Hunger Missions

Boys and Girls Clubs
In late 2018, WPC gave $1,000 to support a local urban community garden effort of the Boys and Girls Clubs, where fresh food is grown for neighbors and children learn about healthy food and its sources.

CROP Hunger Walk
The Church World Service CROP Hunger Walk is an annual fundraiser to fight world hunger. Church members walk each fall, raising $4,640 in 2018.

Get involved: Join the walk each October or sponsor a  walker. 

Give-a-Meal-a-Month
A collection is set up every month for particular needed food items, which are donated to the Central Illinois Foodbank, which furnishes numerous area food pantries with needed food and supplies.
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Get involved: Check in the West Narthex to find this month’s food items!
 

Meals on Wheels
WPC takes part each summer in Meals on Wheels, a Senior Services of Central IL program that supports independent living by delivering food to seniors with difficulty preparing their own meals.
 
Get involved: Watch for announcements about helping with summer deliveries. 

St. John’s Breadline
​Springfield’s St. John’s Breadline provides daily, hot, nutritious meals, to give people in times of need the opportunity to spend time seeking jobs and education instead of food. Westminster raised $454 in 2018.

Get involved: Watch for the annual fall bread sale which benefits this ministry.

Souper Bowl of Caring
Westminster raises funds each year on Super Bowl Sunday for the Central Illinois Foodbank, contributing $825 in 2019 to help supply food pantries throughout the region.

Get involved: Youth are invited to help collect funds for this event. Look for teens holding big pots on game day!
 

Westminster Day Laborers
Members of the church annually donate land and time to planting and harvesting sweet corn used to supply local food pantries with much-needed fresh vegetables.

Get involved: Head out to the fields with us in late July to pick some corn! 

Click here to learn more about Westminster Missions and Service