PS! Rick Sherman Meeting Notes for DCCFW bd/core mtg tomorrow

[Robin Lindsley]

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1pExEEnBOrVJxOlCV2gKnCeG51br9Lnn1wx11qoy-qMw/mobilebasic


Robin

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Hi

I don't know if this is appropriate to post here but... this is from Roseburg, Oregon, a local "feed the hungry" group is calling for help.

Thanks


http://www.nrtoday.com/news/local/homelessness/feed-the-burg-takes--month-hiatus-to-search-for/article_d02c6d35-5a60-503f-a120-fdeb79f951be.html

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Feed the Burg takes 2-month hiatus to search for food, volunteers

• APRIL EHRLICH The News-Review
• 3 hrs ago
• 1

Feed the Burg is taking a two-month hiatus as it re-evaluates ways it could garner more volunteers and donations.

The nonprofit has been feeding people for free at Eagle Park in downtown Roseburg every Saturday for the last five years. It will cease operations in June and July, then begin again in August.

For the last year, Feed the Burg has been run almost entirely by one person: Chelsey Brown, a mother of four who just recently started working full-time at a local company.

Brown has a handful of volunteers that she can count on regularly, but otherwise, she’s on her own.

“Nobody realizes how much it actually takes to run this every weekend,” Brown said. “I’ve put a lot of my own money into it.”

Donations and volunteers increased a little over holidays, she said, but they took a dramatic drop this spring for various reasons. Some volunteers are experiencing health issues, she said, and others are going on vacations.

Brown normally gets donations from local restaurants and churches. Supplies generally spike over the holidays, she said, but fade come summer.

“I’ve set up a Go Fund Me (account) to get people to step up a little; two people have donated about $30,” she said. “Nobody has any money.”

She is not sure why the volunteer and food pools are running dry. She hopes the two months will help her and other volunteers outline solutions.

“It’s almost frustrating,” Brown said. “I always hear, ‘I want to help.’ But then it’s not there.”

“It’s hard, “ she continued. “It’s really hard. I want it to continue so bad.”

Feed the Burg will start again on the first Saturday of August.

“It’s not stopping,” Brown said. “I’m not giving up on it.”

Reporter April Ehrlich can be reached at 541-957-4202 or aehr...@nrtoday.com.

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