With the lapse of federal SNAP benefits caused by the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, food pantries across Elkhart County are preparing for an immediate and drastic increase in need. The increase in food need could be catastrophic.
To say that we are concerned would be an understatement.
Did you know CCS supports a network of ministries, other pantries, recovery programs, and meal sites across Elkhart County that provide food, with food?
Did you know that we currently serve over 1,000 families a month representing over 4,200 people. We have already seen a 50% increase in new families. We are prepared to continue to provide exceptional service. We are expecting a doubling or tripling of guests.
Many are asking wat they can do. You can orchestrate a food drive at your work, you can pick up some extra groceries and make a donation. You can pray for our pantry and community.
Or, go to givetoccs.com, make a donation and enable us to do what we have been doing for decades.
Thank you, Keith Sarber Executive Director
Church Community Services is a faith-based agency helping people of Elkhart County weather life’s storms and build more secure futures through emergency assistance and intensive job and life-skills training.
The Seed That Spoke in Silence
He didn’t care about tomatoes. He cared about getting through the day. But someone handed him a packet of seeds anyway.
They told him to plant them, to water them, to tend to something other than his own fear.
What he didn’t realize then—what most people never do—is that the garden wasn’t about food.
It was about roots. About work. About watching something survive because you chose not to quit.
That boy’s story is why we are building the Impact Center.
Learn more about how CCS impacts our community in the video below. To join that impact, click here to read about the Dinner on the Lawn campaign to benefit the Impact Center, furthering our services offered to our Elkhart Community.
Our Food Pantry is powered in part by solar panels thanks to a grant from the SUN FOR ALL Solar Empowerment Grant Program with the Citizens Action Coalition Education Fund as its fiscal agent and administered on behalf of the AEP Mitigation Money Oversight Committee. You can check out our savings here!