The fresh produce is expensive
in the grocery store.
So having that in mind that
a food pantry is maybe a little bit
different than most people might
consider a food panty distributing.
Melt in eggs and
dairy products and shelf-stable
brackets and powder solvents and
other things. Meat,
I mentioned also the meal.
So this week we are serving chicken
noodle soup, which has been really
popular.
But also we do have a meal here
every week. So again, we're serving
four days a week for people to come
to us for the meal.
It just takes a burden off of people
having to prepare one more meal,
take a half an hour to prepare it
for them and their families.
Do you see a lot of first time
visitors?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Another heartbreaking thing, yes, we
do see a lot of person.
Last week, there was even one
households that had never been here
before came for the very first time.
And to see the looks on their face,
they're frightened.
They don't know what to do or what
to expect.
And for many of them, they are
feeling shame.
And they're making a, telling
us that, sorry that I'm
here and apologizing for being here.
You greet them with a smile, you saw
Kevin here as our registering
clients and greeting them with
a smile and with one, it's okay,
we're here.
We're going to help you, so.
And it's people from all walks of
life.
It is, it is.
So it's the grandmother, the
working family, the seniors,
the veterans.
It is all walks, walks of light.
So we don't discriminate
here, we don't
We serve everybody that's coming
here, and we know that they're going
to be. We're here to be involved
with everybody that comes out.
We have people who work
with us and we want to help.
We're all in
this together,
and we're all wanting to compete
with lives with, you know, it's just
a basic need of food.
So money is
needed, and that's what I'm hearing
from other teachers, too.
The number one request, right?
So we can, again, make that dollar
stretch a little bit farther.
But again, the other thing is having
food brought in
for us, any kind
of shelf table product.
And we're happy for, as well as the
speaker, thank you very much.
Thank you very, very much, and thank
you all for being here.
I'm just trying to go out and get
some toilet paper so we can get our
clients to help.
So it's all those things that are
needed. And again, for some people,
one thing means more than the other.
Maybe it is that tangible item about
bringing the food item.
Maybe the others are easier for them
to write a check, but the both are
needed, and I know some food
countries are looking for
volunteers.
Fortunately, we've had an overload
of volunteer requests, I think over
300 applications, within the
last 10 days.
But unfortunately, we're not going
anywhere.
So one staff member is going to
be here, so we still need
volunteers. So, in the new year,
people can continue to work with one
of them out here.
The community here in
Dane County, Wisconsin, just
really appreciate them.
They're hearing us, they're hearing
all the food pantries.
I'm just going to tell them to
continue to give.
So when this may not
be in the news anymore,
we're still here because there are
still people that are needing help.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.