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Location: St. Bridget's Church Hall, 15 Church Street, Bloomfield NY
Mission Statement: Seeing and feeding Christ through His poor
This Ministry Fulfills the Need of: Loving our neighbor as Christ commanded by offering food to those in need in the Bloomfield area.
Activities:
Very appropriately named, this food pantry ministry located St Bridget’s Hall is a blessing to all those in need within the area defined by the Bloomfield School District. As is customary, they will never turn anyone in need of food away, while also serving the community with warm winter coats, children’s toys, and traditional holiday food baskets. All 20+ ecumenical volunteers manage the business in a labor of love, ensuring that the shelves are stocked with The Blessing Room offers a variety of meat, refrigerated items, and canned goods, and most of the time there is fresh produce (often donated by local farmers).. Clients enter, sign-in and take a shopping cart through the shelves and freezers much like the local grocery store. Like any business, all items must be diligently acquired, transported, stocked, distributed, culled, and accounted for with precise records. This ministry is so valuable and pure, that it is readily supported by most everyone who is aware of its true love and charity: farmers, local gardeners, businesses, food vendors, philanthropic entities, government agencies, and our own Parish Tithing Committee.
The Blessing Room Mission Statement is: “To love our neighbor as Christ commanded by offering food to those in need in the Bloomfield community”. Or as more simply stated by the saintly co-chairs of this ministry, Sandi and Sharon: “Seeing and feeding Christ through His poor”. To this end, this past year they served almost 2400 customers (heads of household) in their store, and made joyous the holidays of over 300 families with traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets, while distributing almost 100 coats and jackets to those in need.
Ministry Leaders and Contact Information:
Becky Underwood
Additional information:
The Blessing Room, housed at St. Bridget's Hall (15 Church Street), has been serving as a Food Pantry for all in the Bloomfield School District since the 1970's.
There is no need for an appointment.
If you are interested in more information about this ministry, please contact the Parish Office at (585) 394-1220 and you will be put in touch with the ministry leader.