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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. […]

Volunteers

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 […]

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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 […]

Advocacy

“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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]