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Providence Food Pantry
Connecting hope and assistance to a community in need
“It’s as if Providence is there, waiting to provide. Someone comes in and says ‘I have to take care of my grandkids whose parents are now in jail. I need some beds.’ Within 24 hours, I’ll have two twin beds show up,” said Sister Dorothy Rasche, SP, director of The Connecting Link. Continue reading
Feeding neighbors in need
“Our clients always speak words of gratitude,” Sister Joseph said of her ministry at Providence Food Pantry in West Terre Haute, Indiana. “That’s really a very uplifting feeling. This is unconditional love. That’s mercy. We see Christ in these people. We try to help in any way we can.” Continue reading
2015 Providence Food Pantry update
‘This is God’s work and we are only His support team.’ Continue reading
2015 Fall Providence Food Pantry update
Number of families utilizing pantry continues to rise Continue reading
A message from Providence Food Pantry
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! To the great Rummage Sale we go!! The seven little dwarfs have been working so hard Preparing the sale that’s right in our front yard! The Assembly of God Church has lent us their lot. Just Continue Reading »
It takes a village, a caring village, to put an end to hunger
Writer and management consultant Margaret Wheatley says, “There is no power equal to a community discovering what it cares about.”
This line came into my mind as I was scurrying around the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods campus last Saturday taking pictures of a community caring about the fact that people in their neighborhood are hungry. Officially called the Hunger Bust Fun Run/Walk, the event was sponsored by St. Mary’s Village Parish with all proceeds going to support Providence Food Pantry, a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Providence. Continue reading
Spotlight on Bethany Church
Among the many partners that Providence Pantry counts on for help is Bethany United Church of Christ in West Terre Haute, which takes regular collections to enable the pantry to provide something most pantries do not offer — paper goods, such as toilet paper, paper towels and napkins. Continue reading