The mission of Gone Fishing Ministries is to combat hunger and malnutrition by providing food, nutritional and health education, advocacy and disaster and emergency food services.

The need for food and especially, nutritious food, is great.  According to numbers recently released by the American Community Survey, administered by the Census Bureau, Harrison County poverty statistics rose to 22.6 percent in 2013 from 19.5 percent in 2012. This level of poverty is eight percent above the national average.

 This is in addition to the fact that the state of Mississippi ranks at the bottom of virtually every indication of health, wellness and nutrition.



WHAT WE HOPE TO DO:

• GFM intends to maintain and expand its current feeding program, which serves hot, nutritious meals in the church’s dining hall, as well as delivering to homebound sick and elderly each Wednesday. 
  
• GFM intends to establish a traveling food pantry (Mobile Pantry) that will deliver foods and produce to impoverished communities and to families and individuals who are without access to healthy food resources.  In times of emergency or disaster, the Mobile Pantry will allow the group to quickly deliver food to affected communities.  
  
• It also intends to establish programs designed to heighten awareness of the link between food, nutrition and wellness in the local community. 

Board of Directors:

Sonya Ashley. Chair

Cheryl Welch Millendar, Co-Chair

Mary Browser

Andrew Fountain

Anita Giani

Judy Jaynes

Claudette Jones

Gloria Reimherr

Advisory member:

Pastor Harry L. Toussaint