For over 50 years, St. John’s Episcopal Church has collected food and clothing for our community’s most needy.

Today, we give heartfelt thanks to Clare Stenge and the Lakeport Women’s Civic Club for their recent food donation to St. John’s Food Pantry.

Their contribution helps St. John’s focus on families and the welfare of local children.

Our food pantry stocks nutritional high-protein food that is low in fat and sugar. We offer easy recipes to help families cook their own meals. Rice, tomato sauce, salsa and canned garbanzo, kidney and black beans are needed, along with oatmeal and applesauce. Onions, garlic, apples, and carrots are also requested.

Food donations are welcome at St. John’s during times coinciding with the church’s Basement Boutique Thrift Store open hours, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1190 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport.

To deliver food at other times, please contact me at 707-245-3147 or Barbara Knight at 707-263-7802.

Again, the food donation from Lakeport Women’s Civic Club is much appreciated.

Ginny Ingersoll is manager of the St. John’s Episcopal Church Food Pantry in Lakeport, Calif.