Food Pantry Serves Over 300 Families In January

The AMEN Food Pantry continued to be very busy in the month of January. Three hundred and thirty families were served for the month for a total of 1,013 individuals. A total of 135 volunteers for 290 hours served the pantry. A total of 5,204 pounds of food were donated. When comparing to 2019, five years ago, the pantry served 174 families for a total of 504 individuals, as noted the volume has almost doubled in five years.

The mobile food pantry at Waldeck was cancelled on Jan. 16 due to inclement weather conditions.

AMEN 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.