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All Faiths Pantry

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About Me

We deliver groceries, free of charge, to Seniors in the Greater Cleveland area with challenges to mobility and limited economic means. These local elders are often physically unable to access food available through neighborhood hunger centers. We outreach most recipients through referrals from area social workers serving the geriatric population. This is an underserved group of people. There is almost no replication of the effort of other anti-hunger programs or diversion of food to unqualified people. Each month, fresh produce, nonperishable packaged foods and bread are collected and stored at our center. Volunteers deliver about forty pounds to each homebound Senior, predominantly women. All Faiths Pantry is a member-agency of the Cleveland Foodbank, Inc., one of America's Second Harvest Foodbanks.All Faiths Pantry is a program of Baba Neem Karoli Satsang, an Ohio religious/charitable corporation, 501(c)3.All Faiths Pantry mail: 3209 Saratoga Ave. Cleveland, OH 44109www.bnks.org

My Interests

Food banking, social service, meditation, yoga, reggae, kirtan, diversity of cultures, religious tolerance, ecology, vegetarianism, veganism. Baba Neem Karoli. Love. Peace. Harmony.

I'd like to meet:

Upbeat, positive people. People who can help our mission. Folks who'd like to contribute support of any kind. Someone who has a few hours or a few dollars to help feed impoverished old people and the ill. Someone who will offer an in-kind donation of their goods or services. People who are funloving and who understand that levity is an antidote to issues of gravity. Caring, kind people.

Music:

World, Reggae, Soca, Chutney, Kirtan, Bhajan, Drupad, Qawwali, Carnatic, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Afrobeat, Bluegrass, Gospel, Hip-hop, Psychedelic, etc.

Movies:

independant, foreign

Television:

This Week, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, City Club, Frontline, Nova, Mad TV, SNL, Simpsons, Apollo.

Books:

nonfiction, religious

Heroes:

Maharaji Baba Neeb Karori, Hanuman, Shri Rama, Eve, Buddha, Milarepa, Jesus, Dad, Mom, Sidhi Ma, Ram Das, H.I.M. Haile Selasie

My Blog

intellect and wisdom

One of my dearest friends and hero, Ram Dass, shared the following, which I hope you'll appreciate:"One of the big traps we have in the West is our intelligence, because we want to know that we know. ...
Posted by All Faiths Pantry on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:18:00 PST

Progress

All Faiths Pantry had a good first year. We've been delivering to many of our clients for over 6 months, and are now ready and able to expand our list. We received a significant grant from the Epis...
Posted by All Faiths Pantry on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:03:00 PST

Director and Editor

Though this is All Faith Pantry's space, some aspects of the profile reflect the personality and character of my self personally, the founding Director, John Visnauskas, a.k.a. Jagdish. I edit and ma...
Posted by All Faiths Pantry on Sat, 20 May 2006 07:08:00 PST