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2006 Milwaukee Empty Bowls Recipients

Agape Community Center
6100 N. 42nd Street, Milwaukee, WI
(414) 464-4440
www.agape-center.org

A comprehensive social service agency providing a much-needed focal point and safe place for all ages within Milwaukee 's northwest side. They offer an interdisciplinary mix of services to meet the varied and complex needs of youth, adults, families, and seniors.

The Community Meals program serves dinner 3 nights a week, 52 weeks a year and serves lunch to youth for seven weeks during the summer.

Friedens Community Ministries, Inc.

Coggs Center:
1220 W. Vliet Street, Milwaukee, WI

Granville Elementary School:
9520 W. Allyn Street, Milwaukee, WI
(414) 289-6030
Friedens@milwpc.com

Friedens United Church of Christ operates two food pantries serving well over 800 households per month. They serve the unemployed, the working poor, and seniors and disabled people with fixed incomes. Over 50% of their clients are children. They also provide emergency in-home delivery of food to persons referred to them by the Community Information Line.

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

The Gathering, an interfaith meal program, has been serving Milwaukee's hungry since 1982. Their mission is to provide meals and associated services at no charge to all who come to their doors. They act directly and in collaboration with others to alleviate hunger and address the problems associated with hunger. The Gathering serves an average of 2,200 meals weekly and 108,000 annually. The three sites in Milwaukee where they serve are: St. James's Episcopal Church, St. John's Episcopal Church and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. The Gathering also provides food to two non-Milwaukee sites: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, West Allis; and St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Whitewater.

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

The Milwaukee Christian Center is a multi-faceted social service and community development agency dedicated to serving youth, families and seniors on Milwaukee 's south side. In 2004, MCC's Emergency Food Pantry served over 6,100 individuals. In addition to a three to five-day supply of emergency food, formula and diapers, clients receive a basic needs assessment to identify agency and community resources that might be beneficial to them. The center provides culturally appropriate food for clients of Southeast Asian and Hispanic descent, and service in Hmong, Laotian and Spanish lanuages.

Siggenauk Center Food Pantry
1050 W. Lapham Boulevard, Milwaukee, WI
(414) 643-6055
siggenauk@sbcglobal.net

The Siggenauk Center Food Pantry operates as part of the Siggenauk Center, an outreach ministry of the Congregation of the Great Spirit Catholic Church. The food pantry strives to meet the emergency food needs of Native Americans throughout Milwaukee County and a small geographic area near the facility, with its greatest efforts centering on the needs of family with children and elders. Clients are eligible to visit the pantry once a month for emergency food assistance. The pantry also distributes holiday food baskets at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, dependent upon available donations and funds.