Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Food Pantry Serves Three Counties; Has Empty Shelves; Needs Donations!

The Center Harbor Food Pantry is one of the largest in New Hampshire; serving over 400 families in over 22 communities. The pantry needs donations so it can be restocked and continue to respond to the ever increasing amount of need and demand in order to help the less fortunate.
We have never had so many people in need of help as we have today, and again, that number rises every month.  Many people are in need, struggle with bills and yet are unable to qualify for food stamps; thus leaving food pantries as their only redemption in this regard.  We distribute over 20,000 pounds of food monthly but could easily use over 40,000 pounds per month to simply meet and keep up with this growing demand.
Donations of product(s) and monetary help us to continue to achieve our mission of ensuring no person goes hungry.  Please visit our 'How to Help' section on our website at www.centerharborfoodpantry.webs.com where you can learn more about what you can do for our community!

Also, it's easier than ever to now donate to the Pantry via PayPal; simply click the link below and you'll be directed to our PayPal donation site.

Center Harbor Food Pantry Needs Food, Freezers, Refrigerators, A Truck & VOLUNTEERS!

The Center Harbor Food Pantry serves over 400 families in over 22 NH communities and has a severe need for food donations, volunteers and a reliable; preferably refrigerated truck to enable us to make over 17 weekly food runs to donors such as Hannaford's, The Boy Scouts, three schools, Moulton Farms, the state food distribution center in Manchester and various individuals.
Many low income families and individuals are still unable to qualify for food stamps; therefore pantries across the state fill a very critical need. The Center Harbor Food Pantry distributes over 20,000 pounds of food per month but we could easily distribute over 40,000 pounds of food per month due to our ever increasingly high demand.
Fresh fruits and vegetables are offered by the Center Harbor Food Pantry; making these available is not only a lot of work for volunteers to pick up, haul, unload and sort, but these items require refrigeration to keep them from spoiling.  Due to these constraints, many food pantries do not offer much produce to their clients.  The three antiquated refrigerators we have could literally fail at any moment in time.  Without cold storage for the produce, struggling families will lose a source of nutrients and calories in order to maintain health...and sustain life.
The 1,350 square foot pantry contains eight antiquated freezers...two of which recently failed.  A reliable truck(s), preferably a refrigerated box truck is urgently needed to replace the privately owned vehicle currently in use, which is close to complete mechanical failure and with zero financial means to maintain or replace it.  
Please help the Pantry to continue on our dedicated mission of feeding the hungry and those in need in our communities; any donation, whether it be large or small truly does have a tremendous impact.
Visit our website at www.centerharborfoodpantry.webs.com to learn more!

You may also donate today by PayPal through the link below; simply click on the link below to be directed to our donation site!