AMEN Serves 370 Families in August

The AMEN Food Pantry continues to serve large numbers. The call for assistance from the community to assist with providing food was excellent and thanks to all that assisted with the food shortage.

Items in need are the following: pork and beans, ranch style beans, oatmeal, pineapples, peaches, stew, canned chicken, dumplings, canned salmon, hamburger helper and saltine crackers. Also in need of green beans and corn.

Atotal of 370 families were served for the month ofAugust for a total of 1,158 individuals. A total of 174 volunteers for 708 hours served the pantry. A total of 7,963 pounds of food were donated. The impact of inflation has brought more individuals to require food.

AMEN has staff on location to receive donations every Thursday from 10 a.m. - noon. There is no food distribution on Thursday. If possible, bring your produce during this time and early Monday, an ideal time is 8:30 a.m. Monetary donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 571 La Grange, Texas 78945.