Food
By David Dahmer, Madison 365 Every first and third Saturday of the month, the S.S. Morris Community African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church food pantry ministry provides a variety of free grocery items and hygiene products to those in need in the greater Madison community. In the past few years, it has really begun to grow and serve more people. “It’s mind-blowing to me how beautiful this pantry has been and how God has just orchestrated this. It started as a simple conversation of how we could do this and within two months, we were doing it,” Lili Milton, a minister…
By David Dahmer – Madison365.com – End Time Ministries International, along with various partners, is planning to hand out hundreds of Thanksgiving baskets with all the fixings to Madison-area families in need this weekend as they host their annual “Thanksgiving Turkey and Grocery Distribution” event on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 10 a.m. Read more of this story.
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -Good Shepherd Lutheran Church partnered with Westwood Christian Church for its 14th annual ‘Trunk or Treat’ event on Saturday. Three-hundred monsters, princesses and more gathered in the parking lot of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Around 20 cars decorated their trunks and gave out candy. Read more of this story.
Jenny Czerkas has dedicated her life to uplifting some of Madison’s most vulnerable communities. As the co-founder and operations director of Extended Hands Pantry, Jenny helped fill bellies and increase hope for countless low-income households, particularly for immigrants and refugees, who rely on the pantry for critical support. Jenny started a 100% mobile food pantry during the pandemic to address the increasing food shortages faced by families. What began as an emergency response soon blossomed into an essential service. Read the rest of this story at Daily Points of Light.