FOOD: LOCAL

It’s more than just food.

SERV Food Local is a local outreach ministry of SERV International. We use food as a platform to share Christ. It all starts with FOOD, and leads to so much more.

 

SERV hosts monthly pack-outs to assemble 700+ food boxes that are then distributed throughout Cherokee County.

SERV has changed the way LOCAL COMMUNITIES distribute FOOD boxes

Last year 2020 SERV donated to over 60,191 individuals and 14,400 families and over 321 tons of food to Churches and Organizations assisting to reach the needs of families, individuals, children, seniors, veterans stricken by poverty or unemployment.

In 2020, we served families, individuals,  children, seniors, and veterans stricken by poverty or unemployment.

INDIVIDUALS

FAMILIES

TONS OF FOOD TO CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS

FOOD INSECURITY AFFECTS NEARLY EVERYONE

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FOOD INSECURITY AFFECTS NEARLY EVERYONE

1 in 4

Children live in food insecure households

1 in 7

In metro Atlanta turn to food banks

1 in 4

Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are food insecure

THE PROBLEM

MILLION

people in the world are malnourished 

MILLION

people go to bed hungry each night 

MILLION

children under the age of five worldwide suffer from severe acute malnutrition

%

there are 7.84 billion unreached individuals

SERV International

OUR WORK IN 2020

8.5 million

meals produced

8,041

local food boxes packaged 

6,420

salvations

60,191

individuals served

NEWNAN, GA STORY

When disaster hits close to home, SERV is ready.

On March 26 a devastating E-F4 tornado swept through Newnan, Georgia. Newnan is about seventy miles away from our Canton office in Cherokee County. After the tornado’s 38.9 mile path, it left over 1,700 homes damaged including 70 homes completely destroyed and over 120 homes with major damage.

Alice’s Story

Alice’s Story

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ESTHER HAVENS. WRITTEN BY CONSTANCE DYKHUIZEN WITH INTERPRETATION BY REBECCA AKIRU....

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