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Loaves & Fishes Provides Food to Guests of The Haven
The Haven, located in downtown Charlottesville, endeavors to end homelessness in the greater Charlottesville community. Those without a place to call home have challenges obtaining nutritious food as well as other basics. The Haven provides a place to shower, do laundry, receive mail, and receive assistance with finding housing and employment. Francesca Rinaldo, the kitchen…
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Community Partner • Pasture to Produce
The idea of growing and sharing produce is based on the credo of the Chestnut Grove Baptist Church: Faith, Formation, and Fruitfulness. This past spring, Pastor Lance King looked out his office window and saw empty fields and envisioned healthy crops growing there to feed local underserved people. He knew one of his parishioners owned…
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Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry announced today a campaign to raise $225,000 to expand its capacity to feed the area’s hungry. Since March 17 and the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Loaves & Fishes has provided more than one million pounds of food to 28,429 people. The fundraising campaign will help the nonprofit pantry expand,…
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