Inter-faith wants your extra food

Posted June 18, 2009 at 2:37 pm and filed under Faith.

Staff reports

The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and the Logan Trading Company, a garden center, have launched a Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign to encourage all gardeners to grow a little extra produce to donate to the hungry and homeless.

The kickoff event was Saturday, June 13 from at Logan Trading Company, 707 Semart Drive in downtown Raleigh. It included activities for children, talks on growing and harvesting fruits and vegetables and special giveaways.

PAR is a national campaign that was begun by the Garden Writers Association in 1995. The first Raleigh PAR campaign will run until September 26.

Food donations can be brought to Logan Trading Company every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon or to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in Raleigh Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations of seeds, gently used gardening tools, canned and dried foods are also welcome.

It may be hard to imagine, but the face of hunger in the Triangle isn’t just homeless people in our downtowns. It is the face of an elderly neighbor choosing between food and medication. It is the working parent who earns too much to qualify for food stamps so she goes without so her children can ea. It is the middle class family dealing with job loss and relying on the local food pantry for donations.

Everyone can do something to help alleviate hunger in their community. Donating as little as one pound of fresh produce — a few tomatoes or a couple of squashes — can supplement up to four meals for a person in need.

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