Saddleback Church Food Pantry

One hour served in the food pantry feeds a family for a week.
Saddleback church food pantry. At saddleback church food pantry we currently provide food free of charge to families and individuals in need. John fredricks the epoch times just in july we ve had over 1 million pounds of food donations adam ermisch the director of the saddleback church food pantry in lake forest told the epoch times. A volunteer sorts food at the saddleback church food pantry in lake forest calif on aug. People may receive assistance once every 30 days.
The saddleback church food pantry ministry distributes boxes of groceries to families in the cities of anaheim corona irvine lake forest laguna woods rancho capistrano and san clemente. Volunteers of saddleback church in southern california s orange county have helped distribute food at more than 300 grocery distributions throughout the county. This is where we sort date check and prepare food for distribution to our regional food pantries. If you would like to share your time at one of our saddleback food pantry locations please select the location in the pulldown and either click the volunteer button or send an email to email food pantry.
The christian post rss read more. One hour served in the food pantry feeds a family for a week. The congregation seeks to follow the example of jesus by not running away from the problem but running towards the problem and helping those in need as pastor rick warren shared. 1 resource for orange county residents in need during coronavirus plague shutdowns september 1 2020 in southern california s orange county where nearly half a million people are at risk of going hungry each month during the covid 19 pandemic pastor rick warren s saddleback church is the largest food resource as the congregation seeks to follow the.
The pantry requires over 2 000 volunteer hours each month to process and give out over 70 000 pounds of. Food pantry distribution center warehouse. Earlier rana muncy saddleback s director of mission for the church s regional campuses told los angeles times we ve been giving away food in orange county for 11 years and so when covid 19 hit and about 158 food pantries closed almost immediately in orange county we said you know what as a church we ve got to really scale up. In southern california s orange county where nearly half a million people are at risk of going hungry each month during the covid 19 pandemic pastor rick warren s saddleback church is the largest food resource as the congregation seeks to follow the example of jesus.