AMEN Serves 396 Families in April

The AMEN Food Pantry continued to be remarkably busy in the month of April. A total of 396 families were served for the month for a total of 1215 individuals. Food donations received were 6,615 pounds. Looking back to 2023, the pantry served 256 families and required eightyfour volunteers for a total of 154 hours. A total of 185 volunteers for 314 hours served the pantry this past month. This indicates the increasing food need in our area.

The mobile food pantry in Waldeck statistics were fiftysix families with 137 individuals. This is a service offered by Central Texas Food Bank; Amen provides the labor to distribute the food. Twentyfour volunteers assisted with the mobile pantry.

The spring/summer season brings fresh garden produce. AMEN welcomes fresh produce brought on Mondays at 9 a.m. or Thursdays between 10 a.m. and noon.

The upcoming summer months traditionally are the slowest time of year as to food donations and monetary donations. As we all enjoy the festivities of summer, we need to remember that the need for food assistance continues.

The AMEN Food Pantry continues to appreciate all in the community for their assistance at the food pantry, without your support the pantry would not be able to support the needs of the community. The correct mailing address forAMEN is P.O. Box 571, La Grange, Texas 78945, many letters have the AMEN street address and are delayed with delivery.