Learning to Live With Grace, Compassion, and the Nature of a Servant
Where I Went: SCAT (Special Church/Community Action Team) is a food-pantry ministry of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Beaverton, OR. The church website details SCAT’s mission: Deliver 5-7 days worth of nutritious food and basic household items tailored to meet specific … [Read more...]
3 generations of volunteers Where I Went: Where I live, the Beaverton School District participates with Fork It Over. The program donates leftover school cafeteria food to food rescue agencies, saving tons of sandwiches, pizza, and milk from hitting the landfill each week. … [Read more...]
This experiment gets easier. I don’t have the dreading, nervous, pit in my stomach every time I enter a place foreign to me. In fact, the feeling is quite the opposite. On the morning of a planned activity, I find myself waking excited to be focused on doing some good in the … [Read more...]
Kaleo, my church family Where I Went: Hope Food Pantry is a ministry of the Living Hope Church in Aloha, OR. I met the pantry coordinator, Linda, the first time I did a route for Beaverton School District’s Fork It Over program. I shared with her about the new church my … [Read more...]
Tara flashing the "peace" sign next to our haul of leftover lunches. Where I Went: The Beaverton School District gives this overview of Fork It Over: School cafeteria food, which would otherwise be thrown out, is packaged by nutrition services staff at each school and made … [Read more...]