Monthly food giveaway is set for this Saturday

NASHVILLE, TN — Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Inc. at 1109 32nd Avenue North hosts monthly food giveaways on the third Saturday of each month. The next one is February 17, 2024 beginning at 10 am. until noon (or until all food is gone).& The giveaway bags include enough food for 3 dinners and breakfasts. Suggested menus and recipes are given to the recipients.& “We don’t want to give random cans that people cannot envision how to use,” says Gwendolyn McClain, Food Pantry Team Leader. So our packages come with suggested menus and recipes to make meals. For example, The menu for& Day 1 is salmon patties, whole kernel corn and fried apples. All of those items are in the bag. The recipe for salmon patties calls for& minced onions and Panko bread crumbs so we include those too.& “We believe that everyone deserves desirable and nutritious food,” says church Pastor Jimmy D. Greer, Sr. “We receive funds from our membership to purchase food specifically for our pantry. We want to make sure that we give good food that we would eat.” The church is surrounded by households facing food insecurity, according to a recently-released study& from Vanderbilt University Medical Center....