With your support, we served just shy of one million meals in July and August. July saw the highest number ever served in a monthly span since the meal program began in 1982 with over 505,000 meals served.
To put that in perspective, in all of 2019 Loaves & Fishes served 1,360,720 meals with 126,134 meals counted in July of 2019. This drastic increase is made possible by YOU and your incredible generosity!
“My heart hurts that this is the true number, I questioned it – could this be accurate? We have cross-checked three times – I was hoping for a miscalculation and it is a real count,” said Executive Director Cathy Maes. “At the same time, I am wildly smiling with pride that this organization was ready to meet the need and had the arrows in the quiver to scale quickly to capture the food and serve it to anyone in need. We have led with generosity and that is our key ingredient right now.”
