[May 04, 2019]      

Local food pantries including Logan County Food Pantry, Holy Family Food Pantry and Jefferson Street Christian Church Food Pantry each received a portion of over 1000 items which were collected at the Logan County 4-H Food Drive held at Lincoln IGA on National 4-H Day of Service April 27th. Over 20 adult 4-H volunteers, 4-H Alumni, and 4-H members assisted on the day of the drive at Lincoln IGA with the collection. In addition, five local 4-H clubs collected food during their April club meetings to boost the drive including Beason Ag, Hartem Clovers, Middletown 4-H’ers, The Pioneers, and Topper 4-H.

Jim Hostetter, of Jefferson Street Christian Church Food Pantry, indicated the donation of food items from the 4-H Food Drive will boost their efforts to assist approximately 150 families each month with supplemental groceries. Logan County Food Pantry representatives also indicated the donated items will benefit approximately 400 families served by the Logan County Food Pantry per month.

Partners for the 4-H food drive included Bayer/Monsanto Production of Illiopolis who donated use of a trailer for the collection of items and Lincoln IGA who hosted the food drive at their store.

National 4-H Day of Service is an annual event taking place the last Saturday of April. For further information about 4-H contact the Logan County 4-H Office at 732-8289.

Pictures by Patty Huffer

Ethan Bertram, Wade Davis, and Kaden Entwistle near the trailer provided by Bayer/Monsanto – Illiopolis for our 4-H Food Drive collection.

 

Keller Judd, member of the Chester 4-H club promoting 4-H Food Drive inside IGA

 

Sarah Irwin, 4-H Alumni, and Paul Schwantz, member of the Wide-a-Wake 4-H club promoting Food Drive outside of IGA