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Life of Bread by MM

These loaves of bread have quite a tale to tell.

They began in the bakery of Panera.  The employees there made them, and these loaves watched all day long as their fellow loaves were cut up and served to Panera customers.

But these loaves had a special destiny.  At the end of the day, they were bagged up so that at 9:30pm on a Wednesday night, some volunteers organized by Laura Rupp could pick them up and drive them to College Hill, where they were delivered to Grace Place, CAIN's transitional shelter.

Once the volunteers at Grace Place sorted the several large bags of bread and sweets, they delivered most of them Thursday morning to the volunteers at the Rainbow Choice Food Pantry at CAIN.  There, they were distributed to the pantry guests as either bags of bagels, a loaf of bread, or sweets handed out as hospitality.

And sometimes, if they were part of a very generous delivery from Panera, there is enough to be handed out at Phil's Place, CAIN's community meal.

What a journey of love and service these loaves of Panera bread take.  They get to bring joy and feed the bodies and souls of CAIN's guests.  All those volunteers coordinating their efforts to bring the satisfaction of bread to all of CAIN's ministries.  

"I am the bread of life."

Click on photo to learn how to join the CAIN volunteer scene in 2015!  See page 4 of The Northsider monthly news or download pdf here