"Providing
emergency food to needy families, elderly, and the homeless in our
community."
The
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour has a long history in helping the
needy. Kaye Prox began this ministry in the 70's and worked
tirelessly until her death in 2002.
The
Kaye Prox Food Bank now serves 90 to 100 families a week on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 3:00 pm until 4:30 pm. We also
server the area 30-40 homeless on the same days. Home
deliveries are provided to the most needy in our community twice a
month.
This
volunteer ministry is unique because we have joined forces with three
other churches. Incarnation Catholic Church, First Reformed
Presbyterian and Wesley Memorial United Methodist are all full partners
in our effort to relieve the hunger in our community. Our
partner churches do monthly food drives, monetary donations and provide
valued volunteers. we also have volunteers from the community
that may not have a church affiliation or are not a member of a partner
church. The requirement of being a volunteer is "a desire to
help the needy."
The
Kaye Prox Food Bank is a member of America's Second Harvest and Tampa
Bay Harvest. This affiliation helps us obtain food at
handling fee prices and food that would normally be destroyed.
Volunteer
opportunities are available outside the food bank hours. We
need people to make sandwiches for the homeless, pickup bakery items
from Publix on Mondays and Fridays and help when we have a food
delivery...
"Somewhere out there is a unique place for you to help others-- unique
life role for you to fill that only you can fill." - Thomas Kinkade