Thankful HEARTS FOOD PANTRY WAS ESTABLISHED 1991 BY MY LATE DAD LEONARD EPLING .

HIS DREAM WAS TO ASSIST FAMILIES IN NEED WITH FOOD , CLOTHING , DISASTER SUPPLIES .

THE VERY FIRST GIVEAWAY WAS 20CLIENTS COME OUT TO GET FOOD. HE WAS ON CLOUD NINE .

IN 2000 LORD TOOK MY DAD HOME DOING WHAT HE LOVED TO DO .HE HAS MASSIVE HEART ATTACK

AFTER UNLOADING TRUCK LOAD OF MEAL AND FLOUR ON HIS BACK . AFTER HIS PASSING WE RELIED

ON THE LORD FOR OUR NEEDS AT PANTRY .TODAY THERE OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED FAMILIES COME

THREW EACH MONTH FOR FOOD . DURING DISASTERS

WE GIVE CLOTHING ,FURNITURE, HYGIENE . DURING THE YEARS WE WITH BLESSING FROM THE LORD

DO SEVERAL EVENTS FOR COMMUNITY .EASTER GIVEAY , BACK TO SCHOOL, HALLOWEEN ,CHRISTMAS

IN WHICH HUNDREDS ARE SERVED.

EACH MONTH WE ARE BLESSED TO USDA COMMODITIES, CSFP SENIOR FOOD, MEAL SERVE WITH

RESQUED FOODS, PERISHABLE FOOD EVERY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY , DAILY EMERYGENCY FOOD , AND

SUMMER FEEDING .

WHILE THE LORD HAS BLESSED BEYOND WORDS . MY PRAYER AND GOAL IS FOR TO GET A BETTER

BETTER HEATED BUILDING . A PLACE TO DO PAPERWORK OUT OF COLD . BETTER TRUCK THAT HAS HEAT FOR OUR DRIVER .

WE HAVE LIMITED AMOUNT OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS SOME HAS BEEN THERE UP TO THIRTY YEARS OR MORE . DURING RAIN ,SNOW ,SLEET ,SUNSHINE THEY DRIVE FOR HOURS TO COME ASSIST FAMILIES IN NEED .

I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A BUILDING THAT CAN BE FIXED TO BE OURS , NOT TO PAY RENT . BUT HAVE A PLACE FOR THE VOLUNTEERS TO HAVE BETTER WORKING AREA.