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Mobile food pantry brings groceries to neighborhoods

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Story - January 3, 2019 - Families in Waterbury, Connecticut, who struggle putting food on the table may have a solution right outside their front door. Meet the GROW truck – Groceries on Wheels – a mobile food pantry program that goes where the need is greatest. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Hartford partners with the Connecticut Food Bank, operator…

D.C. Catholic food pantry sees long lines with no end in sight

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Story - July 22, 2020 - When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the Washington area in mid-March, shuttering many local restaurants and businesses, the lines at a weekly food pantry sponsored by the Spanish Catholic Center immediately jumped from about 60 people to hundreds. And now, four months into this time of job loss, sickness and social distancing, this previously small…

Lower Bucks Co. families rally to restock food pantry

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Story - May 24, 2020 - Families in Lower Bucks County recently popped their trunks and tailgates for a two-day curbside food collection organized by a Penndel parishioner. Debra Gall Metz, a member of Our Lady of Grace in Penndel, spearheaded the May 2 – 3 event, which netted some 8,000 pounds of food for Mary’s Cupboard in Levittown. Located at…

A feast fills food pantries, ending summer shortages

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Story - August 12, 2015 - Thanks to thoughtful planning and generous parishioners, the food pantries of Catholic Charities in Paterson, NJ, are fully stocked throughout each summer, providing a feast of food to children and families at a time when pantries often run short. Anticipating the usual low level of summer food donations and the greater needs of clients, Catholic…

As food insecurity rises, pantries work overtime to meet growing need

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Story - December 3, 2020 - Laid off from her information technology job last Thanksgiving, then evicted for falling behind on the rent two months later and having to keep six children fed, Bianca Simone needed options. Even though her boyfriend, Drew Tunnell, still had his job in plumbing sales, the couple faced years-long waiting lists for an apartment. Then the…

Helping food pantry clients make healthy choices

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Story - November 21, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) received a $1.4 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to reduce hunger among people struggling with poverty. While most of the funds supported outreach and enrollment for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at 47 Catholic Charities agencies in the United States, some of the funds paid for Catholic Charities food pantry…

Diocese of Paterson food pantries helping more than ever before

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Story - May 13, 2020 - While businesses and organizations from around the state are discussing plans to reopen, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson is currently assisting more people than ever before in their 80-year history. “The services offered by Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson are simply immense. We remain operational to help those most in need,” said Scott Milliken, CEO.…

Food pantry visit leads to hope and a better life

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Story - August 24, 2015 - Unemployed, broke and living in a house without heat, Carolyn Smith was in need of much more than food when she visited a food pantry operated by Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley (CSSMV) in Dayton. And turns out, she got more. Along with the food, she received self-sufficiency counseling, which turned her life…

CCUSA works with dairy cooperative to provide milk to food pantries

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Story - April 13, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has been working with the Dairy Pricing Cooperative in Wisconsin for several years accepting cheese donations when available. In late March CCUSA learned that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers were dumping milk due to disruptions in the supply chain and the inability to get milk processed. CCUSA shared with the…

Chicago Catholics tend parish gardens, supply pantries during pandemic

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Story - June 10, 2020 - For years, some parishes in the Chicago Archdiocese have maintained gardens whose produce was donated to local food pantries. With the rise in food insecurity during COVID-19 sending more people to food pantries than before, those ministries have taken on a new importance. Volunteers at the Jubilee Garden of St. Francis de Sales Parish in…

Food rescue lessens hunger, helps environment

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Story - February 6, 2020 - After reading Laudato Sí, Pope Francis’ encyclical on caring for the earth, Elizabeth Acevedo asked herself, “Where do I fit in?” It’s precisely the question Pope Francis wants the reader to ask: “All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience,…

CCUSA signs joint letter to Senate on food insecurity, increased funding for USDA programs

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2021/07/16/joint-letter-to-senate-on-food-insecurity-and-increased-funding-for-usda-programs/

News - July 16, 2021 - The Honorable Patrick Leahy, ChairmanThe Honorable Richard Shelby, Vice Chairman Committee on AppropriationsUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Leahy and Vice Chairman Shelby: We write on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development and International Justice and Peace, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services, and…