Hunger and Poverty

Organizes and empowers the parish's outreach to the poor in the local, national and international community. Efforts include "hands-on" direct action, legistative advocacy, and parish education.

Good News for our GARDENERS in the Plant A Row Program

Posted Wed, 08/03/2011 - 01:00

Plantarow Your donations of fresh produce are eagerly received and appreciated by the folks at EACM. We’re planning to start providing produce at the Sister Visitor Center as well. Please keep picking and packing your produce for the poor!

Don't have a garden...but wish you did?

Our Epiphany Garden for the Poor is thriving, but we can always use more help. Please contact Sister Larraine.

The Harvest Begins…

Posted Wed, 06/22/2011 - 01:00

GARDENERS: The baskets are in the gathering area for your early crop donations of greens, cabbage and snow peas, etc.

We made the first delivery of the season to Neighborhood Visitor Program on Monday (June 13) of 8 pounds of mixed greens, snow peas and asparagus.

Keep the donations coming, there are a lot of hungry people out there.

Epiphany participates in the national program known as Plant A Row for the Hungry (PAR). If you are an Epiphany member who would like to be on the email list-serve for this project, please contact Ev & Dianne Scheer, or Sister Larraine Lauter.

For more information on PAR, including a video and statistics on hunger, check out this link: Plant A Row.

How does your row grow?

Posted Wed, 06/15/2011 - 01:00

Take a picture of your tomato plant or other veggies that you are growing for the hungry (and gardener, if you wish!) and send it to Sister Larraine.

We’ll post it here on our website!

See our previous article with more information about Plant a Row.

You can help feed the hungry: Plant a Row!

Posted Wed, 05/11/2011 - 04:00

Plant a Row logo Epiphany's Hunger and Poverty Committee is once again sponsoring our Garden for the Poor and the Plant a Row (PAR) for the Hungry program. This weekend, May 14-15 2011, we will hand out row markers, brochures, and plants after each of the weekend liturgies, so that you can participate in your own garden...even if that's just one tomato plant in a bucket! Look for Ev and Dianne Scheer outside the Gathering Area to get your PAR materials and tomato plants, and then take a stroll down to our parish garden (located behind the lighthouse.)

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Feeding the Hungry with the Fruit of Our Hands and Land

Posted Sat, 05/01/2010 - 01:00

Vegetables in a colander Announcing two great partner projects to feed the hungry this summer!

Ev and Diane Scheer invite other parish members to join them in growing fresh produce for hungry families in our area, by helping out in the Epiphany Vegetable Patch, and/or to "Grow a Row for the Hungry" in your own garden (promoted by the Hunger and Poverty Committee).

Those who plant gardens are encouraged to do some extra planting with the plan to share with those in need of fresh produce. More information will come at harvest time about where you can bring your products. These items will be given to EACM.

Let's "plant seeds" for nurturing and growth, physically and spiritually... for ourselves and others. See below for more information.