Sentences with phrase «including local food pantries»

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Matthew McConaughey and Wild Turkey ® gave thanks to the bourbon brand's hometown by delivering 4,500 turkeys to the residents of Lawrenceburg, KY, including donating more than 500 turkeys to the local food pantry, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Oneida County Youth Bureau Director Kevin Green has recognized youth volunteers from The Center for Family Life and Recovery, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, John Bosco House, Utica Safe Schools / Underground Café and Dodge Pratt Northam Art Community all performed community service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway for Utica children, making Christmas cards to send to veterans and service members, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Walk to end Alzheimer's, Out of the Darkness Walk to Prevent Suicide, Making Strides to end Breast Cancer Walk, cleaning senior citizen's yards, preparing food and serving meals at local food pantries, youth mentoring and tutoring and other community activities.

She now works as an activist to fight corruption and help the poor and disenfranchised with a variety of local community programs, including The Community Pantry, a food pantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local famPantry, a food pantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local fampantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local families.

Through this project, we can help young adults who have left school and have no permanent residence; residents of emergency shelters (including those seeking refuge from domestic violence); individuals in transition from homelessness who are not self - sufficient; and homeless and food - insecure individuals using local food pantries.»

Oneida County Youth Bureau Director Robert Roth said youth volunteers from The Boys and Girls Club of the Mohawk Valley, Compeer of the Mohawk Valley, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Center for Family Life and Recovery, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, Utica Municipal Housing Authority, Utica Safe Schools / Healthy Students / Underground Café and the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley performed community service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway program for Utica children, collecting and distributing clothing to the children who reside in Utica's Municipal Housing Authority locations, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Multiple Sclerosis Walk and the American Cancer Walk, collecting food, preparing and serving meals at local food pantries, collecting donations and goods to aid animals at the Stevens Swan Humane Society and other community activities.

Oneida County Youth Bureau Director Bob Roth said youth volunteers from The Boys and Girls Club of the Mohawk Valley, The Center for Family Life and Recovery, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, Upstate Cerebral Palsy, Utica Safe Schools / Underground Café and the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley performed community service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway for Utica children, making Christmas cards to send to veterans and service members, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Walk to end Alzheimer's and Rome's Relay for Life, cleaning senior citizen's yards, preparing food and serving meals at local food pantries, folding and stuffing envelopes at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other community activities.

Most importantly, all of you on this Thanksgiving morning helped kids and families battling the nightmare of pediatric cancer, the People to People Food Pantry, and several other local worthy charities including two scholarship funds.»

Other short - term projects Hodges recommends include collecting and counting cans of food for two weeks before donating them to a food pantry and writing letters to local nurseries asking them to donate plants.

These include low - cost spaying and neutering, free educational programs for local schools and organizations, a pet - food pantry for financially challenged pet owners, and temporary foster care for the pets of owners who are in crisis or transition.

These alternatives include: • Financial help with food from a pet food pantry • Affordable medical care from local shelters • Resources for obtaining behavior assistance from trusted professionals from local shelters • If you still unable to keep your pet, a rehoming package to help you safely find a new family for your pet from local shelters

Included in the short - list are Ample Harvest — who featured on Jaymi's list of 10 Techy Tools for Gardeners — and who aim to match excess garden produce with food pantries around the country; CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture), which runs one of the oldest buy - local campaigns in the country; and Farming Concrete, which is aiming to quantify and track the amount of food grown in inner - city areas.

Key partners may include local and state public health departments, legal services, social work organizations, food pantries, faith - based organizations, and community development organizations.