By Joy Winheim | Executive Director
This morning, I was approached by a client that asked "How come we have no food in our food pantry?"
We have been getting this question more and more as the holidays area approaching. Somehow, hunger hurts more over the holidays. We have been struggling to keep our pantry shelves stocked. The demand for food has certainly outweighed the supply that we can provide.
Francis House operates it's pantry on a $500 per month budget from a private foundation. As you can imagine, $500 does not go far. We continue to utilize our local food bank to obtain the most food for our dollar, but even they are struggling to keep their shelves filled. The local food bank provides food for agencies across two counties and we sometimes get to the warehouse and find the shelves empty.
We continue to look to our community and our supporters to run food drives, shop for buy one, get one deals and even super coupon! Your donations have been a tremendous help to us just when we find ourselves in the most need.
Thank you and we hope that this holiday season brings you joy, peace and prosperity!
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