via fox8cleveland: Food crates are being prepared at the Lakewood Community Services Center on Madison Avenue in Lakewood. The center is offering free food to hundreds of furloughed government workers who live in Lakewood, Rocky River, and Westlake. “It’s not just a reduction in income to many homes. It is no income. So, it only made sense […]
It’s hard out here these days. And it’s particularly hard for college students. That’s what Alabama A&M student Justin Franks set out to change when he got a great idea. The full-time student, who also works a campus job, didn’t like seeing his classmates go hungry. So the enterprising young man started a food pantry, […]
Between long-term unemployment, under-employment and the increased cost of living, hunger is becoming a growing epidemic in America. According to the Hunger in America 2014 study, 1 in 7 people in our nation use local food banks.
Once a shipment of food arriving Friday runs out, Church Street Ministries in Berea will be empty, Minister Frannie Millward says. The local ministry is no stranger to the effects of the current economic situation, its donations from churches, businesses and private individuals at an all-time low. Couple that with a growing need and you […]
