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To our online family, friends, viewers, and supporters welcome to the FDDR newsletter #13.
In this newsletter, we aim to bring you some news and tips on how you can help our extended family on the streets and show the world that great things happen when we come together.
Thank you very much to all that helped and/or donated. The lives from many get changed for the better thanks to your help and we can not do it without your continuous support.
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Hard time are upon all of us, several prominent U.S. companies are reporting a new wave of layoffs, as businesses reassess their staffing needs and brace for years of pandemic-related disruption, thousands of furloughed workers are told they won’t be coming back.
We at FDDR see the economic hardship growing everyday and the end is not in sight yet,
While small businesses are hurting, the number of unemployed Americans and food insecure families soar and this trend will go on much longer than we expected in the beginning.
The pandemic numbers are still going up and every day we see more and more hungry people on the streets in need of a meal and help. We serve between 170-190 meals (lately even higher) a day and we run out of food to hand out almost EVERY DAY. That is why we need your donations, support and active help more then ever.
Since the start of FDDR we handed out more than 76,000 meals to the ones in need!
We started out with an average of 40 to 60 meals a day and nowadays our average is up to 170-190 meals (lately even higher) a day and rising.
Please if you can help in any way now is the time to come together and step up, remember everything FDDR does is by volunteers like you and and from your donations.
100% of your donations goes towards the ones in need! Nobody at FDDR gets paid!
If you live close and are able to make an add-on meal any day please let us know (FDDR2day@gmail.com) and we can arrange to get your meal to those that need it. Any number will do 10, 20 or more!
You can make whatever meal that works for you like 2 sandwiches, mac & cheese, sloppy Joes, hot dogs, pasta dinner spaghetti/ mostaciolli, etc. We can help you with packaging or ingredients from our small pantry if needed.
If you are not able to prepare a meal consider sponsoring meals make a monetary donation via check, gift-card, Cash.me/HelpFDDR or www.venmo.com/Help-FDDR to sponsor a meal or operating costs or use any Credit/Debit-card at www.FDDR.org or www.paypal.me/HelpFDDR
Choose and order much-needed items from our ALL NEW Wish list for much needed items.
https://smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3JGX6DJNV8KVH
Remember it means that a more people in need will not go to sleep hungry!
We had a few viewers ask if it is possible to donate $1 or $5 to FDDR, YES you can we just prefer you send a smaller cash donation via Cash-App, Venmo, the donate button on Facebook or even in regular mail, that way we get not charged a fee by the bank on the donation.
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For all the new subscribers and viewers FDDR Feeding Detroit is a Private Non-Profit 501(c)3 organization that provides everyday meals, clothing, and more at no cost to our less fortunate in the community and it is sustained by committed and compassionate volunteers as well as generous contributions of donors. We do not receive any funding from the county, state, or federal governments.
We are 100% funded by Your donations. FDDR keeps helping and serving even in these challenging times. Yes, we are making sure our staff and people we serve are safe and healthy during this challenging time. Any gift to this campaign will allow us to continue to serve the homeless and hungry. We are committed absolutely to keep serving those who turn to us for help, in this time of need.
Our mission is simple: to feed and help people in need on the streets of greater Detroit regardless of their circumstances!
