Ending Food Deserts

As part of Let's Move!, the campaign to end childhood obesity, First Lady Michelle Obama is taking on food deserts. These are nutritional wastelands that exist across America in both urban and rural communities where parents and children simply do not have access to a supermarket. Some 23.5 million Americans – including 6.5 million children – currently live in food deserts.

Watch the video in the sidebar of this blog and learn what the First Lady is doing to help families in these areas across the country.

"If we know it can be done, let's get it done!"
First Lady Michelle Obama

Hope

"...suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us."  Romans 5:3-5

Thank you, Hunger Relief Day community,  for pouring out your hearts today - we nearly tripled the number of people who have pledged to set aside a dollar a day to aid in Hunger Relief!  What a blessing!

"Holy Trinity Sunday is partially about confessing what and who we believe God is.  Complimentary to that is then acting and living out what we say and confess God is.  Throughout the Scriptures, the people of God are called to care, to feed, to bless those who are hungry and without resources."  Pr Ron Glusenkamp (click here for full sermon)

Thank you, Hunger Relief Day community,  for living out what we say and confess God is.  You have clearly been called to care, feed, and bless those who are hungry and without resources.  

"Almighty Creator and ever-loving God:  we worship your glory, eternal Three-in-One, and we praise your power, majestic One-in-Three.  Keep us steadfast in this faith, defend us in all adversity, and bring us at last into your presence, where you live in endless joy and love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen."  Prayer of the Day, Holy Trinity Sunday  

Thank you, Hunger Relief Day community,  for keeping steadfast in your faith and coming to the aid of those facing adversity.  Your love and care for those in need is a powerful witness to all!

SOUPer Idea you CAN be a part of!

One SOUPer idea:  supporting Hunger Relief Day!

CAN you be a part of the solution?  YES, you can!

Pictured above:  Pastor Ron, the Soup Man, asking you to join him in providing hunger relief. Metro CareRing is challenging people in the Denver area to join 10.10.10.

Their goal is to raise $100,000 on or before October 10, 2010

 and to collect 100,000 lbs of food.

So, right now, we're asking you to promise to set aside “a dollar per day” beginning on July 1, 2010 and each day until October 10, 2010 (actually, that’s 102 days).

Then, send an email to us at hrd101010@gmail.com that you’re gonna do that “dollar per day.” Stay tuned for news and events about where and how to give your “dollar per day.”

Please join this interfaith effort and share the news that on Sunday, October 10, 2010, enough food for all hungry people in Denver can be collected. Money to sustain the hungry of Colorado will be gathered. Be a part of it!

Fruits of the Spirit

"...the fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control....If we live by the Spirit, let us also by guided by the Spirit." Galatians 5:22-23, 26

Help us provide the necessary fruits for those in need. E-mail us at hrd101010@gmail.com if the Spirit so guides you and pledge your support for HRD 101010! Thanks!

Proverbs 31:15

"She gets up while it is still dark;

she provides food for her family
and portions for her servant girls."

15 supporters,
15th verse of Proverbs 31.

Help us provide food for those families in need.
E-mail us at hrd101010@gmail.com today!

Number of the Day: 150

150: the weight, in pounds, of a baby giraffe at birth

150: number of receptors on the human taste bud

150: days until Hunger Relief Day 2010!

Other numbers to consider:
1 in 8 Americans are struggling with hunger.
Every 6 seconds, a child dies from hunger.
Last year, Metro CareRing gave away 1.7 million lbs of food.

Hooray: Twelve people have graciously pledged to donate a dollar a day from July 1 - October 10 to help provide hunger relief! E-mail us at: hrd101010@gmail.com to pledge today!