Four years ago when we started the weekend backpack program we were feeding a nominal amount of homeless children in the city. Today we are feeding a total of 300 people in Baltimore City which is sad, but it hardly comes close to the amount of people who need this service.
Let me explain. Two and a half years ago at one school in west Baltimore we begun deliveries to a school that had a population of seven homeless children, the following year it increased to 11 children and now at that same school, we are faced with 70 homeless children in this one school, with the school advising us that the number is growing daily. This means that a total of 210 people may not eat over this weekend from this one school. Unbelievable isn't it. It is true and we need to figure out how we can do something, because we had funding sufficient to feed the 30 children reported this fall when school opened up, but now we have to figure out how we can increase that number by 40 more.
Many of you have been generous in the past and we would respectfully request another donation if it is possible to our 501 ( C ) 3 - Heart's Place Services, Inc., 2640 St. Paul Street - Baltimore, MD 21218-4331. As I have said none of us at HPS receive a salary and every dollar goes for this project because someone needs to do something.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
We have an anonymous donor who will match funds up to $25,000 during the month of September for our drive to supply more weekend survival (backpack) its for homeless children. This donation can mean our ability to continue the program but the donation has to be made this month to the following site donate.mdfoodbank.org/survival. We are going to be on radio 1010 am today from 2 pm to 3 pm with Christina Flowers who is working to provide housing for the homeless so that they don't have to live in tents, or in cars. Call us at 410 481 1010 and make a donation so that children do not have to be hungry over the weekend. This is a wonderful opportunity to see money grow 100% and to benefit a program that helps the homeless. Thank you!
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Good News for our program to feed homeless children
Today, we learned from the Maryland Food Bank that they were going to feature our weekend backpack (survival) kit this month in an attempt to get some additional funding. This is an important step because the marketing department of the MFB will be going nationally to as many foundations and organizations that they can reach in order to collect additional funding for this program.
If you hesitated and have not sent in your contributions, please do so now so that we can show the nation that Baltimore City will take care of the homeless who reside in our city and will make sure that the children in these families will be fed.
A special thank you to the Maryland Food Bank for pushing this program so that we can feed more and more homeless children and their families.
If you hesitated and have not sent in your contributions, please do so now so that we can show the nation that Baltimore City will take care of the homeless who reside in our city and will make sure that the children in these families will be fed.
A special thank you to the Maryland Food Bank for pushing this program so that we can feed more and more homeless children and their families.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Weekend Survival Kit
Recently we were sitting and talking about our backpack program and we came to the conclusion that the reason it has not received the support that it should be getting is that everyone has a backpack program which usually consists of two cans of prepared food of some type and a box of "mac and cheese" and we thought, "Wow, no wonder we haven't gotten the type of responses we need." Let me explain why. Our weekend survival kit is not only for children, but it represents food that does not require heating or refrigeration. Why? you might ask. The answer is the recipients of this back pack may live in a car, a shelter, share a room at someone's house, on the street, in an abandoned house of which many of these do not have access to refrigeration or heating.
So we sat down and put together a survival kit that feeds a family of three. Why a family of three?
The answer is relatively simple in that most homeless families usually consist of two children and one Mother/Father/Caregiver. So in planning our weekend survival kit, we had to create sufficient food so that this combination could eat something over the entire weekend. Here is what we came up with:
6 containers, 8 oz of shelf stable milk
1, 12.6 oz of cereal
3 juice boxes
1 loaf of bread
1 - one pound easy open ham
2 - easy open chicken sausages
1 jar of peanut butter
1 jar of jelly
3 - individual fruits
3 - boxes of raisins
3 - health bars
bowls, plastic utensils, and napkins.
With the exception of the bread this fits into a backpack and the bread is carried in an individual bag so as not to be crushed.
Once a month we deliver tooth paste, tooth brushes, cookies (3 per meal, except breakfast) and a very small amount of candy. Even homeless children love sweets and should be able to have a small amount.
This ensures that the family can eat together and have something to eat during the weekend. It is not the traditional cans and boxes of product that require cooking, but three meals per day so the child and the parent can enjoy the weekend.
Help us to continue this program so that families who are not eating this weekend can continue to do so. Make a donation to Heart's Place Services, Inc. - 2640 St. Paul Street - Baltimore, MD 21218 and mark it for the weekend survival kit, the only one that provides foods for the really homeless families in Baltimore City that they can prepare and enjoy wherever they are located. We need more to feed more.
So we sat down and put together a survival kit that feeds a family of three. Why a family of three?
The answer is relatively simple in that most homeless families usually consist of two children and one Mother/Father/Caregiver. So in planning our weekend survival kit, we had to create sufficient food so that this combination could eat something over the entire weekend. Here is what we came up with:
6 containers, 8 oz of shelf stable milk
1, 12.6 oz of cereal
3 juice boxes
1 loaf of bread
1 - one pound easy open ham
2 - easy open chicken sausages
1 jar of peanut butter
1 jar of jelly
3 - individual fruits
3 - boxes of raisins
3 - health bars
bowls, plastic utensils, and napkins.
With the exception of the bread this fits into a backpack and the bread is carried in an individual bag so as not to be crushed.
Once a month we deliver tooth paste, tooth brushes, cookies (3 per meal, except breakfast) and a very small amount of candy. Even homeless children love sweets and should be able to have a small amount.
This ensures that the family can eat together and have something to eat during the weekend. It is not the traditional cans and boxes of product that require cooking, but three meals per day so the child and the parent can enjoy the weekend.
Help us to continue this program so that families who are not eating this weekend can continue to do so. Make a donation to Heart's Place Services, Inc. - 2640 St. Paul Street - Baltimore, MD 21218 and mark it for the weekend survival kit, the only one that provides foods for the really homeless families in Baltimore City that they can prepare and enjoy wherever they are located. We need more to feed more.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Are children of this city really important?
As you know I have used this blog and several other means to collect funding to support the Weekend Backpack Program for homeless children. It is a program that provides weekend backpacks to Baltimore City Public School children each weekend as they leave the schools that they attend.
I cannot tell you the success this program has met with as it insures that children will have good food to eat over the weekend. I have written letters, spoken to many, many people about collecting money for the program, sat with City Council Representatives and explained how it works and yet the money doesn't come in to grow this program so that these hungry children will be fed.
I don't understand the rationale involved in this, as it is so important for the children to have food so that they can grow mentally and physically. Studies have shown that poor children, who do not have proper nutrition suffer more than those of us who eat balanced meals, but while people have written me promising money, time and the desire to assist us in this program, very few have ever really opened up their wallet to fund it. The churches of this city hear the plea from me and close their ears, thinking that the government provides food for these children during the school week, forgetting conveniently that they should eat over the weekend so that they are prepared for the new week ahead. I have to admit that the United Methodist Church has continued its contributions to the program, but cannot completely fund the project because it is vast, as currently there are 2,700 registered homeless children in Baltimore City Public Schools. I have written to foundations requesting their assistance with no support. Apparently street lights are more important than feeding children. I don't have pictures to show you of any hungry child wallowing in mud somewhere unknown, but I can assure you that I have met these children and they are hungry and need your help.
This inability to provide suitable funding for this program is so disturbing to me that I fail to understand it fully. Each day when I read a web site called "next door" I am amazed to read that people will run and support a lost cat or dog, but will not be moved by the fact that a child somewhere in the city will not eat this evening. On the "Go Fund Me" site, the sister of the young man who shot 9 people in South Carolina appealed to people and I believe the figure she has already received exceeds $2,000. to support her wedding. There is something that is so wrong with this, where we, as members of this nation would support this sister, but ignore children who are hungry.
The people who are involved in this project receive no salaries and every cent of the money collected goes to support this project. No salaries, no overhead, nothing, not one cent is spent by us in our attempts to collect funds to support this program. We, the founders of this program do it for free.
I fear that if we do not start collecting substantial funding that we may have to curtail our activities and again plead with you to make a donation to Heart's Place Services, Inc., 2640 St. Paul Street,
Baltimore, MD 21218 and mark your checks that the funds are for the weekly backpack program. We personally give and give generously to ensure that children are fed and hope you will too. Please understand that in this economy this could be your child.
I cannot tell you the success this program has met with as it insures that children will have good food to eat over the weekend. I have written letters, spoken to many, many people about collecting money for the program, sat with City Council Representatives and explained how it works and yet the money doesn't come in to grow this program so that these hungry children will be fed.
I don't understand the rationale involved in this, as it is so important for the children to have food so that they can grow mentally and physically. Studies have shown that poor children, who do not have proper nutrition suffer more than those of us who eat balanced meals, but while people have written me promising money, time and the desire to assist us in this program, very few have ever really opened up their wallet to fund it. The churches of this city hear the plea from me and close their ears, thinking that the government provides food for these children during the school week, forgetting conveniently that they should eat over the weekend so that they are prepared for the new week ahead. I have to admit that the United Methodist Church has continued its contributions to the program, but cannot completely fund the project because it is vast, as currently there are 2,700 registered homeless children in Baltimore City Public Schools. I have written to foundations requesting their assistance with no support. Apparently street lights are more important than feeding children. I don't have pictures to show you of any hungry child wallowing in mud somewhere unknown, but I can assure you that I have met these children and they are hungry and need your help.
This inability to provide suitable funding for this program is so disturbing to me that I fail to understand it fully. Each day when I read a web site called "next door" I am amazed to read that people will run and support a lost cat or dog, but will not be moved by the fact that a child somewhere in the city will not eat this evening. On the "Go Fund Me" site, the sister of the young man who shot 9 people in South Carolina appealed to people and I believe the figure she has already received exceeds $2,000. to support her wedding. There is something that is so wrong with this, where we, as members of this nation would support this sister, but ignore children who are hungry.
The people who are involved in this project receive no salaries and every cent of the money collected goes to support this project. No salaries, no overhead, nothing, not one cent is spent by us in our attempts to collect funds to support this program. We, the founders of this program do it for free.
I fear that if we do not start collecting substantial funding that we may have to curtail our activities and again plead with you to make a donation to Heart's Place Services, Inc., 2640 St. Paul Street,
Baltimore, MD 21218 and mark your checks that the funds are for the weekly backpack program. We personally give and give generously to ensure that children are fed and hope you will too. Please understand that in this economy this could be your child.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Baltimore to provide free breakfast and lunch for all students during the school year
Today, we learned that Baltimore will participate in a Federal program to provide breakfast and lunch for all students at no cost. This is great news, but it doesn't resolve the issues for summer feeding and weekend hunger.
Don't get me wrong. This is fantastic and great, but we need to continue to provide food to homeless children over the weekend. We must find a way to distribute to those children who face hunger so that they can live and grow. Let us work together to find a way to accomplish this and to make sure that no child in Baltimore goes hungry.
Let me have your ideas on how to accomplish this during the summer. Thank you!
Don't get me wrong. This is fantastic and great, but we need to continue to provide food to homeless children over the weekend. We must find a way to distribute to those children who face hunger so that they can live and grow. Let us work together to find a way to accomplish this and to make sure that no child in Baltimore goes hungry.
Let me have your ideas on how to accomplish this during the summer. Thank you!
Monday, May 25, 2015
On this Memorial Day, let's feed homeless children
Today is Memorial Day, a day in which to honor those who served this nation during the many wars that we have been involved. This is a day to show respect for the fallen and to remember the action of the brave men and women who helped this country through one crisis after another. It is important for us to remember these casualities, but we are now facing another casualty and it does leave many dead for us to remember.
We, as a nation, must now address the very critical issue of feeding our homeless children. The numbers of homeless children in this nation are staggering. Let me please quote just a few figures for you, Orange County, California has 24,700 homeless children, Tennessee has an equal amount of homeless children of 24,000 and the city of Baltimore has 2,700 homeless children that will probably not eat over the weekend because they are homeless.
We as a city, a nation and a people from all walks of life must do something before we destroy the future for these children. A child needs at least 2,000 calories to grow; of which 1,000 calories to maintain his/her body physical and the other 1,000 calories to grow his brain and develop. We can do better as a society to ensure that all of these children are fed. We must do better to ensure that all of these children are fed and it is up to all of us to do our part.
What would you do if your child didn't have any food? I know what I would do and it would be anything that would ensure that my child was fed. I was taught that by my family to make sure that the family is protected and one of the basic protections that we can give our children is food. We must ensure and demand that our children are fed. Our elected officials must be reminded of their obligations to us, the citizens of this nation and that there is nothing more important than our children.
We must tackle this problem now, not tomorrow, but today. Children have a right to food. They have a right to live decently in a caring home with food. Today is the exact right time to remember our fallen soldiers and sailors by making sure that all children are fed. What did these valient men and women fight for? They fought so that children could grow in this country with dignity and good food. It is very simple because you can help. You must help these children, all 2,700 in the City of Baltimore because without your help these wonderful children will fall through the cracks and they deserve more than that. They deserve to live. Please contribute today to Heart's Place Services, Inc., 2640 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 and mark your checks that the money is for the weekend backpack program. We need to make sure that all of the homeless children are fed so that they can enjoy another Memorial Day.
We, as a nation, must now address the very critical issue of feeding our homeless children. The numbers of homeless children in this nation are staggering. Let me please quote just a few figures for you, Orange County, California has 24,700 homeless children, Tennessee has an equal amount of homeless children of 24,000 and the city of Baltimore has 2,700 homeless children that will probably not eat over the weekend because they are homeless.
We as a city, a nation and a people from all walks of life must do something before we destroy the future for these children. A child needs at least 2,000 calories to grow; of which 1,000 calories to maintain his/her body physical and the other 1,000 calories to grow his brain and develop. We can do better as a society to ensure that all of these children are fed. We must do better to ensure that all of these children are fed and it is up to all of us to do our part.
What would you do if your child didn't have any food? I know what I would do and it would be anything that would ensure that my child was fed. I was taught that by my family to make sure that the family is protected and one of the basic protections that we can give our children is food. We must ensure and demand that our children are fed. Our elected officials must be reminded of their obligations to us, the citizens of this nation and that there is nothing more important than our children.
We must tackle this problem now, not tomorrow, but today. Children have a right to food. They have a right to live decently in a caring home with food. Today is the exact right time to remember our fallen soldiers and sailors by making sure that all children are fed. What did these valient men and women fight for? They fought so that children could grow in this country with dignity and good food. It is very simple because you can help. You must help these children, all 2,700 in the City of Baltimore because without your help these wonderful children will fall through the cracks and they deserve more than that. They deserve to live. Please contribute today to Heart's Place Services, Inc., 2640 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 and mark your checks that the money is for the weekend backpack program. We need to make sure that all of the homeless children are fed so that they can enjoy another Memorial Day.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Charles North Cooperative Garden, a place to be this summer
Kevin Ghaffari has a dream and a reality at the same time. He and his group of gardeners and neighbors are working to create a wonderful garden at 2019 through 2027 St. Paul Street that is not only a garden, but a place of refuge for children and adults to learn more about land preservation and enjoying the summer.
Kevin has had this dream for a number of years and needs support from everyone so that he can continue this dream and reality. A short visit to the site and you will note that people come and go and each contribute to make it a beauty for the community. It represents a place where children can come and learn about Mother Earth, read a book, listen to stories and enjoy city living. There are no big bucks supporting this adventure in agriculture, just the joint working of people creating an oasis where some buildings existed, but no longer do. Turning the debris into a place where flowers grow and children eat and learn is something that Kevin and his friends have been doing for a few years now.
He and I have been talking about this cooperative garden on the 2000 block of St. Paul and feel that this spot offers a great deal to the community and must continue as it educates and gives a place that offers some beauty to those who live around it. Visit our sites at: https.charlesnorthcoopgarden.wordpress.com and see our facebook page at www.facebook.com/charlesnorthcoopgarden. From there you can read our mission and history of what Kevin is attempting to accomplish and see what he has accomplished.
However, he needs funds to pay for the water that is needed for the plants, to have the outdoor picnics and to sponsor events like reading to children and plays during the summer. Come and enjoy the fun and watch the people turn a vacant space into a fantasy land for those with imagination.
Should you want to participate and get your hands dirty, just walk by and wave hello and someone will come out and introduce themselves to you and show what they have achieved. Should you want to contribute, then send your check made payable to Midtown Community Fund and please reference the Charles North Cooperative Garden - c/o Charles North Cooperative Garden, 1917 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 and keep the dream and reality alive. Thanks and become a part of the dream and the reality.
Kevin has had this dream for a number of years and needs support from everyone so that he can continue this dream and reality. A short visit to the site and you will note that people come and go and each contribute to make it a beauty for the community. It represents a place where children can come and learn about Mother Earth, read a book, listen to stories and enjoy city living. There are no big bucks supporting this adventure in agriculture, just the joint working of people creating an oasis where some buildings existed, but no longer do. Turning the debris into a place where flowers grow and children eat and learn is something that Kevin and his friends have been doing for a few years now.
He and I have been talking about this cooperative garden on the 2000 block of St. Paul and feel that this spot offers a great deal to the community and must continue as it educates and gives a place that offers some beauty to those who live around it. Visit our sites at: https.charlesnorthcoopgarden.wordpress.com and see our facebook page at www.facebook.com/charlesnorthcoopgarden. From there you can read our mission and history of what Kevin is attempting to accomplish and see what he has accomplished.
However, he needs funds to pay for the water that is needed for the plants, to have the outdoor picnics and to sponsor events like reading to children and plays during the summer. Come and enjoy the fun and watch the people turn a vacant space into a fantasy land for those with imagination.
Should you want to participate and get your hands dirty, just walk by and wave hello and someone will come out and introduce themselves to you and show what they have achieved. Should you want to contribute, then send your check made payable to Midtown Community Fund and please reference the Charles North Cooperative Garden - c/o Charles North Cooperative Garden, 1917 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 and keep the dream and reality alive. Thanks and become a part of the dream and the reality.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
We are not dead, we are just evaluating
Dear World,
Just to let you know Baltimore City is not dead, we are just evaluating what has happened and have protested to let the world know of what we perceive as injustices in our communities.
Let me advise you that Baltimore City has a lot going for it as 95% of the people in this city are decent hard-working people who are holding on despite a repressive recession and poverty due to many issues. We are at a crossroads in time where we are attempting to see what we as a city can accomplish and know that we have lots to learn. However, we are an individual lot of people who don't want to follow New York City or any other great city in this country, but want to create a society of peace loving people attempting to grow our families and respect each other.
We have taken a few wrong turns lately and have made fools of us individually and collectively, but we are still in the infancy stages of development. I personally think that we will achieve our goals and become a city of promise. Don't rule us out, because we are just pushing the envelope a little more than needed presently, but hopeful that we will learn from our mistakes and not make them again.
Just to let you know Baltimore City is not dead, we are just evaluating what has happened and have protested to let the world know of what we perceive as injustices in our communities.
Let me advise you that Baltimore City has a lot going for it as 95% of the people in this city are decent hard-working people who are holding on despite a repressive recession and poverty due to many issues. We are at a crossroads in time where we are attempting to see what we as a city can accomplish and know that we have lots to learn. However, we are an individual lot of people who don't want to follow New York City or any other great city in this country, but want to create a society of peace loving people attempting to grow our families and respect each other.
We have taken a few wrong turns lately and have made fools of us individually and collectively, but we are still in the infancy stages of development. I personally think that we will achieve our goals and become a city of promise. Don't rule us out, because we are just pushing the envelope a little more than needed presently, but hopeful that we will learn from our mistakes and not make them again.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Open letter posted on moveon.org to Governor Hogan
Last week I posted a letter addressed to Governor Hogan after attempting to get his attention via the internet wherein I received a computer generated receipt, but nothing else. My email had to be limited to 500 words which did not afford me the opportunity to spell out my concerns about Baltimore City children who are homeless and face weekends without food.
I hope that the letter generates considerable interest and that people sign it in support of my request for state money to feed these children, because I know he is a family man and a man who appears to me to have compassion. There are approximately 2,500 homeless children registered in Baltimore City Public Schools who face the thought that they will not have food over the weekend. They are able through the FARM (Free and Reduced Meal) program get at least 2 meals a day during the school week, but the weekends are a time in which they do not have access to food. While there are attempts to accomplish this through some private programs, they do not reach much of the population with the greatest need.
These are our children, each and every one of them. They are bright, intelligent and seemingly happy children with the same dreams that most children have and it is up to us, the adults to figure out a way to make sure that they are fed over the weekend. We do our part by providing with our partners,
food that sustains 300 people over the weekend on our weekend backpack program (weekend survival kit) that feeds three people, carried home by one child each weekend. We need help if we are going to address the severity of the problem which can be resolved.
So I have emailed the Governor, posted an open letter to the Governor, via moveon.org and am now asking him or someone of importance, that he appointed to contact me so that we can figure out a way to make sure that no child goes hungry in Baltimore City. Governor Hogan, this needs to be done and I guarantee you that it will save more state money than what it will cost to accomplish this. It will mean that the children are prepared on Monday morning to go to school. It will mean that these children will know that someone cares enough for them and their families, It will mean that they can have the opportunity to grow not only physically, but mentally by having the stength to work in school, because they are not hungry. Being healthy mentally and physically means that they will respect themselves more and achieve a better balance in their lives and also it will mean that they can enter society prepared.
You can contact me by contacting this web site, or by sending an email to cwilson@portlightinc.com and I will respond to your email and set up a meeting to meet with you at your convenience. Governor, this is really important because these children represent our future and we need your help. Together as a team we can see that no homeless child is ever hungry over the weekend.
Thank you.
I hope that the letter generates considerable interest and that people sign it in support of my request for state money to feed these children, because I know he is a family man and a man who appears to me to have compassion. There are approximately 2,500 homeless children registered in Baltimore City Public Schools who face the thought that they will not have food over the weekend. They are able through the FARM (Free and Reduced Meal) program get at least 2 meals a day during the school week, but the weekends are a time in which they do not have access to food. While there are attempts to accomplish this through some private programs, they do not reach much of the population with the greatest need.
These are our children, each and every one of them. They are bright, intelligent and seemingly happy children with the same dreams that most children have and it is up to us, the adults to figure out a way to make sure that they are fed over the weekend. We do our part by providing with our partners,
food that sustains 300 people over the weekend on our weekend backpack program (weekend survival kit) that feeds three people, carried home by one child each weekend. We need help if we are going to address the severity of the problem which can be resolved.
So I have emailed the Governor, posted an open letter to the Governor, via moveon.org and am now asking him or someone of importance, that he appointed to contact me so that we can figure out a way to make sure that no child goes hungry in Baltimore City. Governor Hogan, this needs to be done and I guarantee you that it will save more state money than what it will cost to accomplish this. It will mean that the children are prepared on Monday morning to go to school. It will mean that these children will know that someone cares enough for them and their families, It will mean that they can have the opportunity to grow not only physically, but mentally by having the stength to work in school, because they are not hungry. Being healthy mentally and physically means that they will respect themselves more and achieve a better balance in their lives and also it will mean that they can enter society prepared.
You can contact me by contacting this web site, or by sending an email to cwilson@portlightinc.com and I will respond to your email and set up a meeting to meet with you at your convenience. Governor, this is really important because these children represent our future and we need your help. Together as a team we can see that no homeless child is ever hungry over the weekend.
Thank you.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
An open letter to all of the religious centers in the state of Maryland
Dear Religious Centers:
Last night in Baltimore County I attended a meeting at the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Lutherville, Maryland which involved a weekend feeding program for the homeless children in our state.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the various religious centers, whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim and/or any other religion, there is a significant problem in our state where virtually thousands and thousands of children are food insecure and go hungry each and every weekend. There is no need for this to take place in our state and we can be the first to address this dire concern. We cannot expect these children who are hungry all during the weekend to be prepared to be educated during the week if they arrive at the school hungry. We cannot expect their bodies and brains to develop properly without food. We cannot expect them to excel without proper nutrition and now we must all, as citizens of this state, combine our resources, our energies and our desires to make sure that "no homeless child" is ever hungry again.
Our backpacks provide food for the entire weekend for three people, i.e., the student, a sibling and the caregiver or parent and is given to the child at the end of the school week to ensure that the family is fed over the weekend. It was designed to cover the many aspects of homelessness and therefore the contents do not require refrigeration or cooking.
We are doing our part with the help of St. John's of Baltimore City UMC, Grace UMC, ss Philip and James RC Church and Heart's Place Services in Baltimore City and have grown from 21 people being fed five years ago to 300 now being fed over the weekends, and plans for feeding 450 people next year. Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Lutherville has taken up the banner and is working to relieve the hunger within Baltimore County, but we need more representatives throughout the state to participate in this program to end homeless children hunger. We thank Ms. Monica Butta, her husband Chris Tang, the Pastor and their neighbors who have gathered around a table to make a better life for these children.
We have a formula backpack already prepared and it can be adapted to meet the requirements of the various religions, but we need the sponsors to facilitate it in the communities of our state.
Come and join our revolution to make sure that all children are fed so that they can prosper and grow.
Contact us here so that we can assist you in providing for the needs of children of our state.
There is so much work to be done and I know that all of you want to participate in making the lives of these children better.
Last night in Baltimore County I attended a meeting at the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Lutherville, Maryland which involved a weekend feeding program for the homeless children in our state.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the various religious centers, whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim and/or any other religion, there is a significant problem in our state where virtually thousands and thousands of children are food insecure and go hungry each and every weekend. There is no need for this to take place in our state and we can be the first to address this dire concern. We cannot expect these children who are hungry all during the weekend to be prepared to be educated during the week if they arrive at the school hungry. We cannot expect their bodies and brains to develop properly without food. We cannot expect them to excel without proper nutrition and now we must all, as citizens of this state, combine our resources, our energies and our desires to make sure that "no homeless child" is ever hungry again.
Our backpacks provide food for the entire weekend for three people, i.e., the student, a sibling and the caregiver or parent and is given to the child at the end of the school week to ensure that the family is fed over the weekend. It was designed to cover the many aspects of homelessness and therefore the contents do not require refrigeration or cooking.
We are doing our part with the help of St. John's of Baltimore City UMC, Grace UMC, ss Philip and James RC Church and Heart's Place Services in Baltimore City and have grown from 21 people being fed five years ago to 300 now being fed over the weekends, and plans for feeding 450 people next year. Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Lutherville has taken up the banner and is working to relieve the hunger within Baltimore County, but we need more representatives throughout the state to participate in this program to end homeless children hunger. We thank Ms. Monica Butta, her husband Chris Tang, the Pastor and their neighbors who have gathered around a table to make a better life for these children.
We have a formula backpack already prepared and it can be adapted to meet the requirements of the various religions, but we need the sponsors to facilitate it in the communities of our state.
Come and join our revolution to make sure that all children are fed so that they can prosper and grow.
Contact us here so that we can assist you in providing for the needs of children of our state.
There is so much work to be done and I know that all of you want to participate in making the lives of these children better.
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