In September, Venture Churches Food Pantry
provided assistance to 143 people in 48 households. This included 66
adults, 42 children, and 35 senior citizens. We also welcomed 5 new
families. Our volunteers gave over 143 hours of their time to make this
possible.
Once again, we were the
lucky recipients of beautiful vegetables from the children at the First
Reformed Church of Bethlehem. They have created and tended a garden all
summer. We applaud all their efforts and appreciate their
willingness to share the bounty with their community!
Venture Churches Food
Pantry is pleased to announce that on Oct. 1, 2024 we will be receiving a Bruce
Sowalski Award from the Food Pantries of the Capital District to help defray
the costs of installing an ADA chair lift for access to the basement shopping
area. This brings us a little closer to our goal of raising $5470 to install
the lift. We have also received a small contribution from the First Bank of
Coxsackie and are continuing to seek grants from other local charitable foundations.
Market 32 in Glenmont had a "purchase a bag" event
to benefit VCFP. Though this event has ended, it was a quick
and easy way to support the pantry while shopping, simply telling the
cashier at checkout that you'd like to purchase the $10 bag. They then
added the bag to your purchases and VCFP received the food.
Next month we are focused on collecting the
following items:
canned or boxed potatoes
canned corn, canned peas
boxed pasta (other than
spaghetti)
personal hygiene items
(shampoo, conditioner, razors etc.)
Thank you to all of you for consistently
supporting our pantry and the members of our community.