Manna Café Ministries helps 305 families, sadly 100-200 more had to be turned away

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Source: Clarksville Online

Clarksville, TN – Manna Café Ministries held a mobile food pantry at Fellowship United Methodist Church in Clarksville, Tennessee yesterday. This is the 5th mobile food pantry held at the church since July. 305 families received a shopping cart full of food and personal hygiene items to help tide them over the holiday season. Over 50 people were on hand volunteering. Over the last year, the group distributed over 135,000 pounds of food.

With the added publicity this event received, around another 100-200 people showed up who were not able to receive assistance this time. Last month they served 330 families. “Somehow we were able to squeeze out enough food for thirty more families.”



Read more: http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2010/12/19/manna-cafe-ministries-helps-305-families-sadly-over-100-200-more-had-to-be-turned-away/

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Right here in my town. Disclaimer I wrote the story.

Here is part of the line of people who had to be turned away...

[RainDog]

1. how shameful that this wealthy nation and the state of Tennessee reduce families to beggars

...beggars in one of the wealthiest nations in the world.

it makes me sick. what a nasty, disgusting society we are, indeed.

oh, and god bless us everyone.

[rug]

2. This should be publicized in every community it occurs, every day it occurs.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. People do not stand in line to get food unless they need it.

and yet I hear all these concerns about "free loaders".

It looks cold there, too.

We are going to need much more organized help at the community level,
TPTB have made it clear the social contract is to be shredded.

[bitchkitty]

4. Who is the girl in the pink shirt?

Was her family turned away?