food shelf

Letter: Thanks to community for food shelf support

Aug 7, 2019

To the editor:Thanks again to the community and businesses of Lake City for your continued support of the Lake City Food Shelf.Even with cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, our shelves are well filled and we will meet the needs of food challenged clients here in...

Bethany Sunday school raises funds for Lake City Food Shelf

May 22, 2019

Bethany Lutheran Church Sunday school raised $555 for the Lake City Food Shelf.Front: Lucas Hough; second row, from left: Avery Ohlhaber, Greta Brand, Kambrie Scolley, Henry Hough, Leah Anderson and Neveah Anderson; back row, from left: Olivia Ohlhaber, Ella Rumley, Aiyana Scolley, Aiden Scolley,...

Community support is key to food shelf success

Feb 13, 2019

The Lake City Food Shelf has served the greater Lake City Community since the early 1980s without having a paid staff or large corporate donors for support. Instead, the success of the Lake City Food Shelf can be attributed to many donors, giving varying amounts, and thousands of hours donated...

Five for Food 2019 two times better

Jan 30, 2019

Five for Food, an initiative of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation for the Lake City Food Shelf, begins its fifth year during February and March. Thirteen sponsors have stepped forward with contributions from $500 to $1,000 for a total of $10,000. The funds in the sponsor pool will be...

Chamber donates to food shelf with food and fall decorating donations

Dec 19, 2018

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce presented the Lake City Food Shelf with 60 pounds of food donated at the Patton Park Lighting Ceremony, plus a check in the amount of $400 from their Fall Decorating Project. From left: Michelle Larson, Chamber executive director; Carole Helgerson, Food Shelf...

Local churches trick-or-treat for food shelf

Nov 7, 2018

Youth groups from First Lutheran, St. Mary’s Catholic and United Methodist churches canvassed local neighborhoods on Halloween, trick-or-treating for the Lake City Food Shelf. Over 1,100 pounds of non-perishable food items and $65 in cash were collected and donated. All three churches expressed...

Thrift shop provides summer hams

Aug 1, 2018

Volunteer workers at the Lake City Food Shelf welcomed the Rev. David Badgley when he arrived with certificates for free hams at the food shelf. The certificates are donated by the Pass It On thrift shop in Lake City, which is owned and operated by the First Congregational Church, UCC, in Lake City...

Scouts food drive nets over a half ton of donations

Dec 6, 2017

Lake City Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts went “Scouting for Food,” harvesting over 1,350 pounds of donations for the Lake City Food Shelf. This annual food collection drive gives scouts an opportunity to actively serve their community and to practice the scouting principle of doing “a good turn daily.”...

Scouting for food collection is Saturday

Nov 15, 2017

The Lake City Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts have teamed up again this year for another food drive.Scouting For Food is a nationwide food drive sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America which was started over 30 years ago as a way for troops and packs to help the families in need in the community that...

Youth groups collect for food shelf on Halloween

Nov 8, 2017

Youth groups from First Lutheran, St. Mary’s and United Methodist churches in Lake City went door-to-door on Halloween to collect food for the Lake City Food Shelf. Together with the community, they were able to donate over 800 pounds of food to the food shelf on Nov. 1. The trick-or-treaters...