GRACE Gives Back To Children and Families in Need

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Giving back to the community is important because when life getsbrcrazy, we fail to appreciate everything we have. When we recognize that therebrare people out there with far less, we value a roof over our head, food on thebrtable and a stable job that much more.

That's why we love thebrGRACE Grocery Giveaway, a program that began last year. During the summertime,bra pantry truck travels to a Feed Our Kids site every Friday to distribute foodbrthat is close to expiration to children and families in need.

The purpose of the GRACE Grocery Giveaway is tobrprovide families with food before the weekend so they have meals to put on thebrtable. After all, weekends are when families spend the most time together; whybrnot make those days even more special by giving them food that would otherwisebrgo to waste?

Feed Our Kids was established in 2005 with the mission to supply lunchesbrfor local children during the warm season. Feed Our Kids knows feeding childrenbrduring the summertime can be challenging for guardians. That's why it fillsbr“hungry” weeks with sack lunches in order to alleviate parents' stress andbrworry about putting food in their children's mouths.

With an estimated 70 billion pounds of food wasted inbrAmerica each year (Feeding America), it warms our hearts to see some of thatbrfood going to people who really need it. If even just half of that amount wasbrpassed out to people instead of thrown in the trash, imagine how many lives wouldbrbe transformed.

GRACE is always looking for volunteers, and whatbrbetter way to spend your summer days than by helping those in need. Volunteersbrare in charge of unloading the trucks, arranging the food distribution and passingbrout the food to children and families.

The hours of operation for this program are everybrFriday during the GCISD summer vacation from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. If youbrhave any questions regarding the grocery giveaway, contact Rusty Thigpen at 817.528.7085.brTobrsign up, visit http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044faba82ba0f94-20161.