{"id":9613,"date":"2020-05-18T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curehunger.org\/?p=9613"},"modified":"2023-07-02T04:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T08:08:37","slug":"neighbors-helping-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curehunger.org\/2020\/05\/18\/neighbors-helping-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors Helping Neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>By Jackson Eflin, Marketing Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>MUNCIE, IN<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The sky makes overtures of rain and a line of cars wraps around Heritage Apostolic Tabernacle\u2019s parking lot, out onto Wabash Street and down the road.\u00a0 Chandra Parks, of Muncie Southside Neighborhood Association, and other volunteers are packing bags of carrots, potatoes, canned beef, cheese, orange juice, and cleaning supplies into bags. They\u2019re staying just ahead of Chandra, who along with her mother are checking in with the families as they load the bags into the backs of cars. This pop-up pantry will serve 180 families this week, just as they have every week since March 27<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\r\n<p>This unprecedented time requires unprecedented approaches to reducing the impact of hunger on our communities. That\u2019s why Second Harvest Food Bank rented large freightliner vans and contacted organizations all over Muncie to create pop-up pantries in areas of greatest need. Especially in areas that are food deserts with limited grocery store options, local organizations are taking up the slack.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14925\" src=\"https:\/\/curehunger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Van-Back-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curehunger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Van-Back-21.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curehunger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Van-Back-21-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/curehunger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Van-Back-21-70x58.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>One such organization is Commonway Church in Downtown Muncie. \u201cSince the Emily Kimbrough Neighborhood is just to the east and Old West End Neighborhood is to the west of Commonway Church, this fits our mission goal to be a good neighbor. We serve families that drive up in cars, on bikes, riding lawn mowers, or on foot. The appreciation hangs in the air like a huge hug. Some can\u2019t say thank you enough times\u201d says Nicci Lunsford \u2013 one of the members of the church that initiated the outreach.<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition to food, Commonway Church also includes diapers in their weekly distribution. Diaper need is an often overlooked aspect of resource-insecurity. One in three families report not being able to afford adequate diapers. By meeting this need, Second Harvest is helping prevent compounding health complications for young children that put an even greater strain on under-resourced parents.<\/p>\r\n<p>Strategic Partnerships are key to the process. An organization may have volunteers, but no location, or a location, but no volunteers. By leveraging partnerships Second Harvest already has, we are able to create ties that hold communities together.<br \/><br \/>Second Harvest Board Member Del Brinson organized a van distribution with one of our current Big Idea Schools, Cowan Elementary, with the help of seven dedicated volunteers from Corinth United Methodist Church. \u201cMany of them were already volunteers with The Big Idea, so when schools dismissed in March, it was a natural fit for them to continue to assist as needed\u201d said Brinson. Cowan serves between 225 and 250 K-12 students each week.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14927\" src=\"https:\/\/curehunger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Conversation1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curehunger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Conversation1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/curehunger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Conversation1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curehunger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Conversation1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/curehunger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Conversation1-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><br \/>If attendance is a little lower, it\u2019s an opportunity to help other groups with leftovers going to organizations like the YWCA, A Better Way, Muncie Mission, and Motivate our Minds. <br \/><br \/>Even though we\u2019re all taking steps to social distance, that doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t still have a strong community that takes care of each other. We at Second Harvest Food Bank are grateful for all of our partners who have stepped up to meet the rising need with determination and innovation.<\/p>\r\n<p>Watch our website, <a href=\"https:\/\/curehunger.org\">www.CureHunger.org<\/a>, as we continue to share stories of how communities are coming together to help neighbors in need.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Jackson Eflin, Marketing Coordinator MUNCIE, IN\u00a0- The sky makes overtures of rain and a line of cars wraps around Heritage Apostolic Tabernacle\u2019s parking lot, out onto Wabash Street and...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,4],"tags":[46,51],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Neighbors Helping Neighborhoods - 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