Over 21,000 pounds of food donated during this year's Golden Celery Competition

During the month of July sixteen congregations came together and donated 21,109.4 pounds of food to Crossroads Urban Center's food pantries in the Golden Celery Trophy Food Drive.  Holladay United Church of Christ gave the most  pounds of food with a total of 4,086.9 pounds!  Mt. Tabor gave the most food per person -- donating 112 pounds per person attending worship services that month.

All of this food has made it possible for us to continue serving people.  Our two food pantries gave away food to over 4,600 people during the month of June.  That is more than double the amount of people we served during the month of June in 2022.  It is so amazing to have so many people step forward to help make sure individuals and families have enough to eat.

It is so impressive when congregations pull up with trucks full of food they gathered to help their neighbors.

Our Deputy Executive Director, Bill Tibbitts, presenting the Golden Celery Trophy to representatives from Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church at the August meeting of FACE Hunger and Homelessness.

There were 22 people present at the FACE Hunger and Homelessness meeting on August 9, 2023, when it was announced that Holladay United Church of Christ had collected the most total pounds and that Mt. Tabor Lutheran had collected the most pounds per person.