AMEN Serves Over 288 Families In November

December is a month of celebration with friends and family as we all look forward to the festive time of the year. The food pantry provides relief to those individuals that have the need. There is not a food shortage, however an income shortage that has individuals choose groceries or not pay the rent.

AMEN aid provides relief of stress for these individuals. All the monetary donations and the food product donations are provided from the community. These donations provide AMEN with the ability to serve the community in this need. One cannot forget the volunteers; all labor is done by volunteers and many hours are provided to serve the community.The board ofAMEN wants to thank all for their support, and we all make the holiday season a joyful season.

For the month of November, 288 families were served with a headcount of 840 served. The donated food was 5,269 pounds. The volunteers that assisted were 112 at total hours of 272. AMEN provides the labor to assist the Central Texas Food Bank donation site at Waldeck where 102 households were served and 6,667 pounds of food were distributed with 22 volunteers providing the labor.

On the first Monday in December, 101 families received food at the pantry which is 20% above prior year in the number of patrons served. Assistance from the community is requested with monetary and/or food donations.

The week of Dec. 25 the pantry will be closed and will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 3 regular hours Monetary donations may be mailed to P. O. Box 571, La Grange, Texas 78945.

Food donations may be brought on Mondays from 9 a.m. till noon or Thursday from 10 a.m. until noon. Special arrangements for food delivery can be made, if necessary, call the Pantry at (979) 968-3943 and leave a message, a volunteer will contact you.