Food pantry supporters counted as heroes
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Editor,
Who’s a hero? Not me. I’m just a regular person; so was Sully Sullenberger until Jan. 15, 2009. Maybe a hero is a regular person who sees a need and does something. That would make a lot of people in our valley heroes because the Polson Loaves and Fish food pantry met the 2018 Town Pump match fundraiser and can continue serving 350 plus families a month and almost 100 students each weekend.
Who’s a hero? We are in awe of our local Town Pump, supermarkets, churches, hospitals, service organizations, schools, youth groups, businesses, government offices and individuals who stepped up to our plate and filled it.
Whatever our need — volunteers, food, money, time, encouragement or all of the above — someone supplied it. Thanks for food and cash donations go to Super1, Walmart and Safeway; to St. Joseph and St. Luke hospitals; to Linderman second grade, Country Foods, Country Store, Lake Monsters, Glacier Bank, US Postal Service, North Lake County Library, Yoga Om, Bishop Insurance, Polson LDS Church, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, St. Andrew Episcopal Church, and Lord knows who else. All of you are our heroes.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church fills our soup shelves each year with its “Souper Bowl” donations, and the Polson Runners Club gives the entrance fees from its annual Turkey Trot. Many individuals come with bags, boxes and armloads of donations. We love you all.
Our heroes have also rolled up their sleeves and filled shelves and bags. They donated greatly-appreciated time, energy and boundless good cheer. Thank you to the First Interstate Bank, LDS missionaries, PJHS leadership class, Kiwanis, businesses beyond count and a number of curious and helpful individuals who popped their heads in the door and stayed for a workout. What would we do without you?
Who’s a hero? Shucks, maybe I am. So are we all, or can be. Look around. Maybe you can’t land an airplane in the Hudson, but you can do something to help fill a need somewhere.
Linda Kittle
Volunteer, Polson Loaves and Fish food pantry
Polson
