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While It’s Not Extreme Couponing….
Coordinating the work of 19 food pantries has a lot in common with running any household. We feed thousands of people instead of a single family, but the economics are very similar. Grocery and transportation prices are up and requests for help continue. We at Loaves & Fishes do what we all do at home: […]
Worth More Than A Can of Water Chestnuts…
This summer, we have been blessed to have Anslee Boozer blog about her experience as an intern with Loaves & Fishes. It seems as though even when our shelves are full, our refrigerators are often empty. After transitioning to the Client Choice model no one seems to be selecting a can of water chestnuts or […]
Joy On Aisle Two
We are lucky to have Anslee Boozer interning with us this summer. A rising sophomore & communications major at Furman University, this is Anslee’s second blog about her experiences with Loaves & Fishes! Thursday afternoons may be the highlight of my week. I step out of the office away from my comfortable chair and comfort zone […]
Summer Shopping: What’s In Your Cart?
Welcome our guest blogger Anslee Boozer. A rising sophomore and communications major at Furman University, Anslee is interning with Loaves & Fishes this summer. We are delighted that Anslee will be writing blogs for us throughout the summer. We are so lucky to have her! The next time you push your cart through the aisles […]
All Things Made New
We have had a springtime transformation at our pantry on The Plaza. They have operated for 12 years out of a truly small church pantry. With the help of a generous anonymous donor, a much larger space has been deconstructed and reconstructed. The pantry is now light, airy and able to serve many more families. […]
Celebrating 30 Years Together
On a recent spring morning, as four volunteers from Statesville Ave. Presbyterian gathered to reminisce about the last 30 years, they couldn’t help but smile. Grace Atkinson, Sarah Houston, Grace Solomon and Charlotte Hampton have been volunteering together at the Statesville Avenue Presbyterian Loaves & Fishes pantry since it began in September of 1982. At […]
A Full Barn
When I moved to Charlotte 37 years ago I joined a church that was “out in the country.” The membership was mostly farmers and I learned a lot of new expressions from them. One of my favorites was “A fat wife and a full barn never did a farmer harm.” I especially identify with that […]
“When the song of the angel is stilled…..The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry,…”
I’ve seen this quote from Howard Thurmond a lot lately. After our yearly orgy of excess in December, too much activity, food, shopping, you fill in the blank, January is relevantly empty. Putting away Christmas decorations gives us a moment to appreciate simpler surroundings. The suddenly vacant spots on the calendar give us time to […]
Her Happiest Birthday Yet
I have a good friend who looks after her grown sister who has mental retardation. These two sisters grew up poor – when we take up a collection for a family in distress through my church, my friend often says she knows what it feels like to be on the receiving end of charity. But […]
Flying Turkeys
We never get through Thanksgiving week at Loaves & Fishes without someone quoting the classic television comedy WKRP In Cincinnati, “As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.” Well at Loaves & Fishes, they do fly. They fly into the pantries and out just as fast. This is traditionally the busiest week of […]
