Grassroots Shelter Seeks Breakast Food Items

Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center is calling upon the community to observe national Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week Nov. 11-19, by joining the “Breakfast for Grassroots” campaign to feed shelter residents.

Grassroots provides 24-hour crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and support to individuals and families with a personal, situational, mental health or shelter crisis.

Grassroots has launched a food drive for breakfast items, including fruit juice, individual servings of instant hot chocolate, cans of coffee, creamer and sugar, English muffins, jams and jellies, cereal and individual packages of oatmeal. Walmart and Target gift cards and Sunoco station gas cards are also needed.

Last year Grassroots shelter programs supported 290 men, women and children who received services to help them achieve permanent housing. Another 877 people were served at the Day Resource Center, where the chronically homeless have the opportunity to pursue a new path in life.

Food items can be dropped off at Grassroots, 6700 Freetown Rd., Columbia, MD, 21044. Contributions can be made by check or by credit at www.grassrootscrisis.org.