Elgin/New Leipzig Food Pantry to remain open!
The Elgin/ New Leipzig F ood Pantry will remain open thanks in part to Great Plains Food Bank and Community Action. Grant County recieved a partial truck load of food, to keep our food pantry open as part of a new program, the Food Bank was recently involved in a statewide Hunger study, and as a result they are interested in starting a few new rural outreach programs, one of which is Expanded Rural Delivery. While we don’t know how often they’ll be able to deliver to people’s doors, they began the pilot program on June 24th, in Grant County. Creating a HUNGER FREE North Dakota is the mission. 1 in 12 people use a charitable feeding network accross North Dakota, 40% are children. Although the state’s charitable feeding network as a whole provides slightly more food per person in poverty (111%) compared to the national average, 29 out of 53 counties remain under-served. Grant County is a county that remains under-served, with 0-27 pounds being distributed per person in need. Kelly Bachmeier, is the new director of the Elgin/ New Leipzig Food Pantry, for anyone wishing to donate food items or cash donations, the pantry is a non-profit 501c3 program. Kelly’s phone number is 701-471-4668 or anyone may mail a donation to PO Box 84, Carson, ND 58529.