Food for the Hungry
The Edmundite Missions feed the hungry every day, 365 days a year.
Find out who goes hungry in the United States.
Bosco Food Kitchen
The Bosco Nutritional Center, named for the Italian Saint Bosco, was opened in Selma in 1983. Since that date, it has continued to serve hot, nutritious meals to those in need every day of the week, every week of the year.
In 2011, Bosco hit a major milestone, serving its 1.5 millionth meal! Withunemployment hovering at 25% and the child poverty rate more than 52%, the numbers of people who depend on Bosco for their only meal of the day is increasing 2 and 3 fold.
Selma, Alabama
Mary Ann Gayle, Director, (334) 874-9053.
Ana Maria Food Kitchen, eastern Wilcox County, serves hot meals to the poor, the working poor, the homebound and those who are sick.
Ana Maria Food Pantry, Pine Apple, provides grocery bags of nutritious food to over 300 families and seniors a month. Sr. Pat Flass, S.S.J., Director, (251) 746-2220.
Ana Maria Project, Father Roger Food Pantry. Good Shepherd Catholic Center, Lowndes County, sponsors a monthly food box program of over 200 boxes for needy families through area churches and 80 food boxes for seniors. It sponsors a Mobile Food Pantry four times a year that distributes 10,000 pounds of fresh food to qualifying community residents. Sister Rosemary Fonck, O.S.F., Director, 334-563-9139.
The Missions sponsor special brown bag grocery gifts to over 500 families in rural communities in four counties at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
