Listen for Adam Troy with Stephanie Hightower on Joy 107.1 today between 12:20-12:30 p.m. as he talks about Community of Caring Development Foundation Bread of Life Food Pantry and the need for more assistance in the Linden area. You can listen live from their website: https://joycolumbus.com/listen-live/.
New Salem’s Saints on Streets (SOS) Volunteers Distribute Care Packages to Church’s Closest Neighbors New Salem Baptist Church and the Community of Caring Development Foundation, through the “Health & Hope” initiative and SOS (Saints on Streets) outreach ministry, follow the commandment to “love our neighbors” by distributing CARE packages to more than 100 households in […]
Columbus Dispatch Guest Opinion Two months ago, New Salem Church’s 30-year-old food pantry was a place where the community was welcomed inside the doors. The environment was full of conversation, music and laughter. You could find a pat on the back, a hug and a word of inspiration. The COVID-19 pandemic changed all of that. […]
https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200412/coronavirus-may-accelerate-income-gap-experts-fear Columbus Dispatch Sunday story: Shanell Gray, right, who lost her hotel job due to the coronavirus outbreak, tells volunteer Kerri Sullivan where to place food she was picking up at the Bread of Life Food Pantry run by New Salem Baptist Church. For Shanell, Wednesday’s was her first visit to a food pantry. […]
Press Release New Salem Church Bread of Life Food Pantry Weathers the Coronavirus Pandemic Storm; feeding 200+ per week Community Food Pantry restructures distribution process to keep volunteers and clients safe; relying on donations and goodwill to keep the doors open COLUMBUS (Ohio) – The small tan house next door to New Salem […]
The 2020 Census is happening NOW! It only takes 10 minutes and it’s the law. Census findings inform the appropriation of billions of dollars in federal funding across states and communities, which directly affects public health, housing, and early education programs. The census also determines the number of seats each state receives in the U.S. […]
Beginning today, Columbus Public Health will step up inspections on businesses to assure they are complying with the Ohio Department of Health’s orders for social distancing and basic hygiene to slow the spread of COVID- 19. “We are at a critical moment in slowing the spread of this highly infectious disease in our community,” said […]