“Finding Your Voice in the Dark” — to advocate for those who are hungry. Help us as we join with Bread for the World and other churches, community organizations, and people of faith from across the country to write letters and emails to members of Congress who have the power to impact the policies and programs that can end hunger.

By taking part in Bread for the World’s 2025 Offering of Letters, you will help support nutrition programs that offer a hand up to families and a brighter future for children. Your letter matters. Combined with others from Second Church—and joined with the voices of thousands of advocates across the country—your letter or email is an expression of faith and hope, urging U.S. decision makers to pursue a world without hunger.

Please take a few minutes to write your members of Congress. Urge them to help families and children experiencing hunger and poverty—no matter where they live. Not sure who your representative is? Find out here. 

Sample letters can be found to print or send by email at bread.org/offering-letters.

Did you know?

• Hunger is a real problem in our neighborhood — 1 in 7 families struggle with food insecurity.
• 1 in 6 children in Indiana are food insecure.
• 41% of families living in the Crooked Creek Neighborhood are employed and living in poverty.
• 23.9% of children under 18 in Marion County are food insecure. However, 27% of those children are likely ineligible for federal nutrition programs due to income limits.
• The Government provides SNAP and WIC benefits. However, 49% of food insecure people are likely ineligible for SNAP benefits due to income limits.
• An individual must earn more than $21 per hour in Indiana to provide for a family, yet, the state minimum wage is $7.25 which hasn’t changed since 2009.