Stephanie Greenway and Tiki Krueger Boehm from PArk City Credit Union (left) present an $800 check donation for the Lakeland Pantry to Lisa Knuth and Lorna Springate from Lakeland Pantry (right). —Contributed Photo
Some of the volunteers that were able to make this event a reality. Front row, from left to right, are Ginny Buzzell, Liz Delbosque, Levi Eslinger, Olivia Kimball, Jordyn Meade, Claire Rynders, Ana Schumacher, Myles Koele and Eve Barnhart. Back row, from left to right, are Greg Buzzell, Rickey Cropley, Nate Wertz, Kindl Fertek, Brandi McKay, Jeff Williams, Shane Deverney and Johnny Pierre. —Contributed Photo
This Thanksgiving 85 families — or 399 individuals — were able to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with all of the fixings with the help of the Lakeland Panty and area stores.
On Thursday, Nov. 21, Volunteers from Amazon, MHLT (Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk) Honor Society, The Ojibwe Market, Trig’s, and the Lakeland Pantry packed Thanksgiving dinners for families that suffer from food insecurity in the Lakeland School District. The families that received the meals were from the Arbor Vitae Woodruff (AVW), Lac du Flambeau, Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk (MHLT), North Lakeland Elementary Schools and Lakeland Union High School.
Each family received a turkey along with other fixings for a complete Thanksgiving Day meal. The turkeys were donated by Amazon (who purchased the turkeys from TJ’s Meat Market in Minocqua), the Ojibwe Market in Lac du Flambeau, Save More, and Trig’s. The packing bags were provided by Trig’s and Walmart of Minocqua.
Park City Credit Union of Minocqua also provided the pantry with an $800 donation to help with the cost of the meal.
“This cause is really near and dear to our hearts. We work in the food industry, and we live in these communities. We just want to do whatever we can to help people and kind of ease some of that need where we can,” said Kindl Furtek, director of marketing and communication for the T.A. Solberg Company.
Jeff Williams, the Operation Manager at the Ojibwe Market added, “Everybody should be looking out for each other, no matter where you’re from. We should be trying to help each other. In this day and age, there’s not a lot of that out there, and I think it’s a good thing to help people.”
If interested in making a donation, visit www.lakelandpantry.com/donate. For every one dollar donated approximately seven dollars of food can be purchased.
Food insecurity for children and adults in the North Woods is ongoing. This effort provides much-needed food for the families impacted during the Thanksgiving holiday.
For more information about the Lakeland Pantry, go to www.lakelandpantry.com or email lakelandpantry@hyfinc.org.
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