God's Love In Action
What We Do
Our Purpose:
Food For Children exists to provide food to families in New Hampshire that are having difficulty doing so on their own. A large portion of the community that FFC serves is comprised of displaced families from foreign countries who have made their way to New Hampshire. These families receive little or no public assistance either because of a language barrier, lack of transportation, non-qualification for government assistance, or the knowledge of where to go for aid. We seek to serve all who come to us for assistance, regardless of who they are or why they are in need. Families do not have to travel far, FFC reaches into the neighborhoods where the need exists. FFC goes where the people are in order to make sure that those served can more easily take advantage of the generosity and care from those who are called to make the difference.
Our Mission:
FFC's ultimate mission is to reach into the community and provide food assistance to families in need. Keeping in mind that some families have to choose between rent or food and that some individuals have to choose between their prescriptions or food, FFC attempts to serve the community such that no one goes hungry and no parent has to wonder where their child's next meal will come from. By establishing relationships with churches and other charities who are in contact with these families, parents can find their way to FFC to get what they need to feed their children. FFC started humbly as a concerned group of volunteers who simply handed out sandwiches on a street corner. Over the years we have been blessed by God to grow into a charity that collects and distributes over 6,000 lbs. of food in any given week.
Who We Work With:
FFC has built numerous relationships with food pantries, low income housing projects, and church groups in order to distribute food to these organizations that serve the poor. FFC provides a resource for grocery stores and distributors to donate and/or sell excess food. FFC acquires the food from the various markets, warehouses and sorts the food throughout the week, and transports the food for distribution. Because government programs cannot cover all of the people or every situation, the biggest impact FFC has on the community is the consistent distribution of food every week to every one in need. FFC truly fills a niche that no other organization can.
How We Work:
Unlike other food banks, no one has to give their name or a social security number. As people come for food they simply state how many people are in their family. The size of the average family served is five members, but sometimes there's only one, sometimes as many as twelve. On average FFC feeds approximately 125 families or 650 people each week. FFC tries to make sure that no one leaves without the food they need each week to make it through to the next.
Why We Work:
Put simply, our love for God and our appreciation for His generous hand in our own lives naturally results in our desire to give of ourselves and to serve. Jesus said that it is more blessed to give than to receive, and it is the realization of this blessing that is our wonderful reward.
Our honor is to be found worthy, even in our unworthiness, to be called into His service of charitable love.
Our reward is the feeling that swells in the heart when someone looks into your eyes and thanks you for the hope that you have helped to provide.
Our payment is the knowledge that we are "doers of the faith" and not just hearers only. Each and every week we are reminded of why we do what we do for Him and those we serve.
Faith, hope, and love - this is very rewarding work.
This is what we do.
Food For Children exists to provide food to families in New Hampshire that are having difficulty doing so on their own. A large portion of the community that FFC serves is comprised of displaced families from foreign countries who have made their way to New Hampshire. These families receive little or no public assistance either because of a language barrier, lack of transportation, non-qualification for government assistance, or the knowledge of where to go for aid. We seek to serve all who come to us for assistance, regardless of who they are or why they are in need. Families do not have to travel far, FFC reaches into the neighborhoods where the need exists. FFC goes where the people are in order to make sure that those served can more easily take advantage of the generosity and care from those who are called to make the difference.
Our Mission:
FFC's ultimate mission is to reach into the community and provide food assistance to families in need. Keeping in mind that some families have to choose between rent or food and that some individuals have to choose between their prescriptions or food, FFC attempts to serve the community such that no one goes hungry and no parent has to wonder where their child's next meal will come from. By establishing relationships with churches and other charities who are in contact with these families, parents can find their way to FFC to get what they need to feed their children. FFC started humbly as a concerned group of volunteers who simply handed out sandwiches on a street corner. Over the years we have been blessed by God to grow into a charity that collects and distributes over 6,000 lbs. of food in any given week.
Who We Work With:
FFC has built numerous relationships with food pantries, low income housing projects, and church groups in order to distribute food to these organizations that serve the poor. FFC provides a resource for grocery stores and distributors to donate and/or sell excess food. FFC acquires the food from the various markets, warehouses and sorts the food throughout the week, and transports the food for distribution. Because government programs cannot cover all of the people or every situation, the biggest impact FFC has on the community is the consistent distribution of food every week to every one in need. FFC truly fills a niche that no other organization can.
How We Work:
Unlike other food banks, no one has to give their name or a social security number. As people come for food they simply state how many people are in their family. The size of the average family served is five members, but sometimes there's only one, sometimes as many as twelve. On average FFC feeds approximately 125 families or 650 people each week. FFC tries to make sure that no one leaves without the food they need each week to make it through to the next.
Why We Work:
Put simply, our love for God and our appreciation for His generous hand in our own lives naturally results in our desire to give of ourselves and to serve. Jesus said that it is more blessed to give than to receive, and it is the realization of this blessing that is our wonderful reward.
Our honor is to be found worthy, even in our unworthiness, to be called into His service of charitable love.
Our reward is the feeling that swells in the heart when someone looks into your eyes and thanks you for the hope that you have helped to provide.
Our payment is the knowledge that we are "doers of the faith" and not just hearers only. Each and every week we are reminded of why we do what we do for Him and those we serve.
Faith, hope, and love - this is very rewarding work.
This is what we do.
Copyright 2009 Food For Children, Inc.