Hi, Friends of the Rappahannock Food Pantry,
I’ve spoken to Dr. Gilbert Irwin of Medical Missionaries. Their first team of 16 surgeons leaves for Haiti this Thursday, January 21; the next team of 18 leaves on January 30. They will also have another team leaving on February 6. They are in Haiti for the long haul and know that it will be a long time before things will even begin to settle down. Their clinic is in Thomassique, 70 miles from Port au Prince. See more info at their website: http://www.medmissionaries.org/.
Medical Missionaries have a sea container leaving in a couple of weeks and need:
- Soap
- Toothpaste and toothbrushes
- Metal pots for cooking
- Baby Food and Wipes - no glass
- Flat Shoes
- Dried Foods (Canned goods are too heavy and no way to open them)
- Clear plastic bottles (1 Litre to 1 Gallon size). Filled water bottles are too heavy
- Flat Sheets (no fitted)
- Tents or Tarps
Money of any amount will also help them tremendously. Every dollar donated goes directly to assist those most in need. Please write checks to Medical Missionaries.
Please bring donations to the Rappahannock Food Pantry at 603 Mt. Salem Ave., Washington, VA 22742. The Food Pantry is open from 9:00-4:00 Tuesday and Thursday and 9:00-2:00 Saturdays. If these times are not convenient for you, please call me at 675-1177 or 937-2067 and I’ll make other arrangements for your donations.
Mimi Forbes
The Food Pantry will support Medical Missionaries as they work to relieve suffering in Haiti. We’ll collect food and medical supplies at The Pantry. Pantry manager Mimi Forbes will have a list of items to donate Monday afternoon (January 18). Call her at the numbers below to see how you can help and for more information about what is needed. On Monday we’ll also post a list of specific food and medical supplies.
MEDICAL MISSIONARIES OF MANASSAS, VIRGINIA
http://www.medmissionaries.org/
Bring donations to the
Rappahannock Food Pantry
603 Mount Salem Avenue
Washington, VA
Contact: Mimi Forbes (675-1177 or 937-2067) for further details.
Hal and Beverly Hunter are the Rappahannock News’s 2009 Citizens of the Year. The paper states that “…the Hunters have…put in countless hours looking after the continued health of Rappahannock’s watersheds, its farms and viewsheds, its hungry people and its educational and arts communities.”
A year ago, Rappahannock Plant a Row for the Hungry was a glint in Hal Hunter’s eye. Last New Year’s, the need for a Rappahannock Food Pantry was increasingly clear. Hal figured out what needed to be done and did it. He enlisted farms and orchards, volunteers, and gardeners in Plant a Row. He spoke to any group that would have him about Plant a Row. He was instrumental in getting the Fauquier Community Action Committee to open a Food Pantry in Rappahannock. He made sure that the Food Pantry had the freezers, refrigerators, computer, shopping carts, furniture, and supplies it needed to operate. He recognized all volunteers and growers with handsome certificates at a harvest party this October. And Hal continues to be the “go to” person for anything Pantry director Mimi Forbes needs. He never stops thinking of ways to improve the Pantry and help the folks it serves.
Beverly Hunter made regular contributions of her garden’s bounty to the Food Pantry - even seeing that her vegetables were gleaned and brought to the Pantry when the Hunters were away.
So, tonight raise a glass to Hal and Beverly Hunter and what they have accomplished - particularly for those in need in Rappahannock County!
