Loaves and Fishes food pantry meets local needs as part of collaboration between churches
For Tina Lopez, the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry picks up where her food stamps fall short. For the two churches that run the small, but growing, service, the pantry is an example of grassroots collaboration to meet a local need. Now, Church of the Holy Spirit, an Episcopal congregation at 1200 Post Drive NE, is adding to its building, formerly a one-room schoolhouse, to make the pantry more accessible.
"It just feels like an Amish barn-raising or something," said the Rev. Sue York, retiring rector. "This sort of collaboration doesn't happen often." The congregation started the pantry, a branch of ACCESS's North Kent Service Center, three years ago. Meanwhile, Assumption Catholic Church, nearby on Belmont Avenue NE, was trying to keep its food pantry going. Food was collected at the church and school and then stored in a former nuns' home.
But that meant unlocking the doors and fetching items whenever someone in need knocked on the church office door. "It was kind of embarrassing for the people, and it was mostly unknown -- plus, there was no fresh food," said David Kromer, an Assumption member. One day, Kromer's wife, Ruth, met members of Holy Spirit's congregation, and they decided to join forces.
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