Mission: In late 2009 the Louisiana State Government cut Food Bank financing by 4.5 million dollars. As a small food pantry this blog was created to spotlight our community and show the direct effects from such a harsh budget cut.

We work at the Community Center of St Bernard, a food pantry and Community Center 10 minutes outside of New Orleans. We feed around 70 families a day and the number of new people we serve keeps growing. The spiraling economy coupled with the state budget cut to Second Harvest has created empty shelves for needy families.

More people + less food = a big problem.

Bethany Garfield

Food Pantry Coordinator

Billy Brown

Digital Arts Service Corps (AmeriCorps for Geeks)

The following organizations are all collecting food for our pantry to supplement the reduction from our local food bank. We love them!

Nola Eats at the Alternative Media Expo

Snake and Jakes

Cold Stone Creamery

Organizing for America: LA

Curves

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Food For Our Neighbors Archives

    November 23, 2009

    Charity Leaders Ask Congress to Help on Hunger Relief

    Great news. The food shortage is really a national issue, and I’m very happy that people are advocating for help. I’m really glad that both United Way and Catholic Charities (they run Second Harvest) are in the mix too. The article also outlines 3 proposals to ease the strain on non-profits, including the Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act, which would permanently extend and expand a charitable deduction for businesses that donate food inventory.

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