There is Hope

He is Risen. There is Hope.

This simple message, http://orthodoxwiki.org/Paschal_greeting , celebrated by many today, is available to all.

Cristo ha resucitado. There is Hope.

There is also need in all our communities. Please locate the food bank in your community and support it. Food banks need donations of supplies and cash. Food supplies include canned goods – meats, vegetables, fruits and pasta meals like those tasty spaghetti-o’s that kids eat. They also need cereal and spaghetti sauce and diapers. No perishables. They need cash donations to help them pay their bills.

Food banks are located at neighborhood churches and run by other charitable organizations. Google “food bank” and you will get a listing for your town (hopefully.) They are staffed by generous volunteers. You will feel good just visiting the food bank and assisting. Other food bank characteristics include helpful people, lack of forms or applications, no standing in line, no scowling and put-out looks, no impatient sighing and you will not be x-rayed through your underwear. You will be able to park close to a food bank, walk right in, no armed guards busting the seams of their trousers, no concrete barriers or cameras and no posted messages threatening imprisonment for minor infractions. The buildings are not fancy; the quarters are Spartan. Caution: food bank visitation and assistance is contagious and addictive.

Food banks offer anonymous and much needed help to our neighbors who are struggling.

Please help.