FEBRUARY 24, 2023 COMMUNITY RESOURCES GROUNDCOVER NEWS Washtenaw County Food Pantries Ann Arbor Ypsilanti MAIZE AND BLUE CUPBOARD 420 S State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Sunday 2-6 p.m. Monday 3-7 p.m. Tuesday 3-7 p.m. Wednesday 12-7 p.m. Thursday 3-7 p.m. Friday 3-7 p.m. Must provide M-Card to enter BACK DOOR PANTRY 2309 Packard St Ann Arbor Thursday 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. SALVATION ARMY 100 Arbana Dr. Ann Arbor Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES 815 Taylor Tuesdays: 2 - 5 p.m. Thursdays: 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES 5200 Venture Thursday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. = Last names beginning with A-M 2-4 p.m. = Last names beginning with N-Z COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK 3 West Eden Ct. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Fridays 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. HOPE CLINIC 518 Harriet St. Available Pantry Appointment Times Tuesday - 12:30 -2:30 p.m. Wednesday - 4-6 p.m. Friday- 9:30 -11:30 p.m. Saturday -10-11:30 p.m. You must have a grocery appointment to shop at the pantry, call (734) 484-2989 weekdays, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. to reserve a time. Stop by the front office any time during business hours and ask for a bag of Emergency Food. Monday - Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. HOPE CLINIC FARM STAND 454 Harriet St Monday: 9:30 a.m. -12 p.m. Thursday: 12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN LOVE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 1601 Stamford Fourth Saturday of every month 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES 114 North River St. Tuesday 1 – 6:30 p.m. Wednesday 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. EMU SWOOPS PANTRY 104 Pierce Hall Monday and Thursday 12-5 p.m. Wednesday 12 – 6:30 p.m. 24/7 WALK-UP PANTRIES Solidarity Pantry 169 N Washington St Peace House Ypsi 706 Davis This is not a complete list. If you need additional food resources, Food Gatherers has an interactive map of area pantries and programs on their website www.foodgatherers.org/foodresources/map/ 11 untitled billy hill writer the phrase the good shepherd is an interesting one. the reason being, is that people throughout time have always trusted the notion that there is a greater order to things. so the phrase, “the good shepherd “ is one we avoid a deep thinking upon. case in point: a shepherd, being a human who rears sheep so their wool and milk and flesh and offspring can be sold as profit, just to line the shepherd’s pockets. the dilemma becomes obvious. the irony being; the wild mountain goats, that roam the countryside freely, feeding themselves, coming & going as need be, able to bathe and sleep where mother nature intended. those lone billy goats who are ostrichsized for not giving in with the herd, who just execute their collector’s plan. the personal freedom exemplified and by virtue of the truth of who we are, secretly the sheep know there is purpose in the goat’s musings. though scapegoated, to put the focus on such issues, our ideal shepherd, the wild mountain goat who from the vantage points of view from the peaks above can perceive all the workings of the world below at the same time, in their own proper context, which the folks in the moment, who have their faces buried in their toil, and farming, for example, are too engrossed in to notice. the natural ability to adapt to circumstances and in still natural order through presence, is a great instructor and powerful ally. clearly the problem lies not with the free goats reminder of the folks mis_taken trust in wolves in shepherd’s form, rather the problem is of the sheep being bred into slavery. if any of these sheep were allowed, to thrive and flourish for the first time in their existence, a certain residence of the truth would be unleashed from within the deep being of our fortunate pasture dweller, the other sheep would instantly pick up on, and notice intuitively. sooner than later the cat would have been discovered to have already discarded the bag long ago, still. people do not always find freedom, and satisfaction in self expression, relates directly with our desire to fit in as a self-preserving technique. the control of fear exercised dis-allows further inquiries that could lead to insight and clarity that allows self mastery. through self-honesty and responsibility, a sign of someone mature enough to deal with things as they are, and to co-create their own reality, actually. a lot of unplanned and unexpected pregnancies could be avoided if people were empowered to handle and own their own energies and life force in a healthy honest way. encouraging the reason a lot of others to step into their values and live from a purpose driven place in one’s self, enables us to take the wheel in our own lives. to become and stay our own counsel, to guide our own course as, the same stuff as the universe, that courses through every cell of our bodies of which our bodies are composed of, in all existence, ushers us onward upon our own path. to accept responsibility with this, is why progress occurs. left to our own devices, in our natural conditions we thrive as ourselves.
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