Thank you to those who made an effort to donate food to the Page Community Food Drive on March 4. The Boy Scouts of America, Lake Powell District, sponsored the food drive with scouts, scout leaders and volunteers placing flyers on 90 percent of the residences in the two communities and business in our area, picking up donated goods along residential curbs and driveways and placing Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts at entrance doors of food stores.
A special thanks to Safeway, Walmart, Big O Tire, Slackers, Big Lake Trading Post, Page Lumber and Boston’s Ace Hardware in sharing flyers with customers and KPEG for announcing the BSA Community Food Drive, plus Pepsi for providing banners for this event. We al recognize all the volunteer trucks and trailers that picked up goods and hauled donations to the Community Food Bank.
Though we had a successful drive, the amount of donations collected was the smallest amount donated in several years for the extra and increased effort to reach out to the community for this important community need. As a community, we can do much better. The purpose of our food drives is to assist the food bank in feeding the hungry, less fortunate and financial poor individuals and families needing assistance. I praise the unsung heroes (volunteers at the food bank and food kitchen) for the countless hours devoted to this cause and program.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank some of those heroes, including the extended effort by Ruth Soloman, program director, Norm Maxwell, Mary Siebrecht, Leah Bird, Bob Mulkins, Loretta Lewis, Tim Windle and all the other unnamed volunteers. Secondly, the food bank is always grateful for what is received.