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Daily Bread
A week ago Friday eleven people from my church (FBC Waxahachie) joined other volunteers at the North Texas Food Bank to help prepare bags of nutritious food for children in the Food 4 Kids backpack program. Some businesses had allowed a few of their employees to serve that day, and they also worked in our line. The process involved grabbing a plastic bag, walking along tables filled with bins of small packaged food items chosen by a nutritionist, placing one item from each bin in the bag, and then leaving the bag at the end of the line for another volunteer to insert in a box. Then we returned to the first of the line, grabbed another bag, and began again. Walk, walk, walk. Smile, smile, smile. Peppy music was piped into the warehouse, and we were dancing along as we walked. Seven bags fill a box, and then the box is sealed and placed on a flat. Full Story »
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The North Texas Food Bank has sent out a cry for help. Will churches in the 13-county area this organization serves (Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Navarro, Rockwall), consider responding to meet this critical need? Here is the message from the NTFB: Full Story »
Representatives from several Collin County churches met last week at Minnie’s Food Pantry in Plano to explore how better to meet the needs of hungry people in Collin County. Full Story »
BGCT’S DAILY BREAD WEBSITE POSTS LOCAL HUNGER NEEDS
Is your church in one of these counties: Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Navarro, or Rockwall? These are the counties served by the North Texas Food Bank. If your church wants to discover new ways to help the needy in these 13 counties, go to this webpage on the BGCT website and view the needs Full Story »
A news release came out Wednesday from the Center for Public Policy Priorities. It highlights the Texas figures from a federal report published the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Following is part of the release, the full release is available on the CPPP web site:
AUSTIN (CPPP) ─ The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual report that illustrates the struggle low-income Texans face in affording a consistent and nutritious diet. Full Story »
When we Texas Baptists hear about a sudden disaster anywhere in the world, we respond immediately with prayers, donations and heartfelt words of support and encouragement. When possible, we go in person to help alleviate suffering. We never fail to respond with overwhelming love in Jesus’ name. Full Story »
DALLAS – When Texas Baptists and faith-based groups in the Dallas-Fort Worth area joined forces to unite in the fight against hunger, the results were “outstanding and inspirational,” said Karla Dechavez, development coordinator at the North Texas Food Bank. Full Story »