| One of the most rewarding activities that
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| | providing grocery relief to communities
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| any church or other group can undertake
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| | throughout the United States.Non-profit
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| is a food ministry. As someone who has
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| | and non-denominational, Angel Food
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| helped start food ministries before, I
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| | Ministries was started in February, 1994,
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| must warn you that it is also a
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| | feeding 34 families that first month.
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| tremendous amount of work. Don't jump
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| | Since then it has expanded to more than
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| into it on a whim or without doing
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| | 30 states, feeding well over 100,000
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| sufficient planning.A food ministry can
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| | families in a typical month.Angel Food
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| take one of several forms. A soup kitchen
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| | Ministries works through local churches
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| is the most familiar to many people.
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| | and other community organizations, which
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| Increasingly, though, food ministries are
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| | are designated as "host sites." Host
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| being built around the idea of providing
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| | sites purchase units, or boxes, of
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| groceries to individuals and families in
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| | groceries through the organization for
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| the community.Whatever type of food
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| | distribution to needing households. The
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| ministry you decide to start, it is
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| | food is restaurant-grade meats, frozen
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| crucial that you have the full backing
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| | vegetables, dairy products, etc. It is
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| and encouragement of your church or
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| | all first-quality, name-brand food--never
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| group's governing board. A significant
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| | "seconds" or "day old" type goods.There's
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| number of members of the group must be
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| | information on how to become an Angel
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| honestly committed to putting in the time
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| | Food Ministries host site at along with
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| and energy to keep it going on a
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| | complete details of how the program
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| long-term basis.A relatively new concept
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| | works.Whether you start your own food
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| is that of outsourcing food ministry
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| | ministry from scratch, or affiliate with
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| organizing to an outside group that is
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| | an organization such as Angel Food
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| experienced with sourcing groceries,
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| | Ministries, I know that you will feel
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| obtaining them at good prices, and
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| | richly blessed. Get everyone on board, do
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| helping to set up a distribution system.
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| | your planning, and--assuming the
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| This does not take away from local church
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| | commitment is there--you will
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| members the responsibility for making the
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| | succeed.Sarah Sandori is the food and
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| activity a success. What it does do is
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| | entertaining columnist for the Solid Gold
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| relieve you from having to reinvent the
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| | Info Writers Consortium. Have you ever
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| wheel.My favorite group along this line
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| | wanted to be able to exactly duplicate a
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| is Angel Food Ministries, based in
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| | favorite dish from a favorite restaurant?
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| Monroe, Georgia, and dedicated to
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