For Immediate Release
MACARONI MOUNTAIN DONATED TO FOOD PANTRY
(Stafford, TX—December 7, 2006) — You don’t expect to see your doctor’s waiting room stocked from the floor to the ceiling with boxes of macaroni and cheese. However, that was the scene recently at the Stafford Chiropractic Clinic. The doctors and staff came up with a creative way to help those in need within the community. Patients were asked to donate 10 boxes of macaroni and cheese and in turn were given a free exam for new patients or a free chiropractic adjustment for existing patients. The response was amazing! They collected a “mountain” of boxes of macaroni and cheese -- over 250 pounds of macaroni! “During my thirty-seven years of practice in Fort Bend County, I have seen the community prosper and grow; however, I have also realized there are now more individuals and families that need our support and assistance,” said Dr. John Felker of Stafford Chiropractic Clinic.
The mountain of macaroni was donated to the Interfaith Food Pantry of East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, Inc. “What a great example of the many ways businesses and organizations within the community can help their neighbors. East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry is extremely grateful to the Stafford Chiropractic Clinic for their generous donation,” said Diane Clark, Food Pantry Coordinator.
“I appreciate my staff, patients and friends participating in our Macaroni Mountain project and am happy we could make such a significant contribution to the food bank, said Dr. Felker. With this holiday food drive my patients were able to contribute to give to those less fortunate while receiving something special for themselves – the opportunity of continued good health through Chiropractic care. I want to thank my staff for helping to organize this event and to express our office’s best wishes for happy holiday season to our patients and the community”.
For more information about East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, Inc., or to make a donation, visit their website: www.humanneeds.org or stop by their offices at 425 Stafford Run in Stafford, Texas during business hours. The Interfaith Food Pantry is open Tuesday, Thursday & Friday from 10:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Call 281-261-1006 or email ministry@humanneeds.org.
For the past 16 years, East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, Inc. has been tuning-out hunger in the community, and in the last ten years provided food to almost 115,000 children who would have otherwise gone to bed hungry. The Ministry’s programs are staffed primarily by volunteers who, in 2005, contributed 14,984 volunteer hours to the Interfaith Food Pantry, Financial Assistance Program and Tri-City Resale Shop valued at $262,969! The Financial Assistance Program provided over $119,000 of assistance to 640 families in a temporary financial crisis. The crises often result from illness, temporary loss of employment, family breakdown and lack of resources.
East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, Inc. is a 501©(3), non-profit, charitable organization comprised of a coalition of twenty-seven local congregations who, through their desire to serve God, address the basic human needs of families in temporary financial crisis in East Fort Bend County.
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