Press Room
The Rainbow of Food
At God’s Pantry Food Bank, we are privileged to experience many touching moments –with grateful clients picking up an emergency food box, with volunteers who are as passionate about ending hunger as we are or with financial donors whose generosity and caring hearts bring forth gifts that allow us to touch so many lives.
We recently experienced one of these particular moments when we were fortunate to meet five-year-old Ralph Bright. Ralph is the grandson of longtime Nathaniel Mission pantry volunteer Howard Bright. Mr. Bright passed away this fall and little Ralph wanted to do something to honor his Granddad.
Mr. Bright was always passionate about giving back to the community, so Ralph decided he wanted to put together a canned good donation for the pantry where his grandfather had volunteered his time. Ralph began collecting a “rainbow” of his favorite foods. At his school, Ralph was taught about having a rainbow of colors on his plate at every meal to stay healthy.
So, by sharing his “rainbow” of canned goods, Ralph was able to share what he had learned at school and pick out a few cans of each of his favorite foods to share.
Community Services Coordinator Linda Lancaster, who oversees all of the Fayette County pantries and worked with Mr. Bright for many years, met with Ralph, his mom Melissa and Reverend David McFarland from Nathaniel Mission, at the pantry in November so he could drop off his donation of canned goods.
Ralph really enjoyed the opportunity to stock the shelves, “just like Granddad did for many years.”
“God’s Pantry is doing great work and we are so thankful that we could help a few families by bringing a rainbow to them on their next shopping trip,” Ralph’s mother Melissa said.
We salute Ralph for his kind heart and giving spirit at the tender age of five. And we thank Mr. Howard Bright for his many years of dedicated service to God’s Pantry Food Bank and the Nathaniel Mission pantry.