September 8th, 2020
Here at St. Matthew’s House, we know the importance of our volunteers, but we’re so happy the greater community of Southwest Florida is going to learn too! Thanks to Fox 4 News for running this story on two of our volunteers working at our distribution warehouse. Check out the full story here on Fox 4 […]
August 21st, 2020
In our shelters, we strive to serve the best food. It’s a matter of health and of dignity. With our Mobile Food Pantry distributions we are grateful we have the same opportunity to provide not just any food, but fresh, healthy food. And this ability to give fresh fruit and vegetables along with shelf-stable pantry […]
August 17th, 2020
While we know that age brings wisdom and reflection, but often we need the reminder that youth brings with its willingness to act when there is a need. Over the weekend two young women, Izzy and Madison, both Gulf Coast High School students, jumped into action after hearing about St. Matthew’s House needs for food […]
August 13th, 2020
With thousands of registered volunteers who serve and donate over $1 million dollars in volunteer hours each year, we already know St. Matthew’s House success is due in part to our amazing force of volunteers. But now the community knows it, too. Thank you to NBC-2 for highlighting some of our volunteers who have worked […]
August 12th, 2020
Former Justin’s Place graduate Nick Matson shares his story with WINK news.
July 31st, 2020
St. Matthew’s House has been blessed to help feed over 9,000 hungry families in the month of July. During just the final week of the month, St. Matthew’s House fed an amazing 2,545 households in our four food distributions. As amazing as that is, it also shows the growing need for food in our community […]
July 29th, 2020
Earlier this week NBC 2 News helped raise awareness by promoting of our food distribution at Golden Gate High School where a site-record 779 families were fed today in just three hours. Praise God! You can watch the full story here: https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2020/07/28/st-matthews-house-continues-to-help-hungry-families-after-record-breaking-food-distribution/ If you would like to learn more about volunteering, click here. If you are […]
July 27th, 2020
Federal unemployment benefits ended last week and we’re preparing for even more people to look for help through our services. Steve Brooder, our Chief Operating Officer spoke with Fox 4 News last week saying, “We would serve 60 to 100 people a week. We’re now, as I said, seeing 600 to 800 households 3 times […]
July 17th, 2020
“Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” Helen Keller Those words from Helen Keller remind us that we are never in competition with those around us. In fact, when we work together our resources, energy, and efforts are multiplied as it becomes less about us and what we can do and […]
July 15th, 2020
NBC 2 News is helping us get the word out that before the new school year, we’ll need new food distribution locations.