Star-News (Wilmington, NC)- "Ministry's discounted food fills a growing middle-class need" EDITORS NOTE: Voices of Conscience is a 10-part series highlighting the work of volunteers in our community. We hope running it during the holidays will spur others to act in unselfish ways. On Dec. 13, a woman came to Life Community Church to pick up her order from Angel Food Ministries. The organization provides boxes of food at $30 apiece, about half the retail value of the food. Since the woman was a regular, she was asked if she wanted to go ahead and place her order for next month, said Mindy McSmith, who administers the program at Life Community Church.

WHBQ FOX13 myfoxmemphis.com (Memphis, TN) - "Ministry's Meal Plans Help Stretch Grocery Dollars" Providing balanced meals on a budget can seem impossible. However, a local church is continuing the outreach of a national ministry by helping feed families and seniors for less. (This is a video)

WSBTV (Atlanta, GA)- "Church Group's Groceries Brighten Holidays" Angel Food Ministries distributes a week's worth of food to families for $30. (This is a video)

Times Leader - "Program at churches offers price break on food" All churches offer prayers, encouragement and support Some churches also use food to minister to people in the community. A few local churches, including the First Assembly of God in Wilkes-Barre, are host sites that sell restaurant-quality food to people at a reduced cost through the Angel Food Ministries, a national non-profit food distribution program. People can purchase a medium-sized box with a variety of frozen vegetables, meat and canned food valued at $65 for $30 through the program -- regardless of economic background or financial need. Menus change monthly.

The Columbus Dispatch - "Churches prepare to provide Thanksgiving" As a mother of six, Glenny Rodriguez is accustomed to feeding a lot of mouths. The number will only go up on Thanksgiving, when the Whitehall woman is hosting a group of more than 20 for dinner. Rodriguez, 29, is unemployed, so buying food is no easy expense. Luckily, she volunteers as a Spanish translator for a food ministry at Whitehall Church of the Nazarene which, in turn, provides her family with groceries. The church is a host site for Angel Food Ministries, a Georgia-based nonprofit that sells boxes of food worth as much as $70 to $90 for $30.

The Buffalo News - "Food: a gift from 'angels'" Darlene Davis brought along a laundry basket rather than a cart. And instead of strolling the aisles of a supermarket, she cruised from table to table in a few minutes, filling the basket with individually wrapped strip steaks, chicken breasts, ground turkey, frozen green beans and eggs, among a host of groceries. "You get quite a bit for your money, so it's worth it,” said Davis, who spent $30 on food that would cost in excess of $65 at most supermarkets. All the Town of Tonawanda resident had to do was step foot into Amherst Church of the Nazarene on a Saturday morning to pick it up.

Chicago Tribune - "Stretching the food dollar in tough times" Les Bishop stood in line with his groceries, amazed. He had four laundry baskets filled with meat, eggs, frozen vegetables, breakfast items and four pies. Three cardboard boxes held fresh fruits and vegetables. His total bill: $190. "I didn’t realize there was going to be so much food,” said Bishop, who was with his three children when he recently bought the groceries at Kingdom Builders Worship Center in Joliet. The Joliet church is one of 21 sites in the Chicago area participating in the Georgia-based Angel Food Ministries, which provides struggling families with food at a significantly reduced cost.

Virginia Pilot - "Portsmouth church named host site for Angel Food Ministries" A Cradock church has become the second site in South Hampton Roads through which people can order boxes of less-expensive groceries each month. Cradock Baptist Church has been designated a host site for Angel Food Ministries. The Georgia-based non-profit organization distributes about 500,000 boxes of food each month to more than 4,500 host sites around the United States, Rev. Rob Edwards, the church’s pastor, said.

Times-Picayune (New Orleans) - "Keeping The Faith" Angel Food Ministries and First Baptist Church Mandeville are offering a grocery relief program for everyone with no qualifications or eligibility requirements. For $30 (cash or food stamps only) a unit of food containing 17 items such as six kinds of frozen meats, pantry staples, frozen vegetables, eggs, and dessert can be ordered. A new senior box, with 10 different frozen dinners, is available for $28. Additional specialty boxes of meat can be purchased for $18-$21. A fresh fruit and veggie box will be for sale this month for $21.

Greenville Sun (Tennessee) - "Angel Food Ministries Offers Low-Cost 'Senior' Food Boxes" Angel Food Ministries this month is again offering low-cost food boxes, including a "senior box" of 10 frozen individual meals, at Lighthouse Assembly of God to persons interested in saving money on their grocery bills. There are seven food boxes available in October. The prices include sales tax. Being offered are: * The senior box of 10 individual meals that are nutritionally balanced for seniors. Each of the following meals come with two vegetables or fruit, and a starch: barbecue chicken, meatloaf with gravy, sweet-'n-sour chicken, meat patties with gravy and onions, spaghetti with meat sauce, salisbury steak with brown mushroom gravy, thyme-baked chicken, creole baked white fish, chicken curry with vegetables and ground beef stroganoff, all for $28.

The News (Salem, Arkansas) - "Feeding families through ministry" Everything is expensive these days with the ever soaring price of gas and oil. Even those who have jobs are having to tighten their budgets, but they and their children shouldn't have to starve. Angel Food Ministry was founded in 1994 by Joe and Linda Wingo, of Monroe, Ga. The city was facing a factory shut down and many of the Wingos' neighbors were jobless. According to www.angel foodministries.com, the couple didn't want to see their neighbors and friends go hungry so they bought food and sold it at a reduced price from their back porch. They were able to feed 34 families that day. Now the Angel Food Ministry has grown to where it can feed up to 500,000 families a month in 35 states. The ministry can sell discounted food to anyone who needs it. There are no forms to fill out or financial qualifications.

ABC 7 KTLV - Texas - "Angel Food Ministries Holds Food Drive" Volunteers with a non-profit organization are trying to ease the cost of living for East Texans one meal at a time. A big effort was made today to help feed the needy in East Texas, as hundreds of volunteers pitched in for a program called Angel Food Ministries. "We have a semi that comes in, we have ten churches that come here we distribute they're food" said host site director Emily Sanroman.

ABC KTBS 3 – Louisiana - "Program helps families with rising food prices" Most Americans will get their economic stimulus check from the government soon. Direct deposits start Monday and they'll need them. For many families, the weekly trip to the supermarket has become a white-knuckle experience. But there's a new effort to help Americans through the week. In Tennessee Saturday, a response to rising food prices arrived at churches and community centers by the truckload.

ABC 6 - Philadelphia (Video) - "Saving with 6abc: Angel Food Ministries" We've found a way you can buy a box of groceries worth $65 for just $30. It's called Angel Food Ministries. Angel Food Ministries sells food it buys in bulk. Each box can feed a single senior citizen for about a month, or a family of four for about a week. Anyone can participate and buy an unlimited number of boxes. Just search for your nearest host site online or call toll-free -1-888-819-3745.

The Saginaw News (Michigan) - "Feeding the masses: Ministry 'a bargain and blessing' for those needing to stretch food dollars" Heat, food and shelter are the basics of life, but even those are getting more difficult to come by. With the present economic downturn, mid-Michigan families are looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to buying groceries. Georgia-based Angel Food offers supermarket-quality meats, produce and other staples at more than a 50 percent discount to anyone who wants to stretch their food dollars.

Forbes.com - "2008 Gospel Choice Awards Selects Emmanuel Praise Church for Its Church of the Year Award" MONROE, Ga., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmanuel Praise Church, the founding church of Angel Food Ministries, in Monroe, Ga., has been chosen as this year's recipient of Church of the Year for the Gospel Choice/Pepsi Bottling Group's Community Outreach Award.

West Virginia Public Broadcasting - "Angel Food Ministries provide low cost food" The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that prices for groceries are rising at rates not seen since 1990. At the wholesale level, wheat prices are up nearly 50% since the beginning of this year. Staples such as corn and soybeans are selling at record prices. That, coupled with the high cost of fuel, is why consumers are seeing higher prices at the grocery store. Food banks throughout the state are seeing more and more people in need of their serves.

WRCTV (Chattanooga,TN) - "Angel Food Ministries Helps Those in Need" The days of name-brand grocery shopping are gone, instead its all about finding the best bargain in town. "Everyone has been hit with gas prices," says Kate Raiford with Angel Food Ministries, "and by the economy, and by the closings of major businesses around here." A dozen churches, including North Shore Fellowship, are hoping they can put the power back in the hands of cash-strapped families by serving "food from heaven". Its called Angel Food Ministries, it provides a week's supply of food for a family of four for just $30.