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Hancock County Exchange Club helps Food Pantry
The Hancock County Exchange Club recently collected several boxes of food and cash donations for the Hancock County Food Pantry. In photo are members of the Exchange Club who meet every Thursday at noon the Waveland Holiday Inn.	Echo	staff photo by Ellis C. Cuevas.
A community service agency, the Hancock County Food Pantry is really seeing an increase in demand for aid.
As most of you know, the Hancock County Food Pantry is totally operated by volunteers. There is no paid staff.
The Food Pantry is operated by volunteers from area churches and it is open Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon. It is located in the Hancock County Civil Defense Building on Ulman Avenue behind the Justice Court.
Aileen Sauzer, Food Pantry president reports there were 478 people helped in July, 545 in August, and 446 for September and October.
To give you an idea, on Wednesday, Nov. 17, during the three hours, some 52 deserving people were served by the Food Pantry.
This places a big demand on the Food Pantry’s sup-ply-
True, during this time of year many organizations and groups have food drives, and this is a big help, yet,
Mrs. Sauzer reports the pantry can use more assistance as the demand from the community increases.
The Food Pantry’s primary supporter is the United Way of South Mississippi in addition to donations from churches, organizations, groups and individuals.
If you can provide some help to the Hancock County Food Pantry, give Mrs. Sauzer a call at 467-2790, from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday. If she is not in, just leave a message and she will return your call.