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)​
For More Information Contact:  Barbara Sayles, CFP Hunger Action Advocate
​Bsayles@cfpresbytery.org
Application for CFP Hunger Relief Program funding 2023 Now Closed
For consideration in 2024 - Apply Below​
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ATTENTION CHURCHES WITH HUNGER RELIEF MINISTRIES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY:
The PATH committee awarded small grants to 2 churches for their hunger ministries in 2023, we will now begin accepting small grant applications for 2024 to help support your hunger program. Please fill out the application and return to Barbara Sayles at bsayles@cfpresbytery.org no later than November 1, 2023 for consideration at the Dec 4 PATH meeting.

The PATH (Presbyterians Answer To Hunger) sub-committee of Central Florida Presbytery’s Mission Development Committee desires to provide small grants to Faith Communities/Churches within the Presbytery who respond to Jesus’ call by developing hunger relief programs that answer the specific hunger needs in their local community.  If you would like to be considered for a small grant. the application can be found below or email Barbara Sayles (bsayles@cfpresbytery.org) for a copy.  Applications accepted any time before November 1, 2023.
PATH PARTNERS
Alliance for International Reforestation
20% - AIR’s mission is to transform the lives of indigenous Guatemalans, who suffer among the highest malnutrition rates in our hemisphere. Through restoring the timber-stripped mountainsides into fertile land and teaching sustainable farming techniques, AIR breathes life and health into the land and the people. AIR establishes tree nurseries, plants trees, provides environmental education for teachers and farmers, installs cisterns, and builds fuel-efficient brick ovens. AIR educates us all about the challenges of malnutrition facing Guatemala and sponsors mission/work trips in May and June. AIR’s Maya technicians have worked with thousands of families in over 250 rural communities since 1993.
Website: airguatemala.org                    
Second Harvest Food Bank
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
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
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