14 Dallas Post Dallas, PA. Thursday, November 21, 2002 Food drive (continued from page 1) mentary School and Dallas High School Student Council are also conducting Thanksgiving drives for the Back Mountain Food Pantry. The Back Mountain Food Pantry is sponsored by the Back Mountain Ministerium, an ecu- menical group of church pastors and ministers. “All of the 27 churches in the Back Mountain, which is com- prised of the Dallas and Lake- Lehman school districts, are in- vited to become involved in this ecumenical group,” said Hazel- tine. “They meet monthly and the Rev. Janet Clark of Shavertown United Methodist Church is the current convener. They are very supportive of the food pantry. In fact, the collection at the ecu- menical service on Thanksgiving Eve at St. Therese’s Church is being donated to the food pantry.” The Back Mountain Food Pantry is one of 13 such food banks in Luzerne County. The pantries use their cash donations to purchase needed food items from the Weinberg Food Bank, which is part of the Luzerne Country Commission on Eco- nomic Opportunity. Food banks, like the one in Wilkes-Barre, serve pantries in several coun- ties. They can purchase food items directly from government agencies at greatly reduced prices and then sell to the pantries at nominal rates. They also have refrigeration available. “We are hoping to have refriger- ation when we move into our new facility,” said Hazeltine, who has been busy writing grants to help make that move possible. “Trucksville United Methodist Food bank drop points Several Back Mountain mer- chants are helping the collection by providing locations for the food to be dropped off. Non-per- ishable items may be dropped off at any of the locations listed be- low from November 7 through December 18. Cash donations, which will provide turkeys and fresh fruits and vegetables, may be sent to the Back Mountain Food Pantry, c/o Trucksville United Methodist Church, 40 Knob Hill, Trucksville, PA 18708. For more information, please call To subscribe, call 829-5000 Church has set aside 620 square feet of space for the food pantry in their new construction, We have to raise $62,000 to cover the estimated cost. We are about 70 percent of the way there.” Only monetary donations specifically earmarked go toward that construction project. The new facility will be a huge im- provement over the current loca- tion, which is in the basement of the old Trucksville municipal of- fice building. There, volunteers have to carry all donations down a narrow wooden staircase, sort them onto shelves, and separate the orders in the dimly lit room before the clients can haul them back upstairs. “We are hoping, hoping, hoping to be in by June,” said Hazeltine. The food pantry is seeking do- nations of canned vegetables like red beets, carrots, and potatoes. “We get a lot of green beans and Back Mountain « Food Pantry volun- teers, shown in the existing store room. From left: Bill Os- trum, St. Paul’s Lutheran; George Gallord, Trucksville United Methodist; Bill Long, Trucksville United Methodist; Bill Palmer, Trucksville United Methodist; Wally Gosart, St. Paul’s Lutheran. -, corn but very few people think to donate fruit. We can really use any kind of canned fruit and juices and applesauce, even box- es of scalloped potatoes. We pre- fer cans and plastic to glass con- tainers. We also need canned beef and chicken stew but we have an awful lot of tuna fish right now,” said Hazeltine. Also on the list of needed items are jelly, pudding, cake mixes, in- stant coffee, tea, powdered and canned milk and two pound box- es of sugar. Donations are being accepted at many local business- es. “We can always use other groups to sponsor drives. 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