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• Food Pantry Boosts One Client’s Independence, Despite Disability

  Using his walker, Rickey Murrell treks several blocks from his home near the University of Memphis to get his rolling basket filled with needed food at the food pantry at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. He lost his sight about 17 years ago, but he’s not lost his laugh, vitality or self-reliance. “It’s part of my routine, coming here,” the 61-year old former landscaper said. “The food is good – I especially like the snacks and meats.” He is...

  Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | Posted by Britney McGhee

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• BackPack Boxes Provide Food, Stress Relief in Orange Mound

  Hanley Elementary faculty have long recognized that too many of its students were coming to the Orange Mound area school from homes where food insecurity pervades. The issue was a real-life problem beyond nutrition, affecting students’ inability to focus on studies and creating some behavioral issues in the classroom.  “It really hurt the staff and me when we would hear a student come to school on Monday saying he or she didn’t get enough to eat over the weekend,&...

  Friday, October 25, 2019 | Posted by Britney McGhee

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• Retired Couple Helps the Pantry that Helps Them

  Flat Rock Food Pantry helps a lot of people Barbara and Randy Lollar know in Benton County, Mississippi. "The food really helps us and other people on fixed incomes," Randy said. The couple – he's 70 and she's 69 – are retired. They moved to Flat Rock three years ago and learned about the Matthew 25/Flat Rock Food Pantry Ministry, which really helped when their daughter and her four children moved in for several months. "The Pantry helped tremendously beca...

  Thursday, October 3, 2019 | Posted by Britney McGhee

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• Donation A Key Assistance for Delta Families

  Another August means another substantial food donation from Tyson Foods for struggling households in several Mississippi Delta counties, thanks to coordinated efforts again from Miss. U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson’s office in Washington, D.C. On Aug. 7th, Tyson truck driver Mendez Arnold wheeled the 18-wheeler full of chicken products – totaling 36,000 lbs.– from Russellville, Ark., onto the Tunica County G W Henderson Senior Rec Center parking lot. It’s the 1...

  Thursday, August 15, 2019 | Posted by Britney McGhee

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• Dyer County Residents Respond to Help Feed Neighbors

  Thanks to a $25,000 grant from Tyson Foods, Mid-South Food Bank held, with critical help from volunteers, a Mobile Pantry food distribution on April 29th in Newbern, Tennessee. Boxes full of fruit, meats, vegetables and bakery items totaling over 10,000 lbs. were provided for residents of Dyer County, including employees of the local Tyson Foods plant. It was the first of monthly distributions for a year. The first one helped 252 households, while the future ones could help up to 300 in a co...

  Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Posted by Andrew Bell

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• Mobile Pantry Boosts Clients' Help in Fulton, Miss.

  When First United Methodist Church’s Food Pantry coordinators in Fulton, Mississippi, were presented with the opportunity to host a Mobile Pantry distribution, they said yes - with smiles. The Partner Agency’s volunteers knew how significant the extra food would mean to the 400 households who arrived early for the distribution on March 22. The food insecurity rate in Itawamba County is 14 percent. Its residents describe the small community as one that’s divided by the Tenne...

  Monday, April 1, 2019 | Posted by Andrew Bell

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• Weekend Snackpacks Help Kids in Alcorn County, Miss.

  By R.M. Brooks, Chairman, Pinecrest Weekend Snackpacks for Kids One cold January evening inside a church in Alcorn County, Missisippi, near the Tennessee state line where Union soldiers marched for destiny at Shiloh, I drafted a prayerful pledge to do something for others. It was a decision that has drawn many collaborators to the powerful idea of providing food and hope for families. I did not know where to start that day eight years ago, but everything just came together quickly. Pinecres...

  Wednesday, March 27, 2019 | Posted by Andrew Bell

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• During Shutdown: Federal Employees Get Emergency Assistance

  from WMC TV-5 Federal workers who have not been paid for four weeks are receiving help to provide food for their families. “We need it to end yesterday,” Williams said. “That’s just how soon. Not today. Not tomorrow. Yesterday.” Volunteers like Tammy McFarland from Cornerstone Baptist Church filled cars with those essential items for federal employees. “We all work for a reason, to provide for our families,” McFarland said. “So, if they are ...

  Tuesday, January 22, 2019 | Posted by Andrew Bell

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• Donation Collaboration Feeds Vets for Thanksgiving

  For Jeff Park’s second time in two years to receive a Thanksgiving meal from a donation event outside the Pipkin Building at Tiger Lane, he brought two friends who know one another from the Veterans Administration Hospital. The men, along with another 1,000 local veterans identified by  Alpha Omega Veterans Services and social services via the City of Memphis, benefitted from the distribution of bags of groceries from Kroger and hams from Smithfield Foods. Along with Billy Fitzger...

  Thursday, November 15, 2018 | Posted by Andrew Bell

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• Samaritans Provide Food, Other Aid for People to Find Their Way

  At Samaritans food pantry in Horn Lake, Miss., the 25-year old Mid-South Food Bank Partner Agency serves an average of 150 households every month. Executive Director Ed Flynn says the pantry’s operations continue to hinge on strong community support, including assistance from United Way, the Horn Lake, Miss. Chamber of Commerce and an array of churches and individuals. Sixteen volunteers manage the facility, located near Interstate 55. They order about 1,000 lbs. of food from Mid-South...

  Monday, November 12, 2018 | Posted by Andrew Bell

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