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There are growing efforts at Nativity to work on ways to alleviate hunger in our community and world. People working closely with these hunger efforts recently met and would like to increase awareness and understand- ing of hunger and ways others can be involved. The various efforts and its contact person are as follows:
- Bread for the World – A non-partisan Christian
organization urging the nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad; Karen Weiberg, karenknit10@yahoo.com and Sue Sorenson, suesorenson@yahoo.com
- Feed My Starving Children – Pack meals for malnourished families in nearly 70 countries; Julie Chattopadhyay, julie.chattopadhyay@gmail.com
- Northeast Emergency Depot (NEED) – Collect food and money donations for the NEED food shelf at Salvation Army; Kay Bjorke, mplsbjorkes@usfamily. net
- Little Kitchen Food Shelf – Provide volunteers, food and money donations for the Little Kitchen Food Shelf located at Grace Center; Grace Gee, gracegee50@gmail.com
- Nativity Garden – Provide fresh produce to Little Kitchen Food Shelf; Lona and Bob Doolon, mill0682@umn.edu
- Treasure our Teens – Provide dinner Wednesday evenings for homeless teens at Safe House; Trudie Houwman, trudieanddavid@yahoo.com 715-712- 0435
Feel free to contact any of these people for more infor- mation and to see how you might want to be involved. Look for more detailed information in the months ahead as we work to expand involvement and awareness of hunger.