THE GREAT PUMPKIN FOOD FIGHT

A Whopping $800 MILLION IS WHAT AMERICA SPENDS ON HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS THAT TYPICALLY GET THROWN OUT, WHILE FOOD PANTRY SHELVES ARE EMPTY PRIOR TO THANKSGIVING ANd Millions are starving globally. Why not join the fight FOR THOSE IN NEED FOOD -- THE GREAT PUMPKIN FOOD FIGHT. 

Would you prayerfully consider redirecting your pumpkin spending toward feeding the hungry globally or locally -- and perhaps using a graphic image instead of wasting a source of food -- by joining in The Great Pumkin Food Fight? 

When you think about it, the image of a pumpkin being discarded is an example of our abundant blessings -- and, sadly, unrealized wastefulness.   

FOOD FIGHT!!!

You can smash this sad reality by donating to The Great Pumpkin Food Fight -- Fighting For Those Who Need Food, by either matching the amount you spend on pumpkins or by donating in lieu of buying pumpkins, and we will dispatch the funds to both local pantries and GIFT's global sweet potato farming efforts.  Use the button above to get to the donate page.

And if you do purchase a pumpkin, why not plan to cook something with it rather than discard it.

Also, this fight doesn't have to just be during Halloween.  If you'd like, you can participate in The Great Pumpkin Food Fight -- Fighting For Those Who Need Food by donating whenever you read this, so you won't forget to make a difference.

By joining The Great Pumpkin Food Fight, you'll be fulfilling the call by Jesus to feed the hungry in Matthew 25: 31-46, the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats.

The Sheep and the Goats

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,  I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?  When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?  When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

"The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

(MT 25: 31-46 NIV)