Taylor Shweiki a Freshman Student-Athlete from Fresno, California who attends Irvine
Valley College wrote a publication in the Irvine World News about hunger in Orange County.
We are very excited to see her publication finally come out in the paper.
Taylor’s Actual Publication…
The Great Recession created a long list of economic hardships for Orange County residents, including, sadly, hunger.
Many people simply don’t understand the significant impact hunger has on our community. Hunger doesn’t just exist in small pockets of society, in certain areas of the country, or certain neighborhoods — it’s everywhere.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 500,000 U.S. households suffer from hunger each day. According to the Orange County Food Bank, there are nearly 456,000 people at risk for hunger every month in Orange County.
Fortunately, a national movement called “gleaning” has sprung up in our neighborhoods. Growers with excess harvest allow volunteers to “glean” produce that can then be donated to the needy.
Local gleaning projects have given hundreds of pounds of fresh produce to local people in need.
If you are looking for a way to give back or help out, volunteering for a local gleaning group can be a great way to do that.
Consider taking a step onto a path of service to others. The direction you choose in 2013 is entirely your decision; but choosing to DO, by helping those in need, will leave our community in a much better place.
To volunteer with the local gleaning organization Loaves and Fishes X10, email gleaningfarmland@gmail.co
Taylor Shweiki is a Freshman Student-Athlete from Fresno, California attending Irvine Valley College. She’s majoring in Biological Sciences. Shweiki plays on the colligent Women’s Golf Team for IVC, that won the State Championship title in November of 2012.
“Thank you Taylor for bringing to our attention the condition of our Country and our Community.
We are always looking for more volunteers to help in our gleaning projects. Feel free to bring
out your company,family and friends and together we can help stump out hunger in
Orange County.
ABOUT OUR MINISTRY PRESIDENT: Personal Bio from 2000-2012: Robert Flournoy President of Loaves And Fishes x10 started ministry back in 2000 where he helped support 7 Homeless people in Tustin California for one year by buying all their hygiene products, food and during holidays give them dinners. Most of this was done from his own money earning from his job.. He then began in 2001 working through his Church Food Bank supporting Hotel families and Apartment complexes in Santa Ana; Garden Grove and Tustin with Truck loads of groceries while preaching the Gospel.
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