first Friday fast
Welcome to Food For The Poor’s “first Friday fast” monthly giving program.
What is REAL hunger? We’ve all had the experience of being hungry… but usually this only means skipping a meal or going without food for several hours.
But imagine going for days without anything to eat. Imagine having nothing to feed your suffering children, who cry out in pain from hunger.
Food For The Poor invites you to participate in our “first Friday fast” program — an initiative in which a small monthly donation can make a tremendous difference. By dedicating one day each month to a small change in daily routine, and by sharing what you have with others, you can sustain the lives of those who have nowhere else to turn.
Participants in this program choose one day every month (often a “first Friday”) as a day to break from the usual routine and focus on the issue of global hunger. By limiting meals that day and directing thoughts toward those living in poverty-stricken nations, participants grow in awareness of our brothers and sisters in Haiti.
The money that would have been spent on food is then donated to Food For The Poor to help feed hungry families. Your act of self-sacrifice will benefit those who go without food regularly.
You already know the importance of feeding malnourished families. And through previous acts of compassion and generosity, you’ve helped provide lifesaving relief to those in need. Food For The Poor invites you to take up the challenge once again by fasting one day a month and donating the proceeds to help others.
How much should you give? That’s up to you. A gift of only $12 will feed an entire family for a month. Larger gifts will help even more.
Skip the coffee, a sandwich, or the dessert for a day, and help a hungry family feed their children. Your gift will provide lifesaving nutrition — and hope — to those in great need.
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“This, rather, is the fasting that I wish… sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless…”
(Isaiah 58:6-7)
Now, more than ever, our Haiti feeding centers and food distribution sites act as lifelines to desperately hungry families, especially those affected by the earthquake. Everyday, poor mothers and children line up with empty plastic containers or buckets, hoping to receive their “daily bread.” Your precious donation will help sustain these hungry brothers and sisters while their communities are being rebuilt.
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”
(Charles Dickens,
Oliver Twist, Chapter 2)
Your fasting this month is that daily bread that helps feed a world hungering for physical and spiritual nourishment.
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