Hungry people need your help right now. I know Sunday is Mother's Day and Pentecost Sunday, but I am asking your church to squeeze one more emphasis into the day. The hunger crisis facing our country and our world cannot wait.
Food prices are soaring worldwide. More low-income people in the United States are making trips to food banks, where stocks are quickly depleting. For the world's poorest people in developing countries, who spend up to 80 percent of their income to buy food, the situation is even more devastating. Mothers cannot feed their children.
Bread for the world members and congregations are searching for ways that they can respond. They are looking for some sign of hope amidst this growing crisis.
Please help us launch the Recipe for Hope: Responding to the Hunger Crisis campaign by including our bulletin insert in this Sunday's church bulletin 
and spreading the word throughout the coming weeks. The campaign will run from Mother's Day, May 11, through Father's Day. We will provide the ingredients for understanding the causes of the crisis and specific actions you and your congregation can take to help address the problem.
It’s easy to feel helpless when you watch people around the world suffering for lack of food. Help your congregation or community join in Bread for the World's Recipe for Hope online campaign and be part of the solution.
With hope,
Gary Cook
Director, Church Relations
Bread for the World
P.S. This campaign does not replace--but complements--the 2008 Offering of Letters. If you have not done so, please conduct your Offering of Letters soon.
