Calvary Baptist Church partners with Eisenhower Elementary to help families of ...
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CLEARWATER — Only past the entrance of Eisenhower Elementary, volunteers went from rank to station and filled grocery bags with canned fruits, soups, meats and veggies.
The walking papers bell was about to ring and the school's neediest families were about to file through this stopgap food bank in search of something free to eat.
"We started with about 20 families," said Pat Marder, the head of ministries and missions at Calvary Baptist Church. "In December, we helped a hundred."
For years, Calvary members have gone on task trips to Brazil, Thailand and the Ukraine. Last year, they realized they had a aim field a few blocks from their church's front door.
Eisenhower is a Title 1 view. Eighty-five percent of its 720 students receive a free or reduced cost lunch. Some lack basics: notebooks, pencils, backpacks.
"There's rightful a lot of needs," Marder said. "They need resources, financial opinion."
Since May, when the partnership between Calvary and Eisenhower started, church members have tried to fill that quash.
Source: Tampabay.com