Greene Square Meals Depends on Volunteers and Donations
Cedar Rapids chef Maggie Hotz runs Greene Square Meals with help from volunteers from 36 churches and other groups. About 70 to 80 nightly guests and 100 planned meals are typical, with students from St. Pius X aiding in salad prep as donors supply food from grocery stores, restaurants, caterers, and weddings. The program relies on anonymous donors and community service workers to keep the free meal alive.
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Tom Fruehling
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Maggie Hotz
Cedar Rapids
Greene Square
Salvation Army
Marie Morrison
Berta Larkin
Larkin
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Hotz
Greene Square Meals
McLeodusa
Cedar Rapids volunteers prep meals at Greene Square program
Jeremy Phelps and Berta Larkin, both of Cedar Rapids, peel and cut vegetables for the Greene Square Meals Inc. dinner program in southeast Cedar Rapids. The program serves dinners Monday through Friday at the Greene Square Park building. Laurence Finch of Cedar Rapids places flowers on each dinner table and also helps and eats at the program.
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Jeremy Phelps
Berta Larkin
Cedar Rapids
Greene Square Meals Inc
Greene Square Park
Laurence Finch
Finch
Community hunger forum in Cedar Rapids with KCRG and The Gazette
A forum on hunger in Eastern Iowa will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the Salvation Army in Cedar Rapids. KCRG TV Channel 9 and The Gazette will host the event at 1000 C Ave NW.
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Kcrg-Tv
Channel
the Gazette
Iowa
The
Salvation Army
C Ave
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hunger ally Berry leads long charity mission
Bobbie Berry, longtime Linn Community Food Bank director, dedicated 29 years to feeding Linn County residents. The church basement pantry, run with 63 area churches and 100 volunteers, dispenses a three day grocery supply and a perishables voucher to about 20 families daily. Last year 7,620 people from 2,865 families received aid. Berry emphasizes hunger as a cross section issue and cites Proverbs on kindness to the poor as guiding faith and service.
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Tom Fruehling
Edar Rapids
Bobbie Berry
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Linn Community Food Bank
First Presbyterian Church
Berry
Hunger Challenge in Cedar Rapids Area Feeds 120 Agencies
Barb Elsasser of HACAP Food Reservoir says 3,000 people receive groceries monthly from pantries in seven counties while 7,700 free meals are offered monthly in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Volunteers note ongoing need and few pantries closing as hunger persists locally. Alfred Arcidiacone of Quaker Oats highlights community support.
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Barb Elsasser
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye
Hiawatha
Iowa City
HACAP
Quaker Oats
Alfred Arcidiacone
Iowa
Cedar Rapids driver helps needy at Henry Davison’s cafe
Dennis Pusateri a 43 year old LIFTS bus driver in Cedar Rapids joins volunteers at Henry Davison’s cafe. He donates and returns for camaraderie, saying Henry’s smile lifts moods and that helping the needy is serving God.
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Cedar Rapids
Dennis Pusateri
Henry Davison
Henry
Palateri
Jesus
God
Well oiled machine feeds hungry at Wesley Center lunch
Volunteers from First Presbyterian Church and others run a monthly free lunch at the Wesley Center in Iowa City. The April menu includes meatloaf, potatoes, stir fry vegetables, fruit and salad as about 100 people are served.
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Sue Davis
Smith Gazette
Owa City
Wesley Center
First Presbyterian Church of
Iowa City
Mary Palmberg
Palmberg
Diane Lohr
West Branch
Mary
Lohr
Pauline Leaverton Miller
Barb Chambers
Miller
Chambers
Diane
She
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Jim Slosiaret
Linn Community Food Bank Director
I.C. Hunger
First Presbyterian
Lohi
Buzz Orf
Cub Foods
Johnson County
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