The Nueva Vida Food Project

Circa 2020: The Nueva Vida Food Bank Launches.

The Nueva Vida Food Project, part of the Matthew 25 movement of the PCUSA, is a collaborative ministry of Glencliff Presbyterian Church, Iglesia Presbiteriana Nueva Vida, the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee, and Nourish Food Bank in Murfreesboro. An estimated 500 families a month currently receive assistance from the food bank, with each family being eligible to receive a cart of food designed to be enough to feed a family of 4-5 for a week.  

The Food Bank distributes two types of food.  

• Commodity food that is supplied from the US Dept. of Agriculture. This food comes from Second Harvest Food Bank which holds the contract with the government to distribute commodity food in Tennessee.  Because we are part of the Nourish system, we can get these deliveries directly from Second Harvest (and sometimes from Nourish).  
• Non-commodity food does not have the same restrictions. Non-commodity food is donated from a variety of sources.  This food is used to supplement when there is a large family or for a family that may not qualify for commodity food.

Thanks to generous financial contributions and thousands of volunteer hours from several churches within our presbytery, the Nueva Vida Food Project launched in December of 2020.  The Food Bank distributes food on Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30 PM and Saturdays 12:00-3:00 PM.

The Nueva Vida Food Project  runs with a small, highly committed staff and an ever-expanding team of volunteers from many of our churches. If you would like to serve with us or help with food bank truck deliveries, please email our Volunteer Coordinator, Renee Kasman at glencliff@nourishfoodbanks.org and she will be delighted to help you get started.  For information about all of the presbytery’s ministries with our Spanish-speaking neighbors, you can contact Lilia Ramirez at limaraji@aol.com.