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2005 Milwaukee Empty Bowls Recipients

Bread and Jam
2772 South Kinnickinnic Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
(414) 747-0221

Bread and Jam celebrates its 11th Anniversary in 2005 operating from the Bay View United Methodist Church in Bay View. Bread and Jam is open on the first and last Sunday of each month at 3:00 pm. They regularly serve 75-100 guests who enjoy a hot meal and also a bag lunch as they leave, consisting of a sandwich, fruit and a dessert. Their "regular" guests continue to be senior citizens who come as much for the fellowship as for the nourishment, although more families with young children and grandchildren participate as well. Empty Bowls support of Bread and Jam in the past has enabled them to continue this program in the Bay View area.

Contact Bread and Jam Program Coordinator Mary Kitzman at (414) 747-0221.

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 21 years ago, The Gathering has grown to sponsor meals at five 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.

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

Serving Milwaukee’s Southside community for 84 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 is refocusing its efforts to provide more ethnically appropriate food for its clients that include purchasing Southeast Asian and Hispanic food offered as a three-day emergency supply of food. Funds from Milwaukee Empty Bowls will benefit the Food Pantry.

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