UNMC is delighted to announce a new partnership. Food For All (FFA), a food service program that delivers groceries to the poor throughout the District, is moving into our building. Many of their home bound clients are senior citizens and the disabled. FFA has been serving DC for the past 15 years and recently received the Hunger Lifeline award from the Capital Area Food Bank. FFA receives food donations from Giant and the Capital Area Food Bank, and is supported by a government Emergency Food and Shelter Program grant. FFA is a program of Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team, an international organization focusing on development, community assistance and disaster relief.
Volunteers will be at UNMC each Friday, from 10 to 2, bringing in fresh food stuffs. From 9 to 1 on Saturdays, they will pack food boxes which volunteers will then pick up and deliver to homes throughout the city. If you'd like to be a part of this important work -- so essential to our service mission as a church, please contact the church office or Perry King for more information on how to get involved.
Perkins Hall's stage has been refitted to accommodate storage of dry bulk food and two new refrigerators are now added to the kitchen for use by FFA. A considerable amount of clean up and other preparation work has been completed by UNMC members. Some expenditure was necessary to upgrade the electrical service, provide refrigerators and storage bins. These costs were met by FFA, which will also pay a monthly fee to offset building usage costs.
By Al Templeton
Posted by Sue Mosher at October 11, 2005 06:38 PM