Our community has come through with donations of an office desk and chairs, sturdy work tables, lateral file cabinet, and some folding chairs. We no longer need the freezer-less, vegetable refrigerator. We still need a pallet jack and heavy-duty shelving. Please contact the Pantry via email (morrisonfoodpantry@gmail.com), or call Leveda Ashlin at 815-631-1171, in order to verify that we have not already received a donation of these items.
Our Board of Directors are Leveda Ashlin, Rick Deter, Ron Finnicum, Randy Kuehl, Carole Patton, Rick Smith, Cal Vandermyde, Kathie VanderVinne, and Deb Wikoff.
Our greatest need now is cash donations to offset the cost of the building; renovation; our ever-increasing need to purchase more food–due to an increase in client registration. Please send your donations to “Morrison Charitable Food Pantry NFP,” P. O. Box 324, Morrison, IL 61270. Write in the memo line that your donation is for the Building Fund. We are a stand-alone 501(c)(3) Corporation, recognized by the IRS and the State of Illinois as a charitable organization. If you need our EIN number for tax purpose, please note that, so we can provide it to you. As of Friday, July 14, 2023, we had $3030 in donations.
In the month of June we served 53 families, for a total of 156 people, of which 52 were 18 and under; 76 were from 19-64; 28 were 65 and over. This included ten new signups for the month. The need is real. Help us ease the food scarcity in our area.
As many of you have been able to see, we have a banner in front of our new building at 629 E. Lincolnway, formerly Hilltop Bowling Alley, proclaiming it is the Future Home of Morrison Food Pantry. Our volunteers have been hard at work cleaning; building a dividing wall between our Pantry area and the south end of the building; drawing up floor plans; [choosing] electrical plug-in locations. Electrical work is scheduled to start within the week.
We also need to do some duct work, [which] is above the new dropped ceiling. We need to drop the vents down. Two exterior doors and one interior door are on order and should be installed, hopefully, by mid-August.
If your garden is producing an over abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, please think of us. Our clients love getting good fresh fruit and vegetables, but lately we have had a problem getting good produce. We make our food distribution on Thursdays, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00. Volunteers are usually at the Pantry by 7:15 a.m. setting up and on Wednesdays from 10:15 to 11:00. You can drop your produce off at those times, or contact one of our Directors to arrange a drop-off time.
Morrison Charitable Food Pantry is located in the north entrance to Morrison United Methodist Church, at 200 W. Knox Street, on the south side of the street.