Telling the Story

Hello All,

I’ve been sadly lacking on the blog posts of late.  I sadly forget sometimes impact the stories about Food Rescue have in the midst of all the details of the organization.    Sorry about that, but hopefully you will find some of these stories encouraging to you.

This week, locally in Indy we picked up about $3,000 worth of retail food from a corporate restaurant headquarters testing facility.  A volunteer who has been out of work for months was able to feed his family for a week with some of the food delivered to the food bank.  We have 2 volunteers that have 10 children each, and who have struggled to find employment.  They picked up a volunteer day on a Food Rescue route that averages 40-60 pizzas per day, and were able to not only feed people that the food pantry services, but also their own families. 

In Texas, there is a ministry that is feeding low income families the food from Food Rescue, and then delivering a message of hope of the goodness of God and how much He loves them, and several have professed to come to know God for the first time as a result of coming to have their physical hunger met.  Finally, with the 1000 monthly Food Rescues performed around the country each month, it is staggering to consider the amount of children being exposed to the social injustice issue of hunger for the first time in the context of an action step.  What great things might they go on to do in the world as a result of God tugging on their hearts at a young age?  It boggles my mind the impact a group of people doing the crazy/simple thing of delivering food once a month to children and families in need have had in our country, acting in concert with one another each night.  How fortunate we are to serve.