ANGEL FOOD MINISTRIES

Angel Food Director Cathy Stazione

www.Angel Food Ministries Website

Christ The Saviour Angel Food Email

    Christ the Saviour Church in Anderson, South Carolina, offers the Angel Food Ministry discount food sales program.

    Anyone can purchase unlimited units of food, which included several pounds of assorted meats, vegetables, meal additives and deserts for $30.00 per unit.  People also can purchase special meat offerings for an additional $18.00 - 23.00 per offering, Senior Meals for $28.00, Allergy Free Boxes for $23.00, and Seafood for $35.00.  Fr. David Randolph, pastor of the church see this as a way to help the community.

    Upon marketing and the clientele ordering their purchases, the church orders several units of food to disperse to the needy.  The program is marketed to low-income families, but customers of any income level can purchase the food.  In particular, the ministry helps people with lower incomes spend their money more wisely.  Fr. David says, "there are no income requirements.  If someone pulled up in a limousine and wanted to buy the food, the could."

    The program accepts cash, credit, checks, debits, and EBT.  A new convenience is the ability to order directly online through AngelFood Ministries Website.

    Cathy Stazione, Angel Food Ministries program coordinator says, "if they can put that $30.00 aside, they can get enough food with it to feed a family of four for a week.  They get about $65.00 worth of food for a much lower price."

    The deadline to order the food is two weeks before the delivery date.  Customers must bring a large box when they pick up their food on delivery day.  At 1:00am, Cathy and her brother drive  100 miles to Georgia with a rental truck, pick up the food and return to the church where other members await their arrival, in order to unload the truck and set up for distribution.  Members young and old, join in the factory style production line distributing the food to those who participate in the program.

    Angel Food Ministries is a nonprofit, interdenominational organization dedicated to providing grocery relief and financial support to communities throughout the United States.  The program began in 1994 with 34 families and has grown to serve thousands of families across 17 States.  The program which began two and one half years ago at Christ the Saviour presently serves over two hundred families.  Fr. David and Cathy expect the ministry to grow even more.  The Church believes it is an interesting way to "Do unto the least of these" (Matt. 25:35)