At Bread of Life, the simple fare is as plain as our purpose: to share our food with those who have none. We are here to serve everyone – the unemployed and underemployed, single parent families, the elderly and neighbors with physical or emotional disabilities. We serve a hot meal six days a week and feed anywhere from 150-200 of our neighbors each day. Since 2005, Lake Toxaway Charities has been partnering with us at Bread of Life, providing funding for food and capital needs so that we can continue to share meals and love with our neighbors in Transylvania County.
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Bread of Life Updates:
God’s Way Food Pantry – December 12th Distribution
Over 215 people were served yesterday, December 12th, at Gods Way, a food pantry, in Balsam Grove. Lake Toxaway Charities is pleased to collaborate with God’s Way Food Pantry and their efforts to keep food on the tables of our neighbors, year around, but especially during the holidays. The generosity of Lake Toxaway Charities’ donor’s…
Isaac Homes Youth Shelter
The mission of the Isaac Homes Youth Shelter is to provide basic needs and build capacity for a supervised drop-in center for homeless youth. Lake Toxaway Charities is pleased to support this mission with a grant awarded in 2020.
Mediation Center
The mission of the Mediation Center is to create opportunity from conflict. The Mediation Center provides conflict resolution services to help people move through difficult and stressful times and resolve conflict without violence and abuse. For adults, they provide community and family mediation services to resolve disputes between neighbors, family members, co-workers, and others. Lake Toxaway Charities approved a $5,000 grant request in 2020 to help with these efforts.
Hunger Coalition of Transylvania County
The generous grants that we have received from Lake Toxaway Charities have helped underwrite our general budget each year. The additional funds and Covid-related grants that we’ve received during these past few months could thus be used directly for providing foods to the increased numbers of people who have benefited from our distributions.
The Salvation Army
In 2020, Lake Toxaway Charities approved a grant request to the Salvation Army for $15,000 to continue providing heating oil, propane, food, rent and utilities for needy families in Transylvania County.
The Haven
Lake Toxaway Charities approved a $19,874 grant request to the Haven in 2020 to assist homeless families and individuals in crisis.
Pisgah Legal Services
For forty years Pisgah Legal Services (PLS), a non-profit law firm, has helped low-income people in Western North Carolina meet needs such as protection from domestic violence, avoiding homelessness, finding safe housing, accessing health care, and increasing income. PLS has 22 attorneys on staff and relies heavily on the pro bono legal services of approximately…
Gods Way Food Pantry
Gods Way Food Pantry, a rural church-based food ministry, has served Balsam Grove and surrounding communities for over fifteen years. Over 250,000 lbs of food are distributed yearly, and each month approximately 500 families in Transylvania and Jackson Counties rely on the pantry. The Food Pantry operates every other Saturday and also provides immediate assistance…
SAFE
SAFE, Inc. of Transylvania County is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a community free from domestic and sexual abuse. They lead the community in eliminating domestic and sexual abuse through support, prevention and outreach. The SAFE team knows that ending domestic and sexual abuse builds stronger families, stronger economies and overall stronger and safer…