AMEN Serves 489 Individuals In September

For the month of Sept. 185 families were served for a total of 489 individuals. A total of 112 volunteers for 282 hours served the pantry. A total of 2,307 pounds of food was received as donations.

Donations can be brought on Monday mornings from 9 a.m. until noon or Thursday morning from 10 a.m. until noon. Monetary donations mail to P.O. Box 571 La Grange 78945, or dropped off at the Pantry.

Every Thursday AMEN will have staff from 10 a.m. till noon on location to receive donations. You can drive to the side of the building to the garage door area. There will not be any food distribution on Thursday. If possible, bring your produce during this time and early Monday mornings, an ideal time is 8:30 a.m.

The mobile pantry at Waldeck served 119 households for a total of 274 individuals. A total of 19 volunteers with 7,595 pounds were distributed. Any food not distributed is sent to AMEN. The pantry received a large amount of frozen food, bread products and pastries to distribute to pantry clients.

The holiday season is approaching and the need for food increases dramatically during this period. If your organization is holding a special food drive for the holiday season call (979) 968-3943 to arrange an alternate delivery time of product if the current receiving times does not work for you.