Who is Bread for the World and What is an Offering of Letters?
Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers. An effective response to hunger must combine private and public actions, neither can do the job alone. Christians have worked well in the private arena, Bread for the World provides a means where they can work equally well for effective public policies.
An Offering of Letters is an event where people of faith and conscience write letters to Congress in support of hunger fighting legislation. Each year across the country, people acting together write over a 1/4 million letters on specific hunger issues that dramatically help the poor improve their lives.
Portland\Vancouver metro area Bread for the World
- We encourage and help local church conduct Offering of Letter events. Speakers are available for sunday school, guest sermon and other speaking events. We hold local hunger education and letter writing meetings.
- Contact me and signup for our monthly email newsletter to stay informed on local hunger issues. For more information contact: Mike Hiland 503-625-2847 | Breador@verizon.net | www.breador.org
- Join the national Bread for the World to receive a monthly newsletter to stay informed and take a monthly action on hunger issues before congress. National Contact Info: Bread for the World 50 F Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20001 | 800-82-BREAD | www.bread.org
Info and Web Resources:
- Bread for the World’s 2007 Offering of Letters, Seeds of Change. Reform the farm bill to provide better and broader support for U.S. farmers, strengthen communities in rural America, help hungry people in this country afford a sufficient and nutritious diet, and support the efforts of small-scale farmers in developing countries to sell their crops and feed their families. (www.bread.org/take-action/letters-campaign/)
- Sample letter (/www.bread.org/take-action/offering-of-letters-resources/sample-letter.html)
- Contact Legislators: (www.breador.org/News/2005/LegContact.htm), Salem legislator's at www.leg.state.or.us/writelegsltr. US Capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Call and ask for your legislator's office.
- Intro to hunger (www.bread.org/learn/hunger-basics/). Justice and the Bible (www.bread.org/get-involved/at-church/biblical-basics-on-justice.html)