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

    April 1, 2010
    April FOOD Day I really get excited when people use technology to aid in the fight against hunger. Last year, two bloggers decided they wanted to help and started a project called April Food Day. On April 1st they asked bloggers across the world to write about hunger. Last year, 150 bloggers participated and this year they are trying to double it. This project is especially effective because it does a great job at spreading awareness. Even though bloggers may have small audiences, their followers are loyal and genuinely interested in what he/she has to say. When bloggers appeal to their readership, I believe there is a higher potential for action than if a large news organization ran a story. If you’d like to make a donation towards ending hunger, consider donating to Feeding America, or directly to our Food Pantry in St Bernard Parish. Thanks for starting April Food Day! I look forward to reading your posts. (tip via Feeding America)

    April FOOD Day

    I really get excited when people use technology to aid in the fight against hunger. Last year, two bloggers decided they wanted to help and started a project called April Food Day. On April 1st they asked bloggers across the world to write about hunger. Last year, 150 bloggers participated and this year they are trying to double it. This project is especially effective because it does a great job at spreading awareness. Even though bloggers may have small audiences, their followers are loyal and genuinely interested in what he/she has to say. When bloggers appeal to their readership, I believe there is a higher potential for action than if a large news organization ran a story.

    If you’d like to make a donation towards ending hunger, consider donating to Feeding America, or directly to our Food Pantry in St Bernard Parish.

    Thanks for starting April Food Day! I look forward to reading your posts.

    (tip via Feeding America)

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