Our church women, individuals in the community, and other church organizations in the community donate money to buy yarn. Our women then buy the yarn and take it to Portage to the prison.

The Assembly food pantry still exists and operates as food pantries usually do: once per month, not every month, folks pick up their food on certain days, etc. The other "branch" of food pantry in Ellendale attempts to get food to the rural folks who need it, whatever that may take. Attached are copies of a letter to community people, a press release for the local newspaper, a note that goes into each delivery of food.

Are you a deer hunter? Is there someone in your congregation who is? Will you be hunting in a "Zone T" area? This is the second year for a new program in the state of Wisconsin that can help feed the hungry right in your own community. Every year there are hunters who are fortunate enough to bag one or more deer but who do not have use for all the meat. Now, through a program of the Wisconsin DNR with the cooperation of groups like Hunters Against Hunger and Hunt for the Hungry, you can donate all or part of your deer to be given away at local food pantries.

The local food pantries were in need of food, and our members certainly were willing to help out. Here is the plan we used to make sure that the food received actually matched the current needs of the food pantries.