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Editor,
We all are truly blessed to live in such a beautiful and caring community like the Polson area. The Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry is truly a community asset available to those in need.
The Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry clients, volunteers and board are especially thankful and appreciative of the wonderful support it receives from local businesses, organizations, churches, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and private citizens. We recognize the public has many opportunities to donate to worthy causes and feel honored and entrusted that you chose to help the Polson Food Pantry fulfill its mission, i.e., of providing supplemental and emergency food to those in need.
The Pantry provides monthly emergency and supplemental food items to area residents (seniors, children/families, and individuals) in need of assistance at the rate of in excess of 404 client families or 1,021 individuals per month. With the current challenging economic environment, more and more folks are turning to the pantry for food assistance.
Loaves and Fish dispersed more than 153,500 pounds of food items locally during 2011. While numerous locally sponsored food drives contributed significantly to our dispersement effort, approximately 44 percent of those food items by weight came from our local supermarkets, Safeway and Super 1. We all owe them a special thank-you for helping the pantry help those in need.
This fall’s annual Town Pump Match Program was joined by Mission Mountain Les Schwab Tires to create an overall $7,000 match program on the Polson Food Pantry’s behalf. We are pleased to announce that our generous community (businesses, service organizations, churches, and caring individuals) helped the pantry exceed its goal.
As a reminder, the pantry is open for dispersement of food on Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and on Saturday mornings between 9 a.m. and noon.
Again, many thanks to the Polson area businesses, service organizations, schools, U.S. Postal Service, churches, Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and individuals who support Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry and its mission to help others. Without your help, our efforts would be greatly diminished.
Sid Rundell
Board Member and volunteer
Loaves and Fish Food Pantry
Polson
