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2003 Milwaukee Empty Bowls Recipients

Milwaukee Christian Center
2137 W. Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
(414) 645-5350
www.mccwi.org

Serving Milwaukee’s Southside community for over 80 years, the Milwaukee Christian Center offers numerous services that include a daycare for children 6 weeks to 12 years of age; a Neighborhood Improvement Project that does home rehabilitation for low income residents; youth programs located at three sites including Doerfler School and United Church; and elderly program specializing in outreach to the Hmong elderly; and an emergency food pantry. In the past two years, the emergency food pantry has made an effort to provide more ethnically diverse food for its clients. This includes purchasing Southeast Asian and Hispanic selections as a three-day emergency supply of food. Funds from the Empty Bowls Project will benefit the food pantry.

Contact The Milwaukee Christian Center at (414) 645-5350.

The Gathering
804 East Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
(414) 272-4122
www.thegatheringwis.org

The Gathering works to insure that the homeless and hungry in Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin will have adequate food. From its beginning 20 years ago, The Gathering has grown to sponsor meals at 5 sites, to provide food to after school youth programs, and to support a transitional living community. They also cooperatively sponsor back to work programs and leadership development seminars. The Gathering routinely involve thousands of community volunteers in their mission to feed the hungry, as well as to offer other direct referral and advocacy services to the homeless and poor.

Contact The Gathering at (414) 272-4122.

The Helping Place
St. James United Methodist Church
3438 North 24th Street, Milwaukee, WI
(414) 445-1860

The Helping Place food pantry is located at St. James United Methodist Church in Milwaukee's Central City. The immediate community in which the Helping Place serves is comprised of an ever-increasing presence of young, mainly African American, families with a significant population of school-age children. The Helping Place serves an average of 190 families per month and helps parents see to it that their children receive well rounded and nutritious food which will help them perform better in school. They also provide referral services for those clients who need emergency (housing, medical, employment, etc.) assistance.

Contact the St. James United Methodist Church at (414) 445-1860.