AMEN Serves 287 Families in February

The AMEN Food Pantry appreciates all in the community that provided food assistance for the month of February. This would include all that provided monetary donations, food drives and the AMEN Gardens.

A recap for the month provides the following statistics: 287 families were served, which represented 846 individuals served. Donated food: 6,394 pounds. The number of volunteers was 170 for a total of 430 hours. The impact of your generous donations provided this need.

Monetary donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 571 La Grange, Texas 78945. Also you can vosot www. amenlagrange.org and make a donation through the link provided. You can also follow AMEN on Facebook listed as Area Ministries of Emergency Needs.

AMEN wants to become greener and reduce the number of plastic bags used to accommodate shopping. AMEN is asking the community if they have any reuseable shopping bags to donate to the pantry. The bags can be dropped off Monday and/or Thursday during business hours. The pantry is open to provide products Monday 9 a.m.-noon and open on Thursday for drop off 10 a.m.-noon.