School volunteers help New Tampa Rotary feed hungry
NEW TAMPA – Following months of planning, the event fell into place just as planned. And the end result was even better than organizers envisioned. Rotary Feeds America, a Rotary Club of New Tampa...
View ArticleCity Harvest feeds the hungry with donated food from farmers' markets
It’s farm-to-fork, with a twist. Many New Yorkers frequent their neighborhood farmer’s market to procure fresh, locally grown veggies and fruits, and so does City Harvest. The agency acts as a conduit,...
View ArticleForbidden to Feed the Homeless?
How is it now a crime to help the poor? Recently, Arnold Abbott in Fort Lauderdale was arrested twice for publicly helping feed the vulnerable in his community and now faces jail time for giving food...
View ArticleRaleigh to evaluate policies on helping homeless
The city of Raleigh will review its policies on how people can help feed the homeless, it said Monday afternoon. The issue has been hotly debated since the weekend, when groups looking to serve the...
View ArticleWarehouse recommended as location for feeding Raleigh's homeless
A task force in charge with coming up with a solution on feeding the homeless in downtown Raleigh is making its recommendation to the City Council's Law and...
View ArticleFood trucks, road races among ‘growing pains’ for downtown Raleigh
RALEIGH — The first season of downtown Raleigh food truck rodeos wrapped up Sunday, but the debate over where the mobile vendors belong in a growing downtown is just beginning. More than 1,500 people...
View ArticlePolice stop charities feeding homeless in Moore Square
RALEIGH Police have started enforcing a city ordinance to stop volunteer and church groups from feeding the homeless in downtown Raleighs Moore Square park. On Saturday morning, Love Wins Ministries...
View ArticleCity avoids homeless loitering by letting them use county building for...
Micha Autry describes herself as a religious woman who feels driven to help Charlotte’s homeless. But that’s not easy in a city that has guidelines for just about everything, including where and when...
View ArticleRaleigh moves toward solution for Moore Square food handouts
RALEIGH — Food handouts for the homeless and indigent in downtowns Moore Square will likely move just a few yards from the city park starting this spring. A city council committee on Tuesday...
View ArticleContamination concerns keep Exploris school from Raleigh Moore Square site
RALEIGH — City council members voted this week to scuttle plans for a charter school in the former Salvation Army building at Moore Square because the soil is contaminated with petroleum and other...
View ArticleRaleigh Police threaten to arrest volunteers for feeding the homeless
The Raleigh based Love Wins Ministries are putting their faith into action by feeding anyone who was hungry, that is until this past weekend of Aug. 24. Every weekend for six years the Love Wins...
View ArticleChurch Group Members Threatened With Arrest for Handing Out Biscuits, Coffee...
A North Carolina church group said they were prevented from handing out food to the homeless after police threatened them with arrest, according to their website. For the past six years, volunteers...
View ArticleDrescher: Churches trying to help the poor might be more complicated than you...
Is a biscuit the answer? That succinct question was posed in a recent News & Observer story about feeding hungry people on weekends at a downtown Raleigh park. A group has organized local churches...
View ArticleCold snapspotentially deadly for those without shelter
For those with hearth and home, a wave of cold weather means simmering soup on the stove, bundling up, stoking the fireplace and warming the insides with hot chocolate. But for the homeless and the...
View Article'Churches Of The Streets' Religious Group Ordered To Stop Feeding Homeless
A St. Louis religious group of volunteers that serves hot home-cooked meals to the homeless was ordered to cease its operations until it gets a permit. For the past year, Churches of the Streets, a...
View ArticleRaleigh ordinance stopping groups from feeding homeless
Every weekend in downtown Raleigh, you'll find various groups providing hot meals for the homeless. "Especially on the weekends when there is no other place for them to go and get a meal," explained...
View ArticleNorth Carolina church members threatened with arrest for feeding homeless
A North Carolina church group says they were prevented by local police from handing out biscuits and coffee to homeless people as part of a ministry, according to ABC News on Tuesday. Over a period of...
View ArticleRaleigh council allows Moore Square food handouts to continue – for now
RALEIGH — Charities handing out free food in downtown’s Moore Square won’t get stopped by police this weekend, after a City Council committee voted Wednesday to temporarily relax a ban on such...
View ArticleRaleigh council allows Moore Square food handouts to continue – for now
RALEIGH Charities handing out free food in downtown’s Moore Square won’t get stopped by police this weekend after a City Council committee voted Wednesday to temporarily relax a ban on such...
View ArticleCouncil gets earful about feeding homeless
RALEIGH (AP) – Members for the Raleigh City Council got an earful Wednesday from residents upset that police officers threatened to arrest groups feeding the homeless sleeping in a downtown park. About...
View ArticleRaleigh council gets earful about feeding homeless
RALEIGH, N.C. — Members for the Raleigh City Council got an earful Wednesday from residents upset that police officers threatened to arrest groups feeding the homeless sleeping in a downtown park....
View ArticleMonths after arrest threats, Raleigh charity food handouts will move to city...
RALEIGH — Ten months after charities say they were threatened with arrest for handing out food in downtown’s Moore Square, the city will open an indoor food distribution center Saturday. Born out of...
View ArticleMoore for all
Few people in Raleigh would be opposed to the idea of churches and other charities feeding people who are hungry. That is a noble instinct. But members of the city council, and many citizens for that...
View ArticleCharities want to keep food hand-outs near Raleigh’s Moore Square
RALEIGH — More than 100 people came out Monday night for a city-sponsored meeting to discuss alternatives to feeding the homeless and indigent in Moore Square – but many of the groups present said they...
View ArticleNew site found for Moore Square charity work
RALEIGH — Charity food handouts in Moore Square could move to a warehouse behind the old Salvation Army building – a temporary solution approved by charities, city staffers and business owners Tuesday...
View ArticleBiscuits are back for the hungry at Raleighs Moore Square
RALEIGH Bob Stillerman, associate pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church, knows that giving sausage-and-egg biscuits to 100 hungry people in a downtown Raleigh park is a short-term solution for a long-term...
View Article1,000 days of meals to the needy later, and Raleigh wants to arrest us?
By Patrick O’Neill “I was hungry and you fed me” – Jesus “Feed the hungry and you will be arrested” – Raleigh police That’s actually what happened last weekend to several groups of regulars who feed...
View ArticleFeeding the Homeless Appears to Be Illegal in Raleigh, NC
What Happened On the morning of Saturday, August 24, Love Wins Ministries, where I am pastor and director, showed up at Moore Square in Raleigh, North Carolina at 9:00 a.m., just like we have done...
View ArticleRaleigh cops stop charities from feeding homeless
RALEIGH — Raleigh police have stopped charities from feeding the homeless at a public square. A police officer told Love Wins Ministries not to hand out breakfast biscuits Saturday morning. The group...
View ArticleRaleigh plans 'community discussion' after Moore Square food flap
RALEIGH — City leaders and charity groups are still unsure why police cracked down this weekend on groups offering free food in Moore Square. Theyre hoping for answers Wednesday, when City Council...
View ArticleBiscuits are back for the hungry at Raleigh’s Moore Square
RALEIGH — Bob Stillerman, associate pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church, knows that giving sausage-and-egg biscuits to 100 hungry people in a downtown Raleigh park is a short-term solution for a...
View ArticleRaleigh homeless feeding flap puts tiny Love Wins Ministries in national...
RALEIGH — In a small brick house a block off the Glenwood South nightlife district, the Rev. Hugh Hollowell presides over a hangout spot for downtown Raleigh’s down-and-out. In one sparsely furnished...
View ArticleRaleigh plans ‘community discussion’ after Moore Square food flap
RALEIGH — City leaders and charity groups are still unsure why police cracked down this weekend on groups offering free food in Moore Square. They’re hoping for answers Wednesday, when City Council...
View ArticleMayor pledges to 'find a solution' after police stop some charities feeding...
RALEIGH — The mayor and a city councilwoman pledged Sunday to find a solution after police barred charitable groups from feeding the homeless in downtown Raleighs Moore Square during the weekend. In...
View ArticleRaleigh mayor pledges to find solution after police stop charities from...
RALEIGH The mayor and a city councilwoman pledged Sunday to find a solution after police barred charitable groups from feeding the homeless in downtown Raleigh’s Moore Square during the weekend. In the...
View ArticleFeed the hungry, but follow the law
First, the one thing on which all can agree: Those who feed the hungry on weekends in Raleigh, when weekday soup kitchens such as the Shepherd’s Table and the Salvation Army do not provide meals, are...
View ArticleBeyond Thanksgiving Day reminder: Feed the hungry
WEST PALM BEACH — Several months ago, I wrote in this column about hunger and the fact that few of us every slow down long enough to notice that we are surrounded by it. The good news, as we approach...
View ArticleEmails: Raleigh leaders wanted charities out of downtown’s Moore Square
RALEIGH — About a month before police cracked down on charity food handouts in Moore Square, the city’s parks director sought legal advice to end the practice she called “out of control,” according to...
View ArticleFord Volunteers Help Feed Thousands in Local Communities
My news for Investors AtLeast one of the check box should be selected You are following news about Follow the latest news about F DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of Ford...
View ArticleCommunity Foundation gives $250,000 to Feeding America
The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay proudly announces a $250,000 holiday grant to Feeding America Tampa Bay, the largest hunger-relief organization in the bay area, as part of its community grants...
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