Loaves & Fishes

While going through the Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes's website, there is a lot that I have learned. As I navigated through the "for students" section, I came across a reading from 2011 that had talked about the families that are going through hard financial times and had also included tables; one of which was the U.S. census poverty thresholds for families according to size. While I studied these tables and paragraphs, it had really opened up my eyes. I guess I never really realized how many families are going through hard times right in my backyard. This site really made me thankful for what I have and that I always had food in my pantry and fridge even if I thought that there was nothing.  

Another thing that I had noticed from going through this website was that, at the high school that I had attended, we were doing something very similar. Ours wasn't as big but, it was along the same lines. At my school, we had a room where people would go to donate food or money and anybody from the neighborhood or the surrounding area could go and get food for them and their families. I always thought it was such a great idea that my school was this generous to the community and really made me feel proud to be associated with such a great school. 

Loaves & Fishes is such a fantastic organization that has so many people so thankful that they are operating. On the website it said that they had given out roughly 2 million pounds of food annually. This is so incredible and I know that the people who are receiving this food cannot thank this organization enough for all that they have done. I cannot wait to go there myself and learn all that I can from them.