Hunger Has No Season

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Hunger Has No Season
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• Enfield Loaves and Fishes is a Local Area Soup
  Kitchen providing hospitality to all those in
  need by offering meals, aid, and companionship at
  no charge. 
• Meals are served starting at 400 pm
• Sunday through Friday and Saturday starting at
  1100 am.
• The demand for our service to the community is
  rising steadily. We rely primarily on volunteers
  and donations from civic organizations and
  businesses.

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• Facts
• We have gone from serving
• 15,625 meals in 1992 to
• 45,383 meals in 2006.
• We are staffed almost
• exclusively by volunteers from
• the community and operate
• under the guidance of a Director
• and a volunteer Board
• of Directors.
• Food and commodities are supplied through local
  businesses, schools, private individuals,
  churches, civic organizations, as well as federal
  and state programs

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• Last year we served 45,383 meals, of which
• 18,646 (41) were served to children
• Another 9,175 snacks were given to after school
  programs through (ERfC)
• 6,353 meals were provided for home consumption to
  families in emergency situations.

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Meals are planned by the food services director
and volunteers and are varied, well balanced and
nutritious. Typical Meals Include Juice
Chicken with Gravy Mashed Potatoes Mixed
Vegetables Rolls and Butter Cake, Pies and Ice
Cream Fresh Fruit Coffee and Milk
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• Our Soup Kitchen is involved
• in a variety of programs to
• aid the disenfranchised.
• This past Christmas a few
• families were blessed to
• have sponsors purchase
• gifts for their entire family.
• After a delicious Christmas
• feast, Santa distributed
• gifts to over 125 children,
• adults as well.

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• This Soup Kitchen has a wonderful support system
  of volunteers and much needed community
  assistance.
• Our volunteers graciously donate their time,
  talent, and lovekey ingredients that go into
  providing each colorful, nutritious and delicious
  serving of food for our guests.

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• Guest services extend beyond warm, nutritious
  food served in a family atmosphere and include
  resources regarding job opportunities, social
• services, nearby rents, and medical assistance.
• This year we were able to provide
• free flu shots to our adult guests. ?
• Many social organizations, schools, churches, and
  local businesses helped provide monetary and/or
  volunteer support to enable Enfield Loaves and
  Fishes to keep up with increasing demands to aid
  and feed the needy.
• We are now able to provide meals seven days a
  week.

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The Feinstein Foundation is sponsoring a one
million dollar national challenge grant. The
challenge period is from March 1 through April
30, 2007. All donations (cash or checks only)
received during the month of March and April will
be reported to the Foundation, which will
subsequently distribute shares of the grant on a
proportional basis. It is not a direct match, but
it is a wonderful opportunity to receive some
extra funds. We greatly appreciate your
donation during these few months, for we battle a
monster that will never be defeated hunger.
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So please, help us in our fight against hunger
during the most difficult time of year. May your
generosity be returned many fold.
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