Food Pantry Served Record Number Here 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. The volume of clients served was the largest in AMEN food pantry’s history. The month of November 401 families were served with a headcount of 1,204 served. The donated food was 11,956 pounds. The volunteers that assisted were 148 and they contributed 420 hours.

This a 26% increase over October which was our largest served at that time. 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 provideAMEN with the ability to serve the community in this need. One cannot forget the volunteers; all labor is volunteers and countless hours are provided to serve the community. The board of AMEN wants to thank all for their support.

AMEN provides the labor to assist the Central Texas Food Bank donation site at Waldeck. 83 households were served. 6,277 pounds of food were distributed with twentyfour volunteers providing the labor. The pantry will be closed Friday, Dec. 21 through Jan.1, 2024. Donations need to be brought no later than Thursday, Dec. 20. AMEN will be open on Tuesday January 2nd to distribute food from 9 to 11:45am. This closure will allow our volunteers the time to be with family and friends.

Monetary donations may be mailed to P O Box 571, La Grange, Texas 78945. Food donations may be brought on Mondays 9 a.m. till noon or Thursday 10 a.m. till noon. Special arrangements for food delivery can be made, if necessary, call the Pantry at 979968-3943, leave a message, a volunteer will contact you.