Central Florida Presbytery's Mission Outreach

PATH (PRESBYTERIANS' ANSWER TO HUNGER)
5 Cents Per Meal Program
Thank you all who give faithfully to your Church’s 5 Cents Per Meal Offering To Fully Participate in 5 Cents Per Meal, Church Members are asked to:
  • Place an empty can or bowl in the middle of your eating space or in a place easily seen on daily basis
  • Set aside 5 cents each time you enjoy a meal or a snack
  • Say a prayer for the hungry each time you set aside 5 Cents
  • Collect your pennies at the end of the month and put them in your church’s 5 cents per meal offering basket (churches will also take checks if you don’t want to bring pennies!
  • Your church collects everyone’s donation and sends it to the Presbytery where it is divided among PATH Partners to help feed hungry people:
    • The Society of St. Andrew Gleaning Network (www.endhunger.org)
    • The Second Harvest Food Bank (feedhopenow.org)
    • A.I.R. Guatemala (www.airguatemala.org
    • Madagascar Fruit, Vegetable, Environmental Education (FVEE)/Dan and Elizabeth Turk (P.C.USA Mission Workers)

Click here to read the most recent quarterly report summary from each of your PATH partners.
For More Information Contact:  Barbara Sayles, CFP Hunger Action Advocate
​Bsayles@cfpresbytery.org
NEW PATH CATEGORY FUNDS CHURCH FOOD MINISTRIES - APPLY BELOW
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At its December, 2019 meeting the Presbytery Mission Development Committee created a new PATH Partnership category - “Central Florida Presbytery Hunger Relief Program.” If your church would like to be considered for Presbytery support in 2021 for its hunger relief program, please complete the on-line application below, or download the application and submit it to Rev. David Judd, Chair of the Mission Development Committee by October 30, 2020. 

This additional PATH category was created to support the hunger relief programs of individual churches within the Presbytery (e.g., food pantries, kitchens, sponsored meals, etc.).  The churches receiving support in 2020 are Spring Lake Presbyterian Church, El Buen Vecino Presbyterian Church and Washington Shores Presbyterian Church. 
PATH PARTNERS
Alliance for International Reforestation
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20% - AIR is a non-profit organization working to make a difference for the people of Guatemala and Nicaragua. AIR establishes tree nurseries, plants trees, provides environmental education for teachers and farmers, digs wells, builds fuel-efficient brick ovens, and helps to educate everyone about the environmental challenges facing Central America. Since 1993, AIR has trained over 2,000 farmers, constructed over 750 fuel-efficient stoves, established hundreds of tree nurseries and planted over 4 million trees. PATH funding covers the cost of a local staff technician to train and educate farmers.
Website: airguatemala.org                    
Second Harvest Food Bank
second_hvst_pathcommittee_reportjulyr2019.pdf
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27% - Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is a private, non-profit organization that collects and distributes donated food to more than 550 non-profit partner agencies in six Central Florida counties: Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia. After opening its new facility in 2012, Second Harvest now distributes approximately 56 million meals every year. PATH funding helps cover freight costs for food distribution.   Website: foodbankcentralflorida.org           
Society of St. Andrew
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21% -  Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) is a     private national non profit organization that partners with local farmers and coordinates thousands of volunteers to enter the fields and groves and even back yards of private homeowners to glean fresh fruits and vegetables  that would not be harvested for size or blemish reasons. SoSA distributes 3-4 million pounds of fresh produce to food banks, pantries and shelters. In 2015 SoSA distributed 4.2 mil pounds of nutritious food with 4,029 participating volunteers. PATH funding supports the Florida Regional Gleaning Network. Website: endhunger.org
Madagascar
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20% - Dr. Daniel Turk (Elizabeth)– Madagascar (PC(USA) Mission Workers): In 2015 PATH voted to fund a new project in Madagascar under the leadership of Dan Turk. This project trains Seminary students at Ivato,    Mandritsara, Fianarantsoa, and Befeta  Seminaries to plant and grow fruit trees and vegetables. This training will be a valuable tool for students when they graduate and pastor churches in rural areas of Madagascar, where growing food is not seen as a hobby or past time, but as an important means of survival and self sustenance. Website: presbyterianmission.org