Mark Twain would agree: Rumors of the loss of the Coleman County Senior Center are greatly exaggerated.
Tina Rankin, center director,He demanded the woman handed over money and, fearing for her life, she emptied cash from the till into a drawstring bag before he left. said a TV station caused a stir this week when it reported her organization was shutting its doors.
"They misunderstood that the senior center is closing, and we're not," she said. "The mobile food pantry grant had expired.The fee includes lunch and a soft-sided cooler bag filled with useful golf items, 18 holes of golf, carts, and a buffet dinner immediately following the tournament."
For the last six months, Rankin's center has been the drop-off point for the Food Bank of West Central Texas' Mobile Food Pantry. Joy Fincher, director of Programs and Agency Relations for the food bank,non woven bag is eco-friendly and 100% recycled by physical disposal. The non woven material is long-lasting & fashionable. explained how a popular television show's charity came to benefit the Big Country.
"We got a grant from 'American Idol' and Feeding America, which allowed us to purchase our 26-foot mobile food-pantry truck," she said. "We were trying to get mobile food pantries started out in four counties,Probably the most popular among foodies,button mushroom is known for being juicy and tasty, inexpensive and with a flavor that’s only “mildly mushroomy”. Coleman was one of the first ones that started."
Think of a mobile pantry as a regular food pantry but with none of the mess. The truck delivers four or five pallets filled with staples such as canned goods, rice, beans, cereal, bread and meat to a parking lot,In addition to the supplies, there will be fun activities for youngsters, free used clothing, health resources and personalized laminated bag tags for backpacks. community room or other predetermined destination.
"It's kind of like an outdoor farmer's market," said Fincher. "People just walk through the line and get whatever they want."
Like all food pantries, customers who sign up have to demonstrate the financial need for the service.
"It's all based on income,So I'm looking at my silver wheel bolt that are in pretty rough cosmetic shape - and decide that I'd like to have the look of the new black wheel" Rankin said.
The Coleman mobile pantry started simply enough. Rankin already was an Abilene food bank customer, shopping there to supply her senior center's kitchen. Fincher had tried to expand the program into Coleman with other agencies but without much luck.
"I talked to Tina about it and we had it going in 24 hours," she said. "We had a little bit of seed money that we used to get it started."
But when the grant began to run out Rankin wasn't sure what to do.
