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Step Up to the “Plate”
Written By: Jenny King | Issue: 2016/11 - November
It’s turkey time (or ham time, or both)!
Thanksgiving is when we give thanks for our abundance with overloaded tables and tummies. We suffer an embarrassment of riches and enjoy the leftovers for days.
Not everyone in Highlands is so lucky. The Food Pantry of Highlands does what it can to mitigate the situation, but your help is needed.
Executive Director Marty Rosenfiled says, “When faced with food scarcity and lack of work on the Plateau, the holidays certainly can be challenging. By mid-month all the country clubs have closed, and business in general has slowed down. Plenty of our clients now find themselves with little work and hungry families. We at the food pantry are struggling to find where we are going to get turkeys and trimmings for 75 families. Christmas is just around the corner and we need some Angels to step up to the plate. I’m hoping we can work some magic and buy food for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays soon. MANNA does a good job, but they won’t be coming up with turkeys and hams. We can use food and monetary donations, along with personal hygiene items, etc.”
With many of the businesses and clubs in town closing, it puts an extra strain on the Food Pantry. Many volunteers and donors have left for warmer climes and we need to step up. If you participated in August’s Poverty Simulation, you understand what pantry clients face. Can you imagine having hungry children or grandchildren? How are our less-than- fortunate elders faring? Please consider helping any way you can.
Food and money are always needed, but Rosenfield says many of his summer volunteers have gone back home. Do you have an hour or two a month you can donate in this time of need? Give from your heart as well as your wallet and help the Food Pantry of Highlands now.
For more information contact Marty Rosenfield at (828) 526-9828.
