Smart Giving
In October, Russell Buckardt came up to me during the First Presbyterian Church Martin Luther King food drive, wanting to fill me in on a gift from the church, the Buckardts, and their IRA. Pam and Russell are at the age where they are required to take a minimum payout from their IRA. Their financial […]
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“I Really Depend on FFGE”
I’m a senior, and I don’t have a car. While my relatives can take me shopping when they are in town, I really depend on FFGE and the box of food that they bring every week. This week, there was a mix-up, and I didn’t get my box when I was supposed to. I was […]
Read More >> “You Help Us Stretch the Dollars”
It is embarrassing, but even with my job and my husband’s work, there are months when there just isn’t enough money to pay the bills. We don’t come to the pantry very often, well, really, probably more times than I realize. But it really helps us stretch the dollars to be able to pay the […]
Read More >> “It Was You Who Kept Me Alive”
I arrived from Venezuela where I had been a successful attorney, earning good money to support my family. But the government changed, and they did not want me, or people like me, not just me alone, around. I was arrested, and I was going to go to prison: That’s when I fled to the United […]
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Be Like Saint Nick
We are big on Santa Claus. He’s got movies, TV specials, books and a seemingly endless array of elves preparing toys for the children of the world (and a few grown-ups). But did you know that thelegend of Santa Claus emerged out of stories about a real person? Saint Nicholas was an early Christian bishop […]
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