipped
135 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and families in all 50 states and in 32 foreign countries, supplementing almost 800,000 meals
each day worldwide.
www.ccstb.org/mustardseed
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