We are so grateful to our friends at St Susanna for the amazingly generous donation!
Four grocery carts and three flat hand-trucks overflowing with personal care and cleaning supplies. Our clients will be so happy to receive these items which they can’t buy with SNAP (food stamp) benefits.
Thanks to Mary Jo & Jessica for the collection and delivery, too!
According to the USDA, half of every meal you eat should be made up of fruits and vegetables. However, many families have a difficult time easily accessing fresh fruits and vegetables.
Freestore Foodbank is working to change this. Produce Pop Ups in partnership with Anthem® bring a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, along with the option to add other items such as bread, to communities in need.
Produce Pop-Ups are scheduled throughout the month of February at the following locations:
For more information about Produce Pop-Ups, visit the Freestore Foodbank website or contact Sharon Watkins at 513-924-2021.
Summer should be a stress-free time full of food, friends and fun. Free summer meals can help!
Go to https://www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks or call 1-866-#HUNGRY to learn more or text FOOD to 877-877 to find a site near you!
Longtime volunteers from Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church helped with the backpack drive organized by Dan P.
A new record: 108 backpacks, as well as school supplies to go in them! Thank you!
Fresh on the heels of the announcement from Cincinnati Public Schools about their Summer Breakfast & Lunch program, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is promoting their own Summer Meal Program taking place from June 4 through August 3* at select library branches.
The Summer Food Service Program is sponsored by the USDA and Ohio Department of Education. Meals are provided in partnership with UMC Food Ministry and Mt. Healthy City Schools.
*There will be no meals on Wednesday, July 4 due to the Fourth of July holiday.
Meals and snacks will be served at the following locations:
Cincinnati Public Schools has announced a free breakfast and lunch program for children in the school district.
CPS will sponsor the federally funded Summer Food Service Program for Children from June 4 to August 3, 2018, at schools, recreation centers and other locations around the district.
Free breakfast and lunch meals will be available Monday through Friday to children 18 years of age and under, or to anyone between the ages of 19 and 21 who is determined by a state or local public-educational agency to be mentally or physically disabled.
To receive a free meal, come to a serving site 15 minutes before the serving time; no registration needed. All meals must be eaten at the site.
Meals will be provided at the sites and times posted on the CPS website.
For more information, click on the following link: https://www.cps-k12.org/news/whats-new/cps-provides-free-breakfast-and-lunch-during-summer-break
It will soon be planting season in Cincinnati!
If you would like to plant your garden space with extra produce, we’d be happy to share some of it with our clients.
We’re open to serve clients on Monday and Tuesday evenings, so fresh produce donations brought to SMSG on Sunday, or to the Pantry on Monday/Tuesday mornings could be on a hungry family’s table that night!
Farmer Brad blessed us with loads of fresh basil for our clients!
Some of our youngest volunteers helped to make “K-bags” so kids will have snacks during the summer.
Many of our clients’ children rely on their schools to provide free or reduced-price lunch, and sometimes breakfast, too.