With the equivalent of 432 bags of groceries piled high behind them, the staff of Sonny’s Super Foods in Hot Springs poses for a photo with Sonny’s Manager Dan Grapentine, left, and Hot Springs Food Pantry Manager Kay Birkholt. Thanks to a joint effort by several members of the community, the large stack of food was purchased and delivered to the food pantry last Friday, Jan. 17. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star
LEFT: Food Pantry manager Kay Birkholt is assisted by members of the Hot Springs Bison boys basketball team as they begin to stack the donated canned goods in the back room of the pantry. Photo by Brett Nachtigall /FRC Herald-Star
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The process last Friday morning to get the groceries to the food pantry involved the use of Ace Hardware’s delivery truck to pick them up from Sonny’s, then the use of Builder’s First Source’s forklift to unload the pallets onto the sidewalk in front of the Food Pantry, and then the Hot Springs Bison boys basketball team to unload the pallets and carry it inside.
HOT SPRINGS – The saying “it takes a village” was demonstrated last Friday, Jan. 17, as 432 bags worth of groceries were picked up, delivered and placed on the shelves at the Hot Springs Ministerial Food Pantry.This past November, Sonny’s Super Foods kicked off a new “Meals for the Hungry” program at its four locations, which includes stores in Hot Springs, as well as Bridgep...