Neighborhood Missions: Feeding Our Neighbors Through Radical Hospitality

"Feeding Our Neighbors through Radical Hospitality!"

What does that even mean?

Simply   — DOING WHAT IS RIGHT—FEEDING PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY -- NO EXCEPTIONS. Race, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or not, right, left, or in-between — everyone deserves to be fed.

Government funding cuts, combined with rising consumer costs, are having a chilling effect on our neighbors’ ability to maintain essential household funds for living. Families cannot keep up. They are hungry, cold, sick, and dying — and our nation’s “safety-net” charitable organizations, large and small, are struggling to bridge the gap for those needing a hand-up.

Oregon Food Bank (OFB), which serves as a crucial distribution hub for food pantries throughout Oregon, has lost funding—and with it, access to many foods from across the nation. This is a devastating setback for every food pantry in Oregon.

Food pantries, farmers’ markets, and targeted food drives by schools, churches, and social service clubs are stepping up to help. Hoodland’s Farmers’ Market doubles your purchasing power when using SNAP benefits. Sandy Action Center accepts canned and non-perishable foods at their ongoing food donation program. While Neighborhood Missions’ monthly drive-through food distributions are just a few examples of efforts continuing to offer a hand-up.

To this extent these sustained challenges have not been encountered before, and we must recognize the far-reaching consequences of these funding cuts on the well-being of our community and the people who rely on these essential services.

In response to these challenges and assistance in extending a hand of support, Hoodland Lutheran Church, Brightwood, Oregon is dedicating exclusive web presence through the month of December and January to Neighborhood Missions’ on-line fundraising campaign:

Feeding Our Neighbors through Radical Hospitality!

Neighborhood Missions need your help to keep the shelves stocked and the welcome wide.

100% of your generous tax-deductible gift will go directly to the support of Neighborhood Missions.

Feeding our community; IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO—PERIOD. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Thank you for your time and support,

Timothy R. Carlisle – Minister of Outreach Hoodland Lutheran

Hoodland Lutheran Council and Congregation

Neighborhood Missions Organization