February 8, 2023
Ta-Da! It's Pantry-ary month. We would like to extend an invitation to tour our 5,000-square-foot facility and The Lord's Acre of Fletcher, our garden so you can find out how donations are making life better for our neighbors with food insecurity. Every Friday at 9:00, volunteers stock the shelves with your donations, purchased food from Sav-Mor, Ingles, and Jand J Tomato CO. On Saturdays from 8-11, food is distributed through the MANNA neighbor shopping model. We would be honored to have you as a guest. This past week we were honored to have visitors from the Fletcher Community Foundation of Henderson County and a request from a local Girl Scout Troop to volunteer. Please email me with any questions or if you have a group that would like to come at a different time to tour the facility. knoyes372@gmail.com
We welcomed 107 families representing 381 individuals. Eight new families came and received food for the first time with us. As our neighbors waited their turn to shop, they had the opportunity to sample one of Chef Martha's tasty recipes. She prepared a yummy egg white veggie omelet. Her recipe and items for the omelet were available to take home.
Brianna, our high school intern, selected the pantry for her Senior Project. Not only does she volunteer regularly on Saturday mornings, she has also translated all our food item names into Spanish and Ukrainian. We truly appreciate her contributions of time and talent to the pantry.
City Bakery donated loaves of bread. Other donated items were from Bright Farms-lettuce, Paneran-rolls, Ingles and Bimbos-bread, Wal-Mart-misc. items, Flavor-First peppers and tomatoes, and MilCo-milk. Friday, our volunteers stocked the shelves with purchased items from MANNA and Sav-Mor (canned goods, milk, and eggs). We purchased potatoes, onions, squash, and turnips from JandJ Tomato Co.
On behalf of the executive committee, thank you to our volunteers and our area churches, civic groups, local merchants, and families for all you do to feed our community helping to reduce food insecurity.
Kathy Noyes
