"We can involve our children in something significant”

In the early 1980s, Malcolm Street was thinking about God's concern for hungry people and the need to do something himself to help. In addition to becoming a member of Bread for the World, Street became the founding president of the Tarrant Area Food Bank in Fort Worth, TX. Coming up on its 25th anniversary, the food bank now serves 15 million pounds of food every year.

Street has served as a BFW board member and member of the board's Special Gifts Committee, as well as contributing financially to our work and including the organization in his will. One of his primary interests is persuading churches to get more involved with hunger and poverty issues.

"Sometimes the church is just not attentive enough to justice issues. I wanted to help Bread for the World galvanize churches to stand up and do something about hunger."

Street said that he is struck by the multiplier effect of Bread for the World's advocacy work. "Bread for the World doesn't merely intend to accomplish something good – it wins concrete changes in the budget that benefit hungry people." He credits this success partly to strong leadership and careful research work. "We do need credible facts and figures to persuade legislators to take action," he pointed out. "Bread for the World Institute's Hunger Report is also good for grassroots activists who want to understand the issues in greater depth."

Street said he appreciated opportunities to learn what is really going on -- or not going on -- in Congress. "I've taken my family to Lobby Day in Washington and they all had their own questions and comments on the issues. I think one of the overlooked benefits of Bread for the World membership is the chance for parents to expose their children to something significant."

“It is my hope that when the whole Church is responsive to the Spirit of God it will be what it is meant to be, a fellowship of creative, heaven led souls with power to fulfill its 'vocation of transforming the world,' to quote Evelyn Underhill," Street added. "In this I believe Bread for the World can play a significant role." Thank you to Malcolm Street for two decades of faithful work on behalf of hungry and poor people.

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