March 8, 2023

You can be assured that there's never a dull moment at Cavalry Episcopal Church Food Pantry and The Lord's Acre of Fletcher, our Garden. Deliveries of food items are dropped off Monday in the foyer of the Pantry which by the way is open daily Monday through Friday from 9:00-4:00. Tuesday, a delivery of over 6,000 pounds of food was transported from MANNA to the Pantry, where our volunteers were ready, willing, and waiting to place it on the shelves. Wednesday morning, construction of our Hoophouse, awarded to us by a grant from the Community Foundation of Henderson County, began early in the morning. Drive by the garden, and view the structure from your car as it evolves. Friday, volunteers stocked the shelves, with locally purchased items. Saturday is distribution day from 8:00-11:00.

Chef Martha was busy preparing a mouth-watering recipe of pinto bean and griddle cornbread when our neighbors arrived. They enjoyed this tasty recipe while they waited their turn to shop. We welcomed 108 families, representing 366 individuals, and greeted five new families. Again we thank you for your food and monetary donations. We are able to feed our neighbors 3 and 1/2 days of food or 11 meals.

Panera Bread donated bread and rolls this week. City Bakery donated loaves of bread. Other donated items were from Bright Farms-lettuce, Ingles and Bimbos bread, Wal-Mart and Big Lots, 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). Manna provided at no cost fresh produce including oranges, grapefruits, eggplant, peppers, cabbage, cucumbers, zucchini, apples, and squash.

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.