Thank You! to Associated Bank Food Drive

Associated Bank ended its 125-day food drive for Peter's Pantry on December 28th. They were not only generous to ensure a weekly donation of at least 125 food items per week during the drive, but they ended it with a very much appreciated donation of $2,500.

From everyone at the pantry and those we help every day, we'd like to thank Associated Bank and all of its partners like Lakeside Foods and Festival Foods for organizing this very successful drive. With all of their help, we raised thousands of pounds of food to help the Manitowoc community.

Thank you!

Less Than One Month Left of Associated Bank Food Drive

Associated Bank, along with its partners, has been an amazing help to Peter's Pantry this fall. Their 125-day food drive to help fight hunger in Manitowoc has been very successful. With the help of Lakeside Foods, Festival Foods, other community businesses and people like you, the food drive has raised over 6,000 items so far! Their goal is 10,000 items by December 21st.

Food Drive Meter:

6,455/10,000

Help us help Manitowoc this holiday season by dropping off non-perishable items or canned goods today.

Peter's Pantry on the Radio!

With the help of Associated Bank, our pantry will be on the radio this week! Listen to WOMT-AM 1240 (Manitowoc) on Wednesday, Nov. 25 from 9:30-10 a.m. Representatives from Associated Bank and Peter's Pantry will be speaking about Associated's 125-day food drive for us.
We hope that the community will listen and consider donating food before Thanksgiving. The holidays are always a time of extra need at the pantry.

Especially needed items:

• Canned vegetables
• Canned cranberries
• Boxed stuffing
• Bread, rolls

Donate your Thanksgiving extras today!

Lakeside Foods Donates a Pallet of Canned Goods

On October 15, Lakeside Foods donated a whole pallet - approximately 85 cases - of canned vegetables to the Associated Bank food drive for Peter's Pantry. Check out the photo of Troy Freng, senior bank manager for Associated Bank and Denise Kitzerow, CFO and vice president-administration of Lakeside Foods delivering the cans.

85 cases is a lot of vegetables! Thank you Lakeside!

125-Day Food Drive with Associated Bank!

Associated Bank is sponsoring a 125-day food drive for Peter's Pantry! From August 12-December 21, 2009 Associated is trying to gather at least 125 food items per week for our pantry. So far, with the help of the community, over5,000 items have been donated to this drive.

If you'd like to donate, you can bring non-perishable food items or canned goods to any Associated Bank location in Manitowoc or Valders as well as Festival Foods, The Chamber of Manitowoc County, Holy Family Memorial locations, and the YMCA in Manitowoc.

Welcome!

Peter's Pantry is a non-profit food pantry that has served the Manitowoc, Wis. community for more than 21 years.

From January through June of 2009, the Pantry provided a total of 260,000 pounds of food to 4,811 families, or 16,785 Manitowoc area residents.

Each month, we give away over 37,000 pounds of food! Although we get some food items and money donated from local grocery stores, farmers, food drives, churches, and even other food pantries, our supply could never be large enough. Families in Manitowoc are in need, and our pantry is striving to fight hunger in our community.

How can you help?

We are located at 843 S. 21st Street in Manitowoc. You can drop food items off between 6 a.m. and Noon, Monday through Friday.
Most commonly needed non-perishable donations include:

• Pastas and sauces
• Soups
• Cereals
• Ready-to-make meals
• Dry goods
• Canned goods
• Peanut butter and jelly
• Personal hygiene items
• Household items (cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, etc.)

Are you interested in volunteering?

Peter's Pantry relies heavily on volunteers and community support to operate. Contact Roseann at 920-682-6989 to get involved.