What is the Brown Bag Ministry?
The Brown Bag Ministry prepares and distributes brown bag lunches to the homeless
every Saturday at Moore’s Square in downtown Raleigh, and once a month prepares a
hot meal and feeds 75-125 homeless and those in need in Raleigh.

How can you help?
The Brown Bag Ministry is in need of volunteers to help prepare the brown bag lunches
to be distributed weekly.

We also accept cash, food and goods. See our donations page for additional information.

Update! The Raleigh Rescue Mission is sponsoring a "Festival of Hope" on Saturday, May 3, 2008. The Rescue Mission has asked the Brown Bag Ministry to supply 2,000 indvidual bags of chips for this event. If you can help us with this, we ask that you bring your donation to St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, at 3008 Old Raleigh Road in Apex, NC the week of April 28-May2. These donations can be dropped off and left on the back counter in the kitchen. Please mark your donation for Brown Bag Ministry. You can purchase 50 bags of chips at Sam's Club or BJ's wholesale for about $10.00. If you are unable to buy the chips but would like to make a donation, you can make checks payable to Brown Bag Ministry and drop them off at the church or mail them to: Brown Bag Ministry 407 Grassy Point Road Apex, NC 27502 All donations are tax deductible and a reciept for tax purposes will be mailed out. Thank you in advance for your support for this ministry.

What goes into a brown bag lunch?
The following items are needed on a weekly basis to be put into brown bag lunches:

• Lunch Meat - - -Turkey, Ham and Bologna
  
• Cheese - -sliced cheese
  
• Individual packages of cheese and crackers
  
• Granola Bar
  
• Bottles of water or cans of soda or juice
  
• Piece of fruit or a small box of raisins
  

Where can you bring these items?
Please contact Mary Jo and she will make arrangements to pick up the items at a time
and place that is convenient to you.

 

We are an official NON-PROFIT organization. All donations are tax deductible.

For more information or to learn what you can do to help, contact Mary Jo by phone: 919-367-0766 or email: BrownBagMinistry@yahoo.com

Welcome to The Brown Bag Ministry