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

Do you want to be a Fabulous Food Driver? E-mail me!

Food For Our Neighbors Archives

    March 26, 2010
    Nola-Eats at the Alt Media Expo! Big shout out to Leslie from Louisiana’s well-known cuisine blog Nola-Eats. She’s presenting at the Alternative Media Expo next month where she will be running a food drive for us during the convention. Leslie is originally from St Bernard Parish, where our food pantry is located, and she came by for a tour last month. We’re very happy to have her help! The Alternative Media Expo is on Saturday April 17, from 12 - 6, at the Contemporary Arts Center. Thanks Nola-Eats! Be sure to check out her blog and her twitter(@Nola_Eats)

    Nola-Eats at the Alt Media Expo!

    Big shout out to Leslie from Louisiana’s well-known cuisine blog Nola-Eats. She’s presenting at the Alternative Media Expo next month where she will be running a food drive for us during the convention.

    Leslie is originally from St Bernard Parish, where our food pantry is located, and she came by for a tour last month. We’re very happy to have her help!

    The Alternative Media Expo is on Saturday April 17, from 12 - 6, at the Contemporary Arts Center.

    Thanks Nola-Eats! Be sure to check out her blog and her twitter(@Nola_Eats)

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