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MARK
YOUR CALENDARS
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4TH - A HUNGER FOR CHANGE IN AMERICA
This July 4th we commemorate
229 years of democracy and peace in the United States of America. We will celebrate
with juicy hamburgers, exploding fireworks, fun family picnics and victory parades.
We deserve to celebrate "liberty and justice," but we must not forget the "for
all" part.
You may be shocked to know that close to 30% of the hungry
people served each day at The Cooperative Feeding Program are veterans who put
their lives on the line to defend the freedom we celebrate this 4th of July, yet
they have been excluded by the same society they fought to protect. It's simply
not fair.
This year The Cooperative Feeding Program's community kitchen
will be open on the July 4th national holiday to try, in a small way, to right
wrongs. We will be here to serve the veterans and provide food "for all." Providing
food for the body, as well as the soul, is the core of our Mission. Help us, please,
by clicking
here and making a secure online donation. Feeling sad about the defenders
of our nation going hungry is one thing; DOING something about it is another.
May God Bless America - all of us.
HOLD
THE DATE!
October 8, 2005 - The Cooperative Feeding Program's SPEAKEASY
extravaganza dinner evening! Don't miss out this year! Limited seating. Reservations
a must. Contact Marlene@FeedingBroward.org
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BIG
"THANK YOUS"
|  NATIONAL
HUNGER AWARENESS DAY SUCCESSES
Scores of people joined in the important National Hunger Awareness Day remembrance
on June 7th. In response to The Cooperative Feeding Program's brown bag appeal,
many people took a sandwich to the office and sent their savings from eating out
to our agency. Thank you all! Why not arrange a "brown bag day" each month in
your office and collect the proceeds in support of The Cooperative Feeding Program?
Put your ideas and concerns into action.
On June 5th the Sun-Sentinel
did an extraordinary report on hunger in Broward, publishing photos that hungry
clients from The Cooperative Feeding Program had taken. If you would like a reprint
of the article, please contact Bruce@FeedingBroward.org
GIVING
CREDIT
Many of the staff from Consolidated Credit Counseling Services,
Inc. participated in donating lunch money for National Hunger Awareness Day on
June 7th. The employees donated $225.00 and the company matched the collection,
giving an amazing $ 550 to be able to purchase more food for the hungry and homeless!
Congratulations - and thank you!
APPRECIATION
FROM THE HEART - AND THE STOMACH.
Over
the past few weeks, we have given the people we serve the opportunity to write
down messages for those of you who have generously supported The Cooperative Feeding
Program in its Mission "to feed hungry bodies, minds and souls". Below are a few
of the heart-felt thanks:
A personal message for the person who gave
you this food
My name is Beverly. I thank each and everyone for the
help that you all have giving me. I had a house fire. I know now how much donation
for the needed is important. Thank you all in my time of need. I promise to donate
from this day on so I may help people in need.
Thank you again. Beverly F.
A personal message for the person who gave you this food.
Thank
you for helping my family. Times have been very rough for us.
A
personal message for the person who gave you this food.
I want to thank
the persons responsible for the food. Without this food we would have gone hungry
May God Bless you!
To
continue to help us help those in need, please click
here.
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HUNGER
NEWS
| VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED!
Summer is one of our busiest times of the year in terms of
feeding people. Yet it is one of the slowest times of the year for volunteers
as many students are out of school and adults are on vacation. PLEASE spare us
a few hours each week or month to come in and help in the Emergency Pantry. Volunteers
are needed anytime during the week between 8:30am and 4pm. We are also looking
for a person with maintenance experience to volunteer to help us out in the afternoons.
Please contact Chris at (954) 792-2328 or chris@FeedingBroward.org
 ST
THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL: SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ACTION
In June, a group
of more than 25 students from St Thomas Aquinas High School's Social Justice in
Action summer school class helped out at The Cooperative Feeding Program. They
worked with us for six mornings.
"I wanted to help out in the community",
explained Mark, a lanky 15 year old student who starts 10th grade this fall. "I
had never been to a place like this before. It's a good thing that people come
together to help the less fortunate."
This is the second year St Thomas'
students have volunteered at The Cooperative Feeding Program, preparing and serving
food as well as sorting clothing for the clients.
"You never know what
its like until you see it", Mark reflected as he looked for a size 32" pair of
used pants for a homeless man who could have been his grandfather. "Young people
who have never been here before don't respect homeless people, but when you come
here and meet them you see them as real people".
The teenager turned to
the unshaven man. "What color pants would you like, sir?".
FOR INFORMATION
ON HOW YOUR SCHOOL, CHURCH, OR TEMPLE CAN VOLUNTEER, PLEASE CONTACT Dorothy or
Chris at (954) 792-2EAT(2328).
Please
visit The Cooperative Feeding Program's ever-changing website at www.FeedingBroward.org.
Thanks to the help of Anh Nguyen and Saurian Studio, an excellent California based
web design company www.saurianstudio.com
our web page has new information posted several times a week as well as listing
upcoming events and other features. Please take a look today and let us know what
you think!
AN
URGENT CALL FOR FOOD
Due to a tremendous increase in the demand
for emergency food, The Cooperative Feeding Program is now distributing an average
of 4,000 to 6,000 lbs of food every day. This is a 25% increase over 2004.
PLEASE consider organizing a food drive in your neighborhood, condo, church, temple,
school, club, etc or making a donation to the emergency food fund? We can provide
you with ideas for posters, a list of what is needed, etc, to make it easier for
you to organize the food drive. We can thank the donors and show them how their
food was distributed to the hungry.
If we cannot get more food, we will
have to restrict the amount of food we can distribute. Many needy children and
their families will go to bed hungry in this, the richest country on the planet.
Please contact Bruce@FeedingBroward.org
if you have any questions, or call (954) 792-2328. And, thank you.
Click
on www.frac.org
for information on what’s going on around the country to help combat hunger.
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Friends at The Cooperative Feeding Program
1 NW 33rd Terrace · Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
954-792-2EAT
www.FeedingBroward.org
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