With the prices increasing nationwide, MICAH House (themicahhouse.org) is struggling to feed clients nutritious meals each day. Pre-pandemic, MICAH House had many local community members and businesses donate pounds of meat and pantry items throughout the year. MICAH House is now having to purchase canned goods and fresh produce, not just groceries needed to complete recipes. Last year this time, operations would on average spend $250 on recipe items. Over the past few months, MICAH House has had to spend $700-$1,000 every two weeks. In total, MICAH House served more than 29,000 meals to families and women in need last year.
To help put this into perspective, MICAH House Operations Manager shares “It’s hard for people to understand what it takes to feed our clients even just for one meal. Spaghetti, for example, for just one meal we need ten one-pound boxes of pasta and five large Ragu bottles of sauce. Normally we make our own sauce, but with produce prices the way they are, that is out of the question.”
MICAH House is asking for your help to stock the pantry! Organize a personal or company-wide donation drive and collect canned fruit, vegetables, pasta, and other goods to provide healthy options for children, families, and women experiencing homelessness and living at MICAH House. Check out their page “How to Host an In-kind Drive”, or make a monetary donation at themicahhouse.org.