Fresh produce: Volunteers Bill and Marie Wyant unload boxes of fruit and vegetables at the Fresh Mobile Pantry last Thursday in Eagleville. Second Harvest Community Foods, a non-profit agency based in St. Joseph, distributes food packages to about 150 families in the Eagleville area on the third Thursday of the month.
Bethany, MO: Second Harvest Community Food Pantry expects to be busy this holiday season helping to provide for some of the nutritional meals of residents of 19 counties in Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas.
Michelle Fagerstone, chief development officer for the St. Joseph-based food pantry, said her organization sponsors several programs ranging from Backpack Buddies to a Senior Box program that provides meals to the elderly.