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		<title>Client Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BUILDING ON A STRONG FOUNDATION – CLIENT PROFILE
“What if the healing of the world utterly de-pends on the ten-thousand invisible kind-nesses we offer simply and quietly throughout the pilgrimage of each human life?” Wayne Muller
I realized early into my conversation with 24-year-old Miranda that even though she wanted to share her story for this newsletter, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bremertonfoodline.org/bfl/?p=46</link>
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		<title>Director&#8217;s Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Index to posts:
Happy New Years!
Happy Holidays
Happy Thanksgiving from the Executive Director
February&#8230;A month of highlights and challenges
Opening A Door
Dare to Hope
A Balancing Act
What You Have to Give is Enough
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Happy New Year!
Before we get too involved in 2010 I wanted to take a minutes to thank all of you for your support of the Bremerton Foodline. Over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bremertonfoodline.org/bfl/?p=45</link>
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		<title>2008 SUMMARY  OF CLIENTS SERVED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[16,878 food boxes were served to 3,872 families.
10,917 individuals benefited from the services provided.
754,957 pounds of food were distributed.
22,470 hours of donated volunteer and community service labor supported BFL operations. The equivalent of 11 full-time employees.
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		<link>http://www.bremertonfoodline.org/bfl/?p=43</link>
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		<title>DARE TO HOPE</title>
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Posted by Monica Bernhard

A woman came into our agency a couple of weeks ago…in her 40’s…married and mother of two…and in tears. “I’ve tried everything”, she said. “I’m a college graduate…I can’t find a job…I’ll do anything. My husband works, but it takes three weeks of his income just to pay the rent. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bremertonfoodline.org/bfl/?p=26</link>
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		<title>A balancing act..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who is familiar with foodbanks will realize that we are utterly dependent upon the support of our community.  Our agency serves approximately 1,350 households every month and it is indeed a balancing act to keep a variety of quality products available to our clients.  We are continually faced with difficult choices:  Do we spend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bremertonfoodline.org/bfl/?p=16</link>
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		<title>What you have to give is enough.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Whatever you do will not be enough, but it matters enormously that you do it.&#8221;  Gandhi
When I began in this role nearly two years ago, I held on tight to an idealistic belief that our community can foster a spirit of compassion that refuses to accept living conditions that contribute to poverty.  &#8220;Not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bremertonfoodline.org/bfl/?p=14</link>
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