Guest Blog (Connie Cronley): Feeding the hungry, tearing down gates
Editor’s note: Over the past eight months it has been my privilege to spend one hour a week doing food prep at Iron Gate, one of Tulsa’s largest and most active food assistance programs. I invited Connie Cronley, Iron Gate’s Executive Director, to discuss their work.
Iron Gate is a soup kitchen and food pantry in downtown Tulsa. It was started 26 years ago by parishioners of Trinity Episcopal Church who made sandwiches for the downtown homeless. The food was handed out in the church’s cloister garden which had a decorative iron gate.
The word quickly spread: If you’re hungry, go to the church with the iron gate. The name stuck.
The organization is still located in the basement of Trinity, but it has grown into a separate 501 ( c ) (3) nonprofit organization.
Our mission is simple: We feed people. Read the rest of this entry »
