Nearly 250,000 people in Middle Tennessee rely on SNAP benefits (food stamps) to provide or supplement their groceries. Since January, Davidson County has seen a 43% increase in food insecurity.
Due to the federal government shutdown, this critical assistance will end on October 31.
As a community of Christ followers, Belmont has always responded quickly when our neighbors are in need, and our neighbors need us now.
How You Can Help
Second Harvest Food Bank is in urgent need of donations. Belmont UMC’s Outreach Team invites Belmonters to provide food items for the Second Harvest Food Pantry.
Next time you’re at the grocery store, please pick up a few extra items to donate and help ensure our neighbors have enough to eat.
Here are some of the most-needed items:
- Peanut butter (or other nut butters)
- Canned chicken or tuna
- Canned vegetables
- Canned fruit
- Dried pasta
- Uncooked rice
- Canned or dried beans
- Cereal
These are all items that are high in nutritional value, easily accessible for people with physical disabilities, and have a long shelf-life. (Second Harvest).
Please note that refrigerated foods, baked goods, and fresh produce is not something that can be accepted at the food bank.
Take your donation items to one of the following:
- Drop off non-perishable items in the Second Harvest Food Bank donation barrels in the front of your local Kroger.
- Drop them off the Second Harvest Food Bank in Nashville at 331 Great Circle Rd, Nashville, TN 37228 (Metro Center) M-F from 8:00am to 4:30pm.
- Bring them to Belmont UMC when you come to church on Wednesday evening or Sunday morning (look for Second Harvest boxes in the foyer and Community Center)
You can also volunteer at Hands On Nashville.
And finally, take time to thank God that you have a way to help neighbors in need.
Matthew 25:40:
I assure you that when you have done it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you have done it for me.