Temple's Table feeds 100,000 and counting

NO ONE UPPER.

>> WELL, MOST WHEN THE PANDEMIC

SHUT DOWN, SCHOOLS AROUND THE

CHURCH STEPPED UP TO KEEP KIDS

FROM GOING HUNGRY. AND 3 YEARS

LATER, VOLUNTEERS LOOK AT THEM

STILL GOING STRONG, CELEBRATING

A MAJOR MILESTONE AS WRAL'S JOE

FISHER REPORTS WHO THEY'RE

HELPING HAS CHANGED. BUT THIS

MISSION HAS STAYED

THE SAME.

>> WELL, IN TEARS HAVE

PERFECTED THE PROCESS

ASSEMBLING SANDWICHES BY THE

WEEKEND LIKE A FAMILY.

THE VOTING SITE HAS BEEN HERE

SINCE THE BEGINNING. BACK IN

MARCH 2020 WHEN THE PANDEMIC

SHUT DOWN, SCHOOLS LEAVING MANY

STUDENTS WITHOUT THE LUNCH THEY

RELIED ON A SEVERAL COMING

HERE. MIKE LAUNCHES. SO WE CAME

HERE. 6 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

AND MADE 500 MY HEART. NOW NOT

ONLY MAKES THE LUNCHES AT

TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH IN

RALEIGH. HE DELIVERS THEM TO

THE LUNCHES, WENT TO KIDS

DURING VIRTUAL LEARNING.

NOW THEY GO TO SHELTERS,

NONPROFITS AND LOW INCOME

APARTMENT COMPLEXES. THERE'S

ALWAYS A NEED. WE THINK OF

AMERICA BEING A PLACE WHERE

EVERYBODY GETS ALL THE ARE YOU

GOT TO DO IS LOOK AROUND.

>> AND YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE THAT

ARE IN NEED TALLY HAS GROWN

WEEK

BY WEEK FOR 3 YEARS. THIS WEEK

WE HAD 100,000 BAG LUNCHES,

100,000 MEALS AND COUNTY.

I'M A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY

GENEROUS AND IT KEEPS US GOING

AND WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF

STOPPING. WE KNOW THAT THE NEED

IS OUT THERE IN A SMALL GROUP

WITH BIG HEARTS.

>> MAKING A HUGE IMPACT.

I'M JOE FISHER, WRAL NEWS,

RALEIGH. WOW. 100,000 OVER 3

YEARS AND IT COSTS ABOUT $600 A

WEEK TO MAKE 300 LUNCHES.

WE POSTED INFORMATION ABOUT HOW

YOU CAN GIVE TO TEMPLES TABLE

FEEDING MINISTRY ON WRAL DOT

COM. THE GROUP SAYS EVERY