Dear Editor,

Food insecurity is an issue both in the Peak to Peak community and around the world. We at the Nederland Community Presbyterian Church are making efforts to alleviate hunger both here and abroad.

Our Love Your Neighbor Cereal Drive, benefiting the Nederland Food Pantry, and the thousands it serves in the Peak to Peak Community, was a big success. We were able to collect 159 boxes of cereal in the month of August. We extend a big thank you to all who donated, and also extend our deep appreciation to Dan Ball and the B&F Mountain Market, the Nederland Community Library and the Nederland Community Center for providing collection sites for the cereal drive. 

On October 3 at TEENS, Inc. from 6-8 p.m. for the ninth year in a row, the Nederland Community Presbyterian Church will host the Rise Against Hunger food packaging event. The public is invited to volunteer -- all ages are welcome -- to package 10,000 nutritious, easy-to-prepare meals in two hours. The meals are distributed through the Rise Against Hunger organization to hungry people around the world.

To purchase the food for this event, we are seeking sponsorships from local businesses, organizations and individuals. Thank you to the Peak to Peak Rotary and the Nederland Lions Club for already pledging their support. We are also selling beautiful fresh evergreen wreaths for the holiday season for $35 ($50 for wreath delivered by mail) to fund the program.  Wreaths can be ordered now through November 1 and will be delivered beginning November 21.

If you’d like to order a wreath or sponsor the Rise Against Hunger event, contact me at gipp.paula@gmail.com. Thank you to our generous community for supporting these efforts to help others.

Paula Gipp

Missions Elder

Nederland Community Presbyterian Church