We are Christ-centered Friends who equip and encourage all people
to respond to God's love and transforming Spirit.
Friends Food Pantry is Celebrating One Year of Service to our Community!
We couldn't have done it without your help!
In 2010 we served 430 households, totaling 1,559 individuals!!
THANK YOU TO ALL who have supported this outreach to our neighborhood
through financial gifting, volunteering, and prayer.
We wish to name a few of you who have been working behind the scenes:
Our Food Pantry Committee:
Team Leader: Maureen Somers
Inventory Stocking: Kate Murphey, Victoria Korson
Committee member: (and Pantry night volunteer) Jan McClellan
Volunteer training and recruitment: (and pantry night volunteers) Beth
Murphy, Faith Marsalli
A special thanks to Glen White and Dragonfly Transition Program
for pick up, delivery, and stocking of food.
Other volunteers who have helped stock shelves under the direction of Kate
Murphey are:
Pam Beggs, Burt Clark, Molly O'Shaughnessy, Maureen Somers, Beth and Sam Murphy.
Our faithful team of food pantry night volunteers:
Christy, Carly, Robert Cox (Grace and Randy helped several nights), Jonathan
Hankins, Luke Hazel, Art Knight, , Jan McClellan, Beth Murphy, Karen Oberst,
Cindy and Marvin Prince,
Jeanette and Grazia Rutherford Swan (Grazia's friend, Rowan Jackman), Jessamyn
Schnackenberg, Maureen and Riley Somers.
Initial Friends House preparation to become a food pantry site:
Burt Clark, Phil Dussel, Luke Hazel, Guy Jakubowski, Art Knight, Ken Magee,
John Messenburg, Larry O'Leary, Brian Sebastian, and Bill Tamplen.
A special thanks to O'Leary's cement work, Winema Electric
and Rogers floors for discounts on their services.
Sign design: Jill Sebastian
Pelican Signs donated the sign.
Training support:
Niki and Dave Sampson along with Food Bank staff
St. Paul's Food Pantry: Frank and Renee Hernandez
Food donations:
Green Blade Bakery, Friends garden, Staunton Farms, and many of you! (Including
numerous toiletry items.)
Shoveling snow:
Basin Snow Removal, Andy Jansky, Art Knight, Ken Magee and Brian Sebastian.
Food Bank grant for $3,000- A separate grant covering food share cost, two freezers, one refrigerator and shelving.
Friends 2009 Christmas offering: $473.14
Children in our Godly Play circle made artwork for display
and Christmas gifts for food pantry clients.