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Food Pantry Georgia
First Baptist Gray - Food Pantry
Mobile Pantry Jones County was stopped by Middle Georgia Community Food Bank in March 2021. The distributions that were held at First Baptist Gray have been combined with two other Mobile Pantry Distributions currently in Jones County (as of 4/1/2021 by Middle Georgia Community Food Bank).
We were Volunteers, for the Food Pantry which was a concept developed to facilitate the distribution of food boxes to families with children and Senior Citizens in the more rural, under served communities in the operational area of the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank. The target population was families with children as defined by the policies and guidelines for the distribution of food under SNAP (State Nutrition Assistance Program) from September 2009-March 2021.
First Baptist Church of Gray, 134 W. Clinton Street, graciously approved the use of their North parking lot for the Food Pantry food boxes/bags to be distributed. We distributed food once a month during this time, the families who complete a form and met the income for the size of the family could pick up a Box of Food/Bags on the distribution date. A simple form was required to be completed, asking for name, address, number of people in household and telephone number along with the number living in the household.
Please see the income table listed below for the monthly and weekly income for each family size if you decide to pick up food at the monthly distribution sites in Jones County. If you go to one of these distributions listed on our home page and your household income is at or below the income listed for the number of people in your household, you will be able to receive food, if food is available when you arrive.
In accordance with federal and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, the monthly distributions institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
4JC Food Bank's bibical foundations is from Mathew25:35-40.
“For I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me . . . Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”
"We are seeking areas we serve as friends to help families with emergency food supply," says Sandra Hammack, Food Ministry Administrator 4JC Food Bank.
TABLE SHOWING INCOME LIMIT FOR FAMILY SIZE
Chart is for the Monthly Distribution sites in Jones County
The chart below shows monthly income for the family size. If your household income is at or below the income listed for the number of people in your household, you are eligible to receive a box of food monthly at the Community Distributions with food beingprovided by Middle Georgia Community Food Bank.
Household Size.. Monthly Income ........ or ...... Weekly Income
1..................... $383 .................................$319
2 ....... $1868...............
................. $431
3 .................... $2353 ............................... $551
4 .................... $2839 ............................... $655
5 .................... $3224 ............................... $767
6 .................... $3809 ............................... $879
7 ..................... $4295 ............................... $991
8 .................... $4780 ............................... $1103
Each additional child add $485 monthly or add $120 weekly to the last totals above.
Effected: October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021
If you live in Jones County, Georgia, you are at or below the income listed and would like to receive food, Come to the next community distribution on Hwy 49 at the Jones County Ball Field or to Haddock at Greater Jordan Chapel on Hwy 22. Complete the required form with listing of monthly income and number in the household. Your address must be printed on the form and your signature is required.
The face of hunger is changing in Georgia
20% of Georgians – nearly 1 in 5 Georgians – are food insecure (struggling with hunger), well above the national average.
28.8% of children in Georgia - 1 in 4 children – live in food insecure households. This means that more than 700,000 children in Georgia have been hungry without access to food in one of the the wealthiest nations in the world.
39% of food insecure children in Georgia live in households above 185% of poverty and likely ineligible for any federal food nutrition programs. These are the children of working families. The term “working poor” is a reality in today’s economy.
Unemployment and underemployment are driving the increase in demand for food in Georgia, with 27% of people served by partner agencies reporting they are seeking help for the first time in their lives.
Seniors with special dietary needs and larger households due to the economic distress of family members are increasingly turning to food pantries for help.
Hunger in Georgia is not limited to the homeless and unemployed. Working families are struggling as well. You can help. Please see our Home page on how to help 4JC Food Bank.
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