Fundraising more important than ever as Loaves & Fishes looks for new home For Loaves & Fishes, the situation is dire, but simple. If it has no home, it will have no food. (Source: wlox) By Mike Lacy | May 15, 2021 at 9:59 PM CDT - Updated May 15 at 9:59 PM
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - For Loaves & Fishes, the situation is dire, but simple. If it has no home, it will have no food.
“As of right now, we don’t have a place to go to,” said Leslie Ramone, executive director of Loaves & Fishes. Last year, we served over 50,000 meals. So, that’s 50,000 meals that won’t be served next year.”
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MUNCIE, Ind. Another 2,500 boxes of food will be distributed to families in need during a massive giveaway on Sunday, May 9, at Union Missionary Baptist Church.
The event will run noon-5 p.m., or until food runs out. Like previous events, it will be organized in a drive-thru fashion in the church s parking lot at 1100 N. Macedonia Ave.
Pastor Robert Scaife told The Star Press that each box can feed a family for three to five days, and contains fruits, vegetables, dairy and a meat product. The community’s response has been amazing. They showed up in large numbers, and we have had great interaction with them, Scaife said. They have expressed their thankfulness and always encouraging us in what we are doing. It has been a blessing to serve our community.
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Parkway Gardens, one of the biggest and most notorious affordable housing complexes in Chicago, is up for sale.
Related Midwest, the real estate and development firm that owns the sprawling property in Woodlawn, is seeking a buyer for 694 apartments spread among nearly three dozen buildings. The 13-acre campus stretches from 63rd to 65th streets between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Calumet Avenue.
The most prominent marketing feature for prospective buyers is a contract with federal housing authorities that ensures subsidized rent for years to come.
What’s not mentioned: the gun violence that’s troubled Parkway Gardens and the surrounding area for years. A portion of King Drive along Parkway Gardens known as “O Block” a reference to a gang member who was killed nearby was once the most dangerous block in the city.