Matthew 25:35 Ministries

The mission of Matthew 25:35 Ministries is to alleviate hunger in St. Charles Parish through: Collecting and distribution of food Providing educational workshops for adults Providing educational workshops/camps for children Establishing communication among partner organizations in St. Charles Parish Encouraging and providing support Providing Social Events for Clients Families and Volunteers to deepen our relationships

Matthew 25:35 Ministries serve almost 300 families each month with a full food distribution. We have had challenges since COVID began and Ida hit but are proud to say we never missed one food distribution even during COVID. We also supply Thanksgiving baskets, Christmas bags, Senior Products and other special themed items through the year in addition to the food. We host workshops to help adults and children learn to shop, cook and eat healthy. We host other workshops to help clients learn to reduce their utilities, organize their finances and so on. We have exposed our clients to the arts by hosting them at the Nutcracker Brunch and then the performance. We are totally volunteer run and about 300 hours are volunteered each week. We receive our food from Second Harvest, Winn Dixie in Destrehan, Utz, a chip supplier, Chick-Fil-A in Kenner and many food drives held in the parish. We also purchase food items as needed. Matthew 25:35 Ministries host cooking classes, nutrition lessons, movement and dance classes, exposure to the arts, hurricane preparedness workshops social events and so on.

Testimonials

We offer food to our clients and their families but we also want to offer relationships, comfort, safe space and prayers. Our clients and volunteers all become family of Matthew 25:35. Out clients come and line up two hours early so that they can come in and volunteer prior to picking up their food. Out clients tell us how much we have blessed them but they don't understand they are the ones blessing us.

Clients were given a "Jumpstart" for Christmas. It is a way you can jump your car off of the device instead of another vehicle. Already several clients have said how blessed they were because they broke down on a highway or in a not safe spot but were blessed to jump themselves.