Adel Good Samaritan Food Pantry Soon to Have New Home

Adel Good Samaritan Food PantryCourtesy of Adel Food Pantry:

The Good Samaritan Food Pantry in Adel will soon have a new home.

Due to the increased services offered at the food pantry, we have outgrown our current space at the United Methodist Church.

Over the past year, we have almost doubled our kid’s programs and continue to serve more families on a monthly basis. 

Each week, Wal-Mart in Grimes and Fresh Thyme from West Des Moines, are donating fresh produce, bread, eggs and soon to expire items. Last week we had 65 large boxes of food from Wal-Mart alone. This is a mixed blessing because it is awesome for the clients we serve but a challenge for our volunteers to find space and storage for all this food.

Last summer, the executive board approached Tim Canney of the ADM school board, to see if there was space at the ADM Administration Center (old middle school) to house the pantry. He took it to the school board and after much discussion and legal review; a lease for the old lunchroom space was completed. ADM is willing to partner with us to help support the Feed the Kids programs because it is hard to educate a hungry child.

Improvements to the space will need to be made – additional wiring, painting, appliances, furniture etc. that we hope to have completed within the first quarter of 2017. To cover these expenses, we are in the process of  writing grants and seeking donations from corporations in Dallas County.  

Many people will be needed to help complete the work and the move. Please let us know if you would like to participate with time, talent or donations toward this move.  

To volunteer contact Celia at 515-478-3760.  If you would like to donate to the renovation project please contact Keith Troester at gsfptreasurer@gmail.com or mail your donation to Good Samaritan Food Pantry 115 S. 10th St. Adel, IA  50003.  Your donation is tax deductible.

Also, please keep us in your prayers.  We need all the help we can get.

Good Samaritan Food Pantry of Adel
215 N. 11th St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 478-3760
Website: www.adelfoodpantry.com
Facebook: Good-Samaritan-Food-Pantry