 Foreground Bill Baumann Food Kart Chairman, background Bob Stanton Kiwanis Member collect food at Dan's Big M in Eagle Bay. |
On Saturday, July 5, The Kiwanis Club of the Central Adirondacks sponsored its 6th Annual Food Kart Day for the Webb Community Food Pantry and it was very successful. The Webb Community Food Pantry, located at St. Bartholomew's Church is always in need of additional non-perishable food items.
Kiwanis members and other volunteers were stationed at Kalil's Market in Inlet, DiOrio's Supermarket in Old, Forge, Dan's Food Mart in Eagle Bay, and Kinney Drugs in Old Forge. They asked shoppers to consider buying an additional non-perishable food item and drop them off in the grocery carts stationed as they exited the stores. Each shopper was provided with a "Shopping List" of typical non-perishable food items that might be purchased for the Food Pantry.
The shoppers were very generous and cart after cart was filled with various food items. Eileen Tobin of St. Bartholomew's Church, who is the Webb Food Pantry Coordinator, expressed her sincere thanks.
At the end of the day, Kiwanis volunteers transported more than three pickup truck loads of food items to the Webb Community Food Pantry located at St. Bartholomew's Church for distribution as needed and collected more than $400 in cash donations.
Kiwanian Bill Baumann, chairperson for this Kiwanis event stated, "The cooperation of the store owners was outstanding and the generosity of the shoppers who took the extra time to purchase an item for the Food Pantry was rewarding to see. It also turned out to be a learning experience for many families to explain to their children why they were giving food to other families."
(Posted July 7, 2014)
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