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

    April 9, 2010
    We are having a party! We are hosting a “Food for Our Neighbors” benefit to fund our food pantry here at the Community Center of St Bernard. If you are in New Orleans please swing by to enjoy the free food and music at the Circle Bar, located on Lee Circle (1032 St Charles Ave), on Saturday April 17th. In addition, you will have the chance to win tickets to the Audubon Zoo or Aquarium, restaurant gift certificates, and many more prizes through a raffle we are putting on during the party. Music by the Jazzholes will start at 6pm.Please come by and help us raise some money so we can buy more food to give it to people who really need it. ‘Food for Our Neighbors’ Benefit 1032 St Charles Ave Saturday, April 17th 6PM No cover, free food & music, throw us some bones and maybe win some cool stuff

    We are having a party!

    We are hosting a “Food for Our Neighbors” benefit to fund our food pantry here at the Community Center of St Bernard. If you are in New Orleans please swing by to enjoy the free food and music at the Circle Bar, located on Lee Circle (1032 St Charles Ave), on Saturday April 17th. In addition, you will have the chance to win tickets to the Audubon Zoo or Aquarium, restaurant gift certificates, and many more prizes through a raffle we are putting on during the party. Music by the Jazzholes will start at 6pm.Please come by and help us raise some money so we can buy more food to give it to people who really need it.

    ‘Food for Our Neighbors’ Benefit

    1032 St Charles Ave

    Saturday, April 17th

    6PM

    No cover, free food & music, throw us some bones and maybe win some cool stuff

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