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Where Are My Perspectacles?
Facebook is not just for sharing pictures of children/grandchildren/pets! It can also be the introduction to fascinating websites that only my friends seem to know about. Following a link last evening I discovered a fabulous blog about seeing what’s around us with Perspectacles – a cross between spectacles and perspective. The blog was about discovering […]
Bedbugs Were Not in the Budget
When living on a very tight budget, you never know what might be the one thing that pushes you into crisis. For Brenda, it came from an unexpected source, summer camp. Last June, her twin boys came home from camp with lots of great memories and sleeping bags infested with bed bugs! Everything had to […]
A Meal and More
Word is out – the Great Recession is over! Unemployment is down and the number of people needing Loaves & Fishes has finally stabilized. However, Loaves & Fishes still provided a week’s worth of nutritious groceries to 105,015 people in Mecklenburg County in 2013. So what is contributing to the continued need? The cost of […]
All I have is thanks and a calm in my heart
Our most recent newsletter features the story of the Oliver family. We met the Olivers after receiving a very moving thank you letter from mom Heather. We wanted to share it with you… Dear Loaves & Fishes, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for your kindness, compassion and willingness to help my family. […]
What do you want to give? Ask A 5 Year Old.
I have been asked many, many times, what is the best food to donate to Loaves & Fishes. The question always reminds me of a time 30 years ago, long before I worked for Loaves & Fishes. My church had a food collection each quarter. I would stand in front of the open pantry and […]
That’s What We’re Talking About…
Loaves & Fishes’ mission has always been to help individuals and families who are in emergency situations. Over the past 25 years I have been asked many times “what kind of emergency are you talking about?” Well, the first couple of weeks of February were a perfect example. The weather threatened snow, actually did snow, […]
Reflections From A Post Santa World…
This Christmas my 10 year old granddaughter, Raven, found out there is no Santa. Or more accurately I should say she learned there is no fat old man in a red suit. But her mother told her we are all Santa for each other. In addition to considering her parents and me (“Who Needs Santa, […]
Have Yourself a ?????? Little Christmas
Christmas for me is always influenced by what else is going on in my life. Last year Christmas was all but lost. A very dear friend was in a serious car accident the week after Thanksgiving and was in the hospital or rehab until February. It was a depressing holiday at best. This year is […]
It’s Not Just for Breakfast Anymore…
We are compiling the results of our yearly client survey. One response stood out. When asked “What do you do when you run out of food?” the client replied “I eat oatmeal for three days.” That was before the decrease in SNAP benefits took effect. Every family in the United States who receives SNAP (Food […]
What You Have Will Be Enough
Beverly Howard shared the following remarks upon receiving the 2013 Community Leader Award from Mecklenburg Ministries at their annual breakfast. So many were inspired by her words that we wanted to share them with you. I lived in 8 states and attended 12 schools in 12 years growing up. I had no sense of what community […]
