Sweden Food stuff Pantry delivers many thanks

Expensive Sun Places: By the time anyone reads this letter, we will have previously rung in the new calendar year. As I mirror upon 2020, I understand that the Sweden Foods Pantry has substantially to be grateful for.

We have remarkable donors. People domestically and from much away shown that we are all neighbors encouraging neighbors.

The Bridgton-Lake Area Rotary Club not only became energetic in donating Overall health and Wellness Luggage for local pantries, helping when we professional a box shortage but also brought area pantries together for the to start with time via Zoom to talk about issues and share tips. Following every single conference, I walked absent with new alternatives and thoughts to assistance get us through these abnormal situations. It indeed normally takes a village.

The United Way of Androscoggin and Oxford Counties assisted with donations early on at a time when costs were being growing and some items have been starting to be scarce.

A grant from Good Shepherd authorized us to order a utilized van through Ripley and Fletcher in South Paris. The proprietor, Joe gave us a great offer. We will now be shielded from the snow, rain, sleet and hail when finding up food items. Muddy River Indicators from Bridgton also gave us a great deal on the signage for the van.

Governor Mills, as a result of the assistance of the Federal Agriculture Office, created grants out there to regional pantries. This grant was processed by Catholic Charities. SFP utilized for it and received funding to offset our more than-expenditure on food items costs.

I would be remiss if I did not mention our great volunteers. Because of to COVID-19, about fifty percent of the volunteers have been in a large-possibility category so ended up no lengthier on the record.

It was vital to continue to keep a modest group of dependable men and women to maintain security at the forefront. There are no text to convey how considerably I respect just about every and each one of them. Some work guiding the scenes and other people are at the forefront. Collectively, we have delivered to the participants without a hitch.

We experienced a number of area gardeners occur by with new make in the course of the escalating year. There is almost nothing better than vegetables coming suitable out of the garden.

At some position in 2021, we are all seeking forward to going again to a browsing design where our participants can come inside of and do their personal browsing, rather than the push-by approach necessitated by the pandemic.

SFP has each a website and a Fb site. Verify it out at wwwswedenfoodpantry.org. Once more, thanks for the guidance. We are in fact all neighbors serving to neighbors.—Linda, Sweden Food Pantry Director, Sweden

Response: This is a lovely thank you letter and I am generally so happy to share these with everyone in Sun Places Land. I am generally impressed by all the hard function and generosity that goes into retaining these non-gains managing and viable. You have presented all of us an inside of peek into what it requires. Could you be blessed in your work.

The Sweden Foodstuff Pantry gains persons from Sweden, Fryeburg, Lovell, Waterford, Stoneham, Stow and Albany Township. Nonetheless, any individual in require of food is welcome.

Tax-deductible donations can be built by examine payable to: Sweden Food Pantry, 137 Bridgton Highway, Sweden, ME 04040

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