A food drive this Saturday will memorialize the late husband of a valuable Pastor’s Pantry volunteer. The event, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Big Lots on Winston Road in Lexington, will be conducted in memory of Billy H. Yarbrough, who passed away in June 2009 at age 73 after a battle with cancer,…
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Uptown Christmas event will aid Pantry
Uptown Lexington’s annual Christmas Open House, scheduled this Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m., will help fill Pastor’s Pantry’s shelves with food. “Seventeen years ago, Uptown Lexington Inc. started Christmas Open House as a way for the community to celebrate the holiday season,” said Jo Ellen Edwards, Uptown Lexington’s executive director. “It also brought attention…
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Gift givers sought for Pastor’s Pantry clients
Pastor’s Pantry needed a larger Christmas tree this year to hold all the cards for its still-growing list of clients. As difficult economic conditions persist, a total of 480 cards, about 14 percent more than last year, cover the newly displayed tree in the front lobby of the pantry, a nonprofit food bank for senior…
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Pantry offers wine tour to raise funds
Living today in North Carolina’s Yadkin River Valley is like living in California’s Napa Valley. Vineyards and wineries are everywhere. But many residents busy with daily responsibilities have not been able to visit them. Here’s an opportunity. With financial support from NewBridge Bank, Carolina Drawers, and Sarah E. Frye, DDS, PA, in Lexington, Pastor’s Pantry,…
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Pack A Pickup sets new record
The Third Annual Pack A Pickup food drive at Sam’s Car Wash in Lexington on Saturday brought in 4,575 food items for Pastor’s Pantry, setting a record for the third consecutive year. Cloudy skies and the threat of rain during the six-hour drive might have scared away some potential donors who had hoped to capitalize…
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DCCC garden supplies fresh veggies
Pastor’s Pantry clients can look forward to receiving fresh vegetables from Davidson County Community College’s Community Garden. On Tuesday, July 13, DCCC biology instructor Holly Weir and 17 children and five teachers from the college’s Child Development Center presented Pastor’s Pantry with the first produce harvested from the 2,100-square-foot garden. This first haul was small…
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Kentucky Derby party raises funds for Pantry
About 100 people came Saturday to the beautiful grounds at March Motorcars outside Lexington, NC, for a Kentucky Derby party to raise funds for Pastor’s Pantry. Guests watched the television broadcast of the famous horse race on a huge screen. They also cheered as four men raced across the March Motorcars lawn carrying glasses of…
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