The Port O’Connor community food pantry, located at Fishermen’s Chapel, has fed dozens of families dozens of meals already this year. Families of all sorts in need of a little assistance will come by or call for help. They may have small children, a house full of teens or a senior citizen living alone. Sometimes they have been affected by a job layoff, a plant shutdown, sickness, family crisis or some tragedy of life. Sometimes they just need a helping hand to get through the week or the month until the next income is available.
The pantry offers meat, fish, carbohydrates and vegetables to those in need in amounts and measures appropriate to their family and situation.
The exciting news is that the pantry recently received a tremendous blessing. A new 20 foot walk in freezer was installed on a new concrete pad behind the Chapel and will be available for storage of frozen and perishable items donated to the community food pantry.
Pastor Don Smith and his men’s fellowship group of Arlington Heights Assembly of God Church in Ft. Worth, Texas in cooperation with Chapel members and staff worked long and hard to assemble, insulate and wire the donated freezer last week and it is now up and running, ready for groceries. A big ‘thank you’ goes to Lonnie, Larry and Danny in particular who traveled from North Texas to help.
Our economy is a bit rough right now. Many are seeing their budget crumble under job layoffs, oil price drops, insurance cost increases, stock dips and other changes. We are happy to think that the pantry will be there when people need help.
If you would like to donate food to the pantry, feel free to drop it off at Fishermen’s Chapel anytime. The door is always open. If you have perishable items, please call first so we can arrange to store them. If you would like to donate money, give to the POC Community Benevolence Fund at First National Bank, POC. If you find you or someone you know in need of help from the pantry, please call your pastor, or pantry coordinator Pastor Erny McDonough at 361-983-2613. The pantry is here to serve those in need.
