Milton Food Pantry Drive
News of the Milton Food Pantry drive for the Christmas Meal and the Childrens Gift Program reached me late today, and I wanted to publish this worthy cause even though the distribution date was December 17th. The community's donations enabled the pantry to serve Christmas meals and gifts to 160 families. They were also able to provide hats, mittens and new scarves as well as quilts to all new pantry users. Volunteers, businesses and donations from the community made it all possible.
This is the Milton Food Pantry, at the North end of Hilltop Drive. Their mailing address is P.O. Box 471.
Beside giving credit to those who worked hard to pull this all together, the purpose of this blog is two fold;
First, to let you know that the Christmas Meal and the Childrens Gift Program are annual events worthy of your support every year. I'll get a blog out as well as a letter to the editor in the Milton Courier asking for your help BEFORE the event next year.
Second, to let you know that the Milton Food Pantry would welcome your donation on any day of the year. 100% of your donation goes directly back to the people in our community. Their needs are ongoing, and the needs of the people they are serving in this economy are increasing. According to the Food Pantry Board, the requests for help have increased by more than 25% this year. The unemployment levels in our area remain too high, and while they rate of unemployment is declining, it is improving at a snail's pace. Please do whatever you can to help.
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