Nearly half of our hungry

neighbors are children...

Morrisonville – Palmer Food Pantry

The Morrisonville – Palmer Food Pantry was established on October 23, 1985 for the purpose of assisting the low-income families of the Morrisonville School District. It is sponsored by the three churches, Methodist, Presbyterian and St. Maurice Catholic. The ministers are the advisors. The three churches have been paying the rent and power bills until this year when

it was paid by the Christian County United Way.

We use the government guidelines as proof of eligibility. The food is purchased from the Central Illinois Food Bank in Springfield with money donated by Organizations and individuals. We pay .14 cents a pound for most

of the food as it is donated to the food bank. Krogers gives us day old bread each week. The Palmer Odd Fellow Lodge has been going to Springfield to pick up the food for us.

We are open from 2:30 to 3:30 each Thursday afternoon at 309 Sixth Street. Rick and Debbie Cruse go each week to pick up the bread at Kroger. We serve about 20 families each week. Some children, some Senior Citizens. The Cub and Boy Scouts gather food for the pantry each March. They bring us from 800 to 1,000 pounds each year. Ladies of the churches staff the pantry. Each Christmas the Methodist Church gives each family a turkey.

The director of the Morrisonville – Palmer Food Pantry is Mary Moffitt.