Food Pantry Volunteers Services
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MT43 News Reporter
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
MT43 News Reporter
Broadwater Food Pantry board members see their twice-a-month serving more and more families in the community as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits were curtailed by the federal government for 77,000 Montanans. For more information, please see the Montana Free Press story on our website.
According to Chairman and spokesperson Daryl Blumhagen, the Food Pantry served 48 families, including 94 persons at the pantry’s Saturday opening. On October 4th, the pantry served 38 families, including 69 persons; the next opening, 35 families came to the pantry for extra food, including 87 persons. “We are definitely seeing a growing need in our community for meat, bread, milk and canned goods,” he pointed out.
Blumhagen said he was encouraged by the community's outpouring of help. On October 29, Trailhead Church youth went door-to-door to gather 2,800 pounds of canned and dry goods for the food outlet. They were joined by youth from the Church of Latter-day Saints, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Elkhorn Community Fellowship and Mountain Valley Church.
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