January 2012 Archive
Thank you to the following volunteers for giving of your time and energy during the month of December. Altogether, 520 people served 1,382 hours in our Lexington distribution center, at a total value of $29,520 to the food bank. The time spent sorting food drive donations and repacking bulk food product is an invaluable part of our operation and...
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Our volunteers come to us from all walks of life and for all different reasons. We host large groups – think 30+ Toyota employees working a full eight-hour shift – to much smaller groups. Two to three times a week, one of our smallest sets of volunteers comes to our warehouse to volunteer, but also accomplishes so much more while they...
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God’s Pantry Food Bank is pleased to announce the formation of its Morehead Regional Advisory Board. Comprised of concerned local leaders who either live and/or work in Bath, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Lewis, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and Rowan counties, the Regional Advisory Board was formed to assist the staff and board of God’s Pantry...
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It started with one $15 gift to God’s Pantry Food Bank in March 1993. The check was from Ruth Walton, a former bank teller at First Security Bank. Originally from Carlisle, she was a quiet woman who lived in a one bedroom condominium in downtown Lexington. She married one of her bank customers, Owsley. They had no children. Owsley passed away...
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Next week, God’s Pantry Food Bank is starting major renovation projects at its Lexington headquarters on Jaggie Fox Way in conjunction with our Come to the Table capital campaign. We are extremely excited to begin seeing physical transformations based on the success of this campaign and the generous financial commitments from individuals,...
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Normally filled with hundreds of pallets of food for families in need, this Friday night, God’s Pantry Food Bank will look quite different and will heat up with the smells of some delicious cuisine as Debra’s Social $timulus brings its 10th event, “Cooks for a Cause,” to the Food Bank’s Jaggie Fox Way distribution center. “Cooks for...
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