menu
Loaves & Fishes Blog
“I’m always hungry, I’m a college student.”
Our guest blogger is Margery Adams, a spring intern from UNCC. Margery shares her thoughts about the true meaning of hunger through an open letter to other students. A note to my fellow students: I say this so often it seems to be my life motto these days. “I’m... read more
Full Disclosure
It happened again. This time I was being shown around a church by the Associate Pastor. She was showing me their food pantry – a small space but with a very good assortment of food available. As we were talking about feeding the hungry she said “I need to make a full ... read more
Good Days & Bad Days
Good days and bad days….days of calm and days of chaos. We all have them. At Loaves & Fishes today we are beginning a new season – holidays are over, Scouting for Food on Feb. 2 was a rousing success, and we just held an Open House for all our friends and supporters to see ... read more
Once Upon A Time
ONCE UPON A TIME, in a land not so far away....a newspaper reporter wrote a story about the rising number of hungry people and the declining amount of food Loaves & Fishes had to feed them. And in that same land, a very benevloent man and his wife read that story and wanted to he... read more
An extra week = a gift?
Because Thanksgiving fell as early as possible this year, we have an extra week between Thanksgiving and Christmas. That feels like a gift to many of us who traditionally fill every available moment between the two holidays with more activities than anyone could reasonably do. ... read more
Change Gets Personal
After having our administrative offices housed in St. Luke’s Lutheran Church for 23 years we have moved to new offices in our expanded warehouse space. I’ve been surprised at how hard change is in so many ways. It’s ironic because I have spent the better part of the last ... read more
