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Project CommUNITY: Louisville woman reflects on feeding the community for more than 60 years

Project CommUNITY: Louisville woman reflects on feeding the community for more than 60 years
A LOCAL WOMAN HAS BEEN FEEDING THE HUNGRY FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. THIS WEEK맥스카지노S PROJECT COMMUNITY REPORT TAKES US TO OLD LOUISVILLE, WHERE MARGARET DICKINSON IS LEADING AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY맥스카지노S GROWING NEED. THIS. THIS LOOKS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF, BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO 1130, THERE PROBABLY WON맥스카지노T BE ANYTHING LEFT. MARGARET DICKINSON HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING WITH THE CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND ITS FOOD PANTRY IN OLD LOUISVILLE SINCE 1964. I맥스카지노VE BEEN AROUND HERE FOREVER, SO, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT. SHE STARTED THE FOOD PANTRY, FEEDING JUST A FEW PEOPLE, AND NOW DICKINSON SAYS THEY SEE AN AVERAGE OF 125 PEOPLE PER DAY. IT맥스카지노S ONE OF THE ONLY ONES IN THIS AREA. AND THEREFORE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO DEPEND UPON IT. AND I MEAN, THEY THEY REALLY NEED IT. SHE SAYS THAT NEED IS GROWING NOT JUST FOR FOOD, BUT FOR THE NECESSITIES LIKE TOILET PAPER AND PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS. ON AN AVERAGE, WE SPEND ABOUT $7,000 A MONTH AND THAT 7000 COMES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES COME FROM MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1968 TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR HELP THAT COME INTO LOCAL CHURCHES. DICKINSON SAYS MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, LIKE SAINT PAUL맥스카지노S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ARE VITAL TO THE MISSION. THEY BRING US 7 OR 800 ITEMS EVERY THURSDAY, AND IT맥스카지노S NOT JUST THE PARISHIONERS, IT맥스카지노S PEOPLE OVER THE WHOLE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED. BEYOND THE DONATIONS, DICKINSON SAYS 54 VOLUNTEERS HELP KEEP THE FOOD PANTRY OPEN FROM 930 TO 1130 EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING. ON THE ONE HAND, WE맥스카지노RE REALLY PLEASED THAT WE맥스카지노RE ABLE TO DO IT. ON THE OTHER HAND, IS WHY DO WE HAVE THIS NEED? YOU KNOW WHAT맥스카지노S WRONG? WHY DO WE HAVE IT? AND WHAT CAN WE
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Project CommUNITY: Louisville woman reflects on feeding the community for more than 60 years
Margaret Dickinson has been feeding the hungry in Old Louisville for more than 60 years through her work with Calvary Episcopal Church's food pantry."This looks like a whole lot of stuff, but by the time we get to 11:30 there probably won't be anything left," Dickinson said.Dickinson has volunteered with the church and its food pantry since 1964."I've been around here forever, so, I mean, I know that this is important," she said.She started the food pantry feeding just a few people, and now they see an average of 125 people per day."It's one of the only ones in this area and therefore people have come to depend upon that and I mean, they really need it," Dickinson said.She says the need is growing, not just for food, but for necessities like toilet paper and personal hygiene items."On average, we spend about $7,000 a month. And that $7,000 comes from various sources," she said.Some of those resources come from members of the Central Louisville Community Ministries, founded in 1968 to respond to requests for help that come into local churches."They bring us 700 or 800 items every Thursday and it's not just the parishioners, it's people, a whole neighborhood's getting involved," Dickinson said.Beyond the donations, 54 volunteers help keep the food pantry open from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday morning."On the one hand, we're really pleased we're able to do it. On the other hand, why do we have this need, you know, what's wrong? Why do we have it? And what can we do to help? And that's kind of our philosophy," she said.Calvary Episcopal Church also offers a clothes closet from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday mornings.

Margaret Dickinson has been feeding the hungry in Old Louisville for more than 60 years through her work with Calvary Episcopal Church's food pantry.

"This looks like a whole lot of stuff, but by the time we get to 11:30 there probably won't be anything left," Dickinson said.

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Dickinson has volunteered with the church and its food pantry since 1964.

"I've been around here forever, so, I mean, I know that this is important," she said.

She started the food pantry feeding just a few people, and now they see an average of 125 people per day.

"It's one of the only ones in this area and therefore people have come to depend upon that and I mean, they really need it," Dickinson said.

She says the need is growing, not just for food, but for necessities like toilet paper and personal hygiene items.

"On average, we spend about $7,000 a month. And that $7,000 comes from various sources," she said.

Some of those resources come from members of the Central Louisville Community Ministries, founded in 1968 to respond to requests for help that come into local churches.

"They bring us 700 or 800 items every Thursday and it's not just the parishioners, it's people, a whole neighborhood's getting involved," Dickinson said.

Beyond the donations, 54 volunteers help keep the food pantry open from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday morning.

"On the one hand, we're really pleased we're able to do it. On the other hand, why do we have this need, you know, what's wrong? Why do we have it? And what can we do to help? And that's kind of our philosophy," she said.

Calvary Episcopal Church also offers a clothes closet from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday mornings.