The Hamilton Seventh-day Adventist Church is calling for the community to come together in an effort to feed needy families.The church formally launched ‘Operation Five Loaves and Two Fishes' yesterday — they hope it will provide enough food to help more than 150 struggling families.Elder James Landy said: “We are hoping to reach at least that number, but we can only do this with the help of the community.”He explained that the church has for several years offered food to the needy twice on Wednesdays and Sundays, but recently the volunteers began seeing new faces.“It was originally intended for the homeless, but right now there are a lot of people who are out of work and who are struggling,” he said.“For them, it's one meal that they don't have to worry about.”The increased demand made it clear that more needed to be done.Elder Landy said the church needed to reach out to the community in order to help more families.The church is now collecting food items until Saturday — canned goods, cereal, pasta, rice, flour, peanut butter and other non-perishable items.“We are looking for the main staples that we can give out to the community,” Elder Landy said.The drive has just begun but Elder Landy said the results have already been surprising.“We had a Butterfield & Vallis truck pull up with two pallets of food. I was totally blown away,” he said. “I was just overwhelmed by seeing that.”Volunteers will meet at the Hamilton SDA Youth Centre at 10am on Sunday to organise the food for distribution.They will give out the food from 12pm to 2pm that day; teams of volunteers will make deliveries to persons who have difficulty reaching the church.Elder Landy said the initiative is just one of several by the church in an effort to assist the community. A seniors programme and a GED programme are also in place.“It is our church's goal to be a reflection of Christ's love and to meet our community where the need is,” he said.For more information contact Elder Landy on 534-9600, or the Church — hamiltonsda@northrock.bm or 292-4276.