AMEN Serves Over 400 Families in June

The AMEN Food Pantry appreciates all in the community that provided food aid for June. This would include all that provided monetary donations, food drives and the AMEN Gardens. The gardeners have been providing beets, kale, carrots and many other leafy vegetables. As noted with the numbers served have increased for the summer months with school no longer in session.

A recap for the month provides the following statistics. 406 families were served, which stood for 869 individuals served.

The donated food was 10,508 pounds. The number of volunteers was 260 for a total of 715 hours.

The impact of your generous donations provided this need. The AMEN board and volunteers say thank you. Monetary donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 571 La Grange, Texas 78945. Also you can go www.amenlagrange. org and make a donation through the link provided.

The impact for the first month prevented 2,000 plastic bags from being placed in landfills. The number will increase as our role becomes an integral part of an environmental community.