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Not far from where you live, there's a little girl going hungry...

 

With your help, though, she could eat.

There's a mother who, try as she might, cannot make ends meet, cannot put enough food on the table for her children.

But if you help us, we can change that.

There's a man who never thought he'd find himself in this position -- but he lost his job and then his apartment and now he's surviving on the streets ... and hungry.

You could ease his suffering, however ... immediately.

It's true.  Some hunger is almost invisible, most of the time -- because it's not in the news much.  Not in the glare of the media spotlight.  It's right here.  In our own inner cities.

But through your generous, prayerful support of Feed The Hungry, you can reach in to this invisible "mission field" of hunger, with the compassion of Christ ... and meet the deep-down, desperate need of countless thousands of children and adults.

 ...because we're not just "international," as important as that is.  We don't go only to the far-flung corners of the world to share life-saving food with needy people -- although we do indeed do this, every day of the year, all around the world.

                                         

We are also committed to feeding the hungry right here at home ... right here in our own "backyard."

 

Tulsa has become the #4 city in America for children going hungry. By God's grace, our friend Pastor Rod Baker operates a ministry known as Tulsa Dream Center, reaching out to the poorest of the poor in that metro area....and with the help of caring Christian friends like you, we've been able to support that effort.

 "We are extremely grateful," Rod says.  "Your donations allowed us to provide staples to the more than 4,500 at-risk boys and girls we serve on a weekly basis." These are children who have a chance to know Jesus, and to grow up healthy and strong, because the Dream Center is there to offer love and care ... and food.

Or think of Buffalo, New York.  Football town.  Ice and snow.  But hunger?  That's not normally what you think when you think about Buffalo.  In fact, a century ago, Buffalo was an industrial "boom town" -- one of America's fastest-growing cities!

And yet today, Buffalo is our nation's second-poorest city -- and one of the fastest-declining. More than 40% of the city's children live in high-risk neighborhoods. But our ministry partner Pastor Eric Johns was called by God to establish a Buffalo Dream Center -- and we have the privilege of participating, by providing much-needed food. Where 60% of under-18 children live below the poverty line.

When families can meet their basic needs ... when they know someone cares enough to keep them from going hungry ... their hearts open up.

And at the Dream Center, an open heart means an open door for the Good News about Jesus Christ! 

 But what if there were no food?  Food is the key, my friend.  Food is a little key but it opens a big door to the Gospel.

This is a more crucial ministry today than ever in our history -- as the difficult economy hurts the poor the most.  More layoffs mean more people forced to rely on support from ministries like Rod's and Eric's ... and they can't carry the load without help from friends like us.

God forbid that we should save the lives of starving people in Africa, India, Asia, Latin America -- and let children of our own nation go hungry!

 

Your gift today will help us be there not only for the poor and needy of America's inner cities, but also for those suddenly struck down by natural disasters -- tornado victims in Iowa and Oklahoma, flood victims in the Midwest, hurricane victims and wildfire victims and the list goes on....

 

Hungry children and families in our own American cities need us now.  Thank you.  God bless you for the sacrifice of love you'll give today!

 

 A vicious ice storm paralyzed the worst section of Tulsa, the North Side, but thanks to friends like you, the Dream Center team could load food and staples into trucks and rush them to the poor ... people who might have gone without food for days. 

 

 An elderly woman hurried out to one of the trucks with her grandchildren. 

 "I knew you would come!" she cried.  "I knew you cared, and would get here some way!"

 If you help us today, we'll get your love there some way ... somehow ... where it's needed most.