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A cake celebrating 30 years of service and 1 million meals was prepared for Tuesday night, as Sharing God's Bounty, a weekly meal program for needy individuals and families sponsored at St. Philomene's Church. According to program co-founder, Sacramento Superior Court Judge James Mize, the program is the longest-running, continuously serving, Catholic-sponsored free-meal program in the Sacramento Valley. It started six months before Loaves and Fishes. The meal is served from 6 to 7 p.m. each Tuesday. It draws 300-400 people early in the month, and 600 to 700 late in the month, when people tend to run out of money. It is open to the community, to people of all faiths. -
Ryan Walker (age 7) leaves the gym at St. Philomene's School with his father David Walker (cq-left) after having dinner on Tuesday night. -
Tuesday nights meal at St. Philomene's draws 300-400 people early in the month, and 600 to 700 late in the month, when people tend to run out of money. -
Wendy Voss volunteers in the kitchen on Tuesday night as Sharing God's Bounty, a weekly meal program for needy individuals and families sponsored at St. Philomene's Church, also marking its 30th anniversary. -
Hands are raised when desert and drinks are requested on Tuesday night. -
Virginia Daley of Sacramento is kissed by Jeannie Bastian after handing her a dinner plate on Tuesday night. Daley was the recipient of the 1 millionth meal at Sharing God's Bounty, a weekly meal program for needy individuals and families sponsored at St. Philomene's Church, also marking its 30th anniversary. -
Jeannie Bastian, James Mize, and Lynn Lane push a cart with cake celebrating 30 years of service and 1 million meals on Tuesday night. -
Jim Mize pushes a cart with cake celebrating 30 years of service and 1 million meals on Tuesday night. -
A cake celebrating 30 years and 1 million meals was presented on Tuesday night. -
Grocery bags filled with dry foods are prepared for those in need on Tuesday night.
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