#JOINING HANDS AGAINST HUNGER FULL#

GraceWorks relies on the help of volunteers to sort and organize food for distribution. Individuals, families or groups can volunteer for a few hours or a full day. To find out more about volunteering at GraceWorks, visit here.

They can be made online through our secure giving site or by mailing a check us with “food pantry” written in the memo area. Often times, GraceWorks purchases needed items in bulk so financial donations are always welcome. The pantry always needs plastic grocery bags which we use to distribute food to our neighbors. If you wish to donate items for the pantry, please bring them by our donation centers.

Boxed meals (Tuna Helper, Hamburger Helper)įor our Fuel Bag program, critical needs include:.

The GraceWorks Food Pantry currently needs: Whether it’s by advocating and raising awareness, making donations, or volunteering, there are many ways to make a difference. With September being Hunger Action Month, everyone has the opportunity to help fight hunger in Williamson County. Last year, over $1.6 million in food was given through the generosity of donors and the volunteers who process and distribute food to those in need. To help fight hunger, GraceWorks gives away food carts, student fuel bags and holiday food boxes along with offering mobile food pantries.

It can be a neighbor, a friend at church or someone else you’d might not suspect is dealing with this issue. Often times, it’s not easy to see the face of hunger. That’s 12 million families who simply cannot make ends meet and are forced to make difficult choices between paying for food, utilities, transportation, medical care and housing.ĭespite the wealth in Williamson County, 9% of our population is food insecure according to Feeding America. The post Joining Hands to Lend a Hand to Burkina Faso appeared first on Rise Against Hunger.Nationally, one in seven Americans struggle with hunger. Inspired to make an incredible impact? Visit our Get Involved page to find out how! Holy Family Whitefish Bay Meal Packaging Event, April 2019 ©Beth Algiers-Manley Their efforts have helped us provide nourishment for over 10,000 people in the past year alone. More important than the number of meals are the actual lives impacted. Through our partnership with CRS Helping Hands, we’ve been able to provide three containers of meals each year to Burkina Faso. You can read more about Ali’s story here. After overcoming leprosy, Ali has been able to find a home through CRS and ensure that his family will receive nutritious meals each day. Ali, his wife and five children live in Burkina Faso and receive Rise Against Hunger meals through CRS. Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa where one out of every five people are food insecure.Īli, a 53-year-old man, is one of the lives CRS Helping Hands made an impact on last year. Last year, CRS Helping Hands provided 1.6 million Rise Against Hunger meals to Burkina Faso. The Helping Hands program has a two-fold mission that aims to target hunger relief in the form of food aid and funding of long term hunger relief initiatives. Our partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Helping Hands, is one of those partnerships. Once in a while, a group comes along that goes the extra mile for our cause. Since our meal packaging program began in 2006, we’ve seen groups of all sizes, backgrounds and beliefs join together on one common ground: a passion for seeing a world without hunger and providing nutritious meals to people in critical need. Our volunteers are the heart of our mission to end hunger at Rise Against Hunger - we couldn’t impact millions of lives each year without them.

Joining hands against hunger