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Christian Action Ministries works to fill a need in Stone and Taney Counties
Food insecure clients who go through the doors of a food pantry in Branson and Forsyth for help are treated with dignity. Christian Action Ministries’ choice model allows people to choose their own groceries to feed themselves and their families while volunteers walk beside them.
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Christian Action Ministries
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Food insecure clients who go through the doors of a food pantry in Branson and Forsyth for help are treated with dignity. Christian Action Ministries’ choice model allows people to choose their own groceries to feed themselves and their families while volunteers walk beside them.
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[MUSIC PLAYING] LANEY TATRO: Christian Action Ministries is a food pantry that has been in existence since 1984, serving to combat food insecurity here in Stone and Taney Counties.
We were founded by 11 churches in our area when they came together to meet a common need, which is where the name Christian Action Ministries came from.
And here, 41 years later, we are much more than just a food pantry.
We use food as a tool to minister to those in need.
So we are not just filling bellies, we are filling hearts with hope, as well.
We serve about 7,500 individuals per month.
We were very excited to switch over to the choice model in November of last year.
The response is tremendous.
It puts the dignity back into choosing what you bring home.
It puts dignity into coming to the food pantry.
STACY NORRIS: The best part, first off, is just the staff here, to see their commitment to just helping and loving people.
And it may be just help for a month, two months.
The rewards when those people and clients come back in and bring donations, because now they are in a place in their life where they can take care of themselves.
I didn't realize, probably, that there were times that there was not enough.
To be able to give back, to just help that single mom, help that single dad, help grandparents that have taken in their grandchildren is very humbling to be able to do.
LANEY TATRO: Food insecurity is quite high in our area.
We are somewhere around 17% of our population is food insecure, which is higher than the state average and the national average.
Food is a basic need and a right for everybody.
There is no one that deserves to be hungry.
It oftentimes is misconstrued that our neighbors are here for a handout and not a handup.
And what our job is, to build those neighbors up.
We want to teach them how to be independent and self-sustainable, while also providing them with hope, with groceries, and with care that someone is there for them.
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