Feed the Hungry

What does to mean to “feed” someone – and what does it mean to be hungry?  Sometimes it might be direct support through a food bank or food pantry.  Don’t know where that is?  Check on the internet or the phone book.  If my grocery store has a “food bank” cart, I can drop off a few cans of soup each time I shop.  I can pay special attention to and support food-raising events oncampuses, churches and other community places.  I can also volunteer at food banks to stock shelves or fill orders. 

More face-to-face, we can offer to serve meals at a soup kitchen or shelter and offer kindness and dignity to people who have come for food.  We might also start a parish or congregation food donation program, with monthly donations taken to a local food pantry.

Who else in our lives is “hungry”?  We might offer hospitality to those who are lonely, or to newcomers in the neighborhood or at church. 

Feeling the Hunger

I can also “feel” the hunger a little if I make a conscious decision to skip lunch, a snack or the candy machine and donate the money to a food program.

The world produces enough food to feed everyone in the world, but hundreds of millions of people who are hungry each day do not have the land to grow the food or money to purchase it. What are the issues about global or even local hunger?  Where can we learn more?

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