September 2009

--Please forward this to your Canton family and friends
--We are looking for someone who can update our very old, very out of date website
Dear Friends,
The Canton Food Pantry clients and volunteers thank your for agreeing to be on our email distribution list! Your kindness is greatly appreciated. Many of our families come for a few weeks or months at a time, tand then when they can get by without us we don't see them. So now we are seeing new families for the first time, and the return of some past ones, as school opens and budgets are stretched to the limit. Most of us can identify with parents trying to outfit the kids with a new backpack or pair of sneakers, and can understand how hard it must be not only not to be able to do that, but to not be able to put food on the table. I met a woman last week who had not eaten the day before because she had so little food she wanted to make sure her daughter had enough. She was let go from her job, had not found a new one, and unemployment had not started yet. It felt really good to be able to help her in such an ordinary way, and she cried when she saw the groceries she was able to take home. Thank you for helping us help her.
Your Friends at the Food Pantry
This month we are asking for donations of:
Peanut Butter
Toilet Paper
Soap and Shampoo
Donations may be dropped off at the following locations:
Canton Food Pantry, 960R Washington St., (rear of Rodman Building) Monday 7-9am
Canton Co-Operative Bank, 671 Washington St., Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Bank of Canton, 557 Washington St., Mon - Fri 9am-5pm
Canton Public Library, 786 Washington St., Mon 1-9pm, Tues-Thurs 9:30am-9:00pm
Pratt Realtors, Inc., 1475 Washington St., Daily 7am-5pm