CARTERVILLE, Ill. -- The Poshard Foundation has announced on Monday they are donating $108,500 to local food pantries in southern Illinois.
The organization said area food pantries are struggling, especially with providing nutritious food to children in need.
“With this $108,500 distribution to pantries, we will help feed many vulnerable children. Over the past twenty-four years, we’ve learned that good nutrition is part of the healing process. We ask participating pantries to give us their strategies for getting the food into the hands of children,� said Jo Poshard.
“Only a few months ago, we gave our annual grants to social service agencies that are working to heal the emotional and psychological damage inflicted on many southern Illinois children, but our first step is to help heal the hunger,� said Glenn Poshard.
“A two or three thousand dollar grant to a local pantry may not sound like much, but often the pantry can use that money to leverage greater purchasing power with federal food banks and other organizations with whom they work,� added Jo Poshard.
A list of area food pantries receiving the donations are as follows...
- Arrowleaf Client Choice Food Pantry, Cairo
- Ava-Trico Area Food Pantry
- Benton/West City Ministerial Alliance
- Bethany Village, Anna
- Bethel Temple Evangelistic Ministries, Mounds
- Cambria Food Pantry
- Centralia Community Benevolent Association
- Chester Area Christian Food Pantry
- Christian Community Compassion Center, Harrisburg
- City of Hurst Emergency Food Bank
- Community United Pantry, Carterville
- COPE � Christian Outreach Program Emergency Food Pantry, Metropolis
- Crosswalk Community Action Agency, West Frankfort
- Du Quoin Food Pantry
- Emmanuel Temple Ministries, Metropolis
- Faith Liberty Mission Church Food Pantry, Du Quoin
- Friends of Jesus Food Pantry, Equality
- Gallatin County Food Pantry, Shawneetown
- God’s Pantry � Caledonia Community Church, Olmsted
- Good Samaritan Ministries, Carbondale
- Goreville Ministerial Alliance
- Grand Tower Food Pantry
- Greater Galatia Food Pantry
- Hands of Hope, McLeansboro
- Herrin Community Pantry
- Herrin House of Hope
- Hope’s Entourage, Inc., Mt. Vernon
- JC Manna Mission, Johnston City
- Jesus es el Senor UMC � Joe’s Mall Food Pantry, Cobden
- Johnson County Blessings in a Backpack
- K-Lees Food Pantry NFP, Goreville
- Least of the Brethren Ministry, Pinckneyville
- Loaves and Fishes at Anna United Methodist Church
- Marion Ministerial Alliance
- Murphysboro Food Pantry, Inc.
- Park Avenue Baptist Church Food Pantry, Mt. Vernon
- Purpose House Church � Love Goes Outreach Program, Colp
- Refuge Temple Food Bank, Marion
- Roads Church Pantry, Norris City
- St. Kateri Snackpack Program, Ridgway
- Salem Food Pantry, Jonesboro
- Sesser Valier Area Lifeline
- Shawnee Development Council, Inc., Karnak
- Sparta Food Pantry
- The Promise, Marion
- Thebes Food Pantry
- Thompsonville Community of Christ Food Pantry
- Victory Dream Center, Carbondale
- Vienna First Baptist Church
- Waltonville Free Will Baptist Church
- Wayne County WADI
- We Love White County, Carmi
- Whiteash Free Will Baptist Church Food Bank, Marion
- Williamson Baptist Association
Over the last two years, the Poshard Foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars for area food pantries to help with purchasing highly nutritious foods for children.
