#LIGHTtheWORLD Day 7

DAY 7 - Jesus fed the hungry and so can you.

Last April I went to my very first Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) meeting: a service activity at the local food bank. For a couple hours, we organized and cleaned the food pantry and assembled nutrition kits for kids to have food on the weekends. 

I fell in love. I loved the mission and the atmosphere of Community Action Services & Food Bank. I emailed the communications director to see if there were volunteer opportunities available for me, and they welcomed me with open arms.

From May to August, I went in once or twice a week to help out. My tasks were small and seemingly insignificant - entering volunteer contact information in a database and writing thank you's to donors - but I know that they made a difference.

Day 7 reminds us of when Christ fed the multitude with only five loaves of bread and two fishes. (See Matthew 14:13-21 or watch the following video.)

Likewise, my couple hours a week or your canned goods may not seem like they make a difference but I promise you they do. Even just $1 is enough to feed five meals to a hungry family. You can donate your money, your food, or your time to helping end poverty.

I had the opportunity to help out with the USPS food drive and to promote Community Action at the Refugee Info Night in Provo. I also donated to the Valley United Against Hunger food drive at BYU. I was amazed to see the generosity of the Utah Valley community - poor college students included - as well as the excitement and desire that people had to serve. Here are just a few pictures from my experiences at Community Action:

PRSSA volunteering (you can see the orange crates of donated food in the background)

Credit: Twitter @byu_prssa

A USPS mail carrier dropping off his carful of food

The crowd of people who came to Refugee Info Night

 

If you're in the Provo area and looking for a cause to support, Community Action is a great place to start. To learn more, click here.

https://www.mormon.org/christmas/in-25-ways-over-25-days/jesus-fed-the-hungry