(Clinton, NY – Dec. 2014) Through Sodexo’s Stop Hunger efforts Cindy Caggiano, general manager of Sodexo Senior Living at Lutheran Care was able to present 125 pounds of non-perishable food and a $100 check to Country Pantry coordinator, Mary Zimbler. The donations were received from the staff of Lutheran Care who were asked to drop off the items in marked barrels throughout the facilities from the Nov. 10 to 21.
The Country Pantry, now in its 39th year, serves those in need in Clinton, Clark Mills, Westmoreland, New Hartford and parts of Rome and Oriskany. The number of families served on a regular basis has risen substantially over the years and is currently at 251, representing between 800 and 900 local men, women and children a month. The pantry operates from the Church of the Annunciation on East South Street in Clark Mills and is supported by 13 local churches including St. Mary’s in Clinton.
Working to fight hunger is part of Sodexo’s global Stop Hunger initiative and its overall effort to support the communities in which it operates. Sodexo Foundation (www.SodexoFoundation.org) is the company’s nonprofit charitable arm, which has a mission to ensure that every child in the United States, especially those most at-risk, grows up with dependable access to enough nutritious food to enable them to lead a healthy, productive life.
For further information on this and other events, contact Karen Ostinett, Director of Development at Lutheran Care, 315.235.7104.