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Spotlight on Our Volunteers
Recina Ferguson, Scully to her friends, taught primary “These volunteers are the backbone of the Bahamas
school for 18 years, tutored for GLAT exams, raised Feeding Network,” said the NGO’s Executive Director
seven stepchildren and two of her own, looked after Philip Smith. “They work so hard out of the goodness
others in her community, and was always the one there of their heart and we wanted to reward them. At the
for everyone else, but nothing touched her the way her same time the retreat served to reinforce their
most recent mission has – feeding the hungry. commitment and to allow them to get to know one
another better. They also used the time to brainstorm
“The Feeding Network, Mosseff House, is my heart,” about how to expand and improve on the important
she says.
work the Feeding Network is doing.”
Scully is a volunteer with the Bahamas Feeding
Network. For nearly three years, she has managed the Did you know?
preparation and distribution of food to more than 1 in 7 persons in The Bahamas lives in poverty.
2,000 people per week.
That’s 12.5% of the population.
She is part of a team that toils every week at Moseff
House on Fox Hill Road. They clean, prep and cook “There is so much hunger in this rich nation that it
hundreds of pounds of chicken, make and stir towering breaks your heart but when you see the smiles on
pots of peas ‘n rice, wash enough salad greens to lay people’s faces as they plate and pass the food and
out a lawn, package enough coleslaw and condiments those who receive the food, you understand that the
to equip an army. reward for giving and the reward for receiving are not
so different after all. For many of the people who get
To date, more than $450,000 has been food from the feeding centres we help support, whether
distributed to more than 120 feeding centres, it is Great Commission Ministries, Mosseff House or
churches and soup kitchens. a church in a small settlement in Andros or Eleuthera,
this may be all that stands between one having food
and hunger.”
“In addition to our amazing volunteers, we are
supported by a very strong board,” said Mr. Smith.
“Feeding the hungry is a cause that has quietly
captured the hearts of many, including our great
partners who contribute. Our hope is that one day the
pain of hunger will be little more than a memory in The
Bahamas, but that will take all of us pulling together.”
In late May, she was one of 36 volunteers from the
Bahamas Feeding Network to be treated to a retreat.
The 3-night, 4-day stay in Eleuthera allowed the
volunteers to totally relax as well as bond with one
another.
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