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โ€œ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’…๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•.โ€ Glen-Ed Pantry

This morning, CEO had an eye-opening business visit with Glen-Ed Food Pantry Executive Director (Jane Ahasay) and Pantry Manager (Susan Schueler).

Our students were able to tour the brick and mortar location in the heart of Edwardsville. Susan and Jane shared how the food pantry works as well as the business details of running a nonprofit.

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–โ‰๏ธ

-----> ๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐‘ต๐’๐’-๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’Š๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐‘ท๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‚ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ผ๐‘ซ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฌ๐‘ป! While the Glen-Ed Food Pantry relies on the generosity of volunteers and their time, Executive Director, Jane, still has to report to a board of directors and plan for unexpected expenses, projected growth and the future!

----> โค๏ธ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ญ๐‘ท (๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†) ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ 600 ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ณ๐’€?! There are people in need in EVERY community. Susan and Jane encouraged our students to keep their eyes open in whatever community they plant roots and find ways to give back in whatever ways possible.

-----> ๐Ÿ‘š ๐†๐…๐ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ! Clothing, toys, shoes, dรฉcor, toiletriesโ€ฆthey accept it all! Many household items donated go to the Second Chance Thrift Shop located on the second floor at Glen-Ed Pantry. Client families receive a gift card to shop for free, and anyone can shop at our affordable prices. All proceeds help support programs at the pantry.

-----> ๐ŸŽ„Do you currently have Christmas dรฉcor that you are looking to get rid of or donate? ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐†๐…๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐รฉ๐œ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ! Drop off to the GFP anytime or check out their hours in the link below for indoor drop off times during business hours.

CEO is so grateful for the time and messages shared with us this morning. If you are looking to get involved, volunteer, or donate to the Glen-Ed Food Pantry, check out their link below!

You can also bring one of their most needed items (see website) to our ๐“™๐“พ๐“ถ๐“น๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“™๐“ธ๐”‚ - ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฌ๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ event for a chance to win a surprise prize!!

https://www.glenedpantry.org/


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