Just after completion of the most exciting World Series in years, come hear retired Davidson County Community College professor Ron Oakley talk about his book, ”Baseball’s Last Golden Age, 1946-1960.” Oakley is the featured speaker at the First Thursday Lunch-In for Pastor’s Pantry this Thursday, Nov. 3, from noon to 1 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 15 West Third…
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Zombies walk to help Pastor’s Pantry
About 75 people of all ages, from children to seniors, dressed as Zombies on Saturday evening and walked from Smallwall Gallery in uptown Lexington to Pastor’s Pantry to deliver food donations and a monetary contribution. Three makeup artists stayed busy throughout the day at the art gallery at 18 West First Ave. giving walk participants some really gruesome fake scars and…
115 celebrate the Derby with Pastor’s Pantry
Dale-Manning Chesson won the Best Derby Hat contest, and Kristi Thornhill was runner-up. To see them in action and enjoy other events of the day, check out the Pastor’s Pantry 2nd Annual Kentucky Derby Party Video: Riding a stick horse and carrying a glass of cranberry juice on a tray, Zack Sink beat 15 challengers…
Create a hat for ‘Derby Day’
Inspired by all those fancy hats at the royal wedding? You can probably do even better. Design the hat of your dreams and wear it this Saturday, May 7, to the hat contest at Pastor’s Pantry’s Kentucky Derby fundraiser outside Lexington, N.C. You can win prizes. You can also watch the 137th…
Food drive will honor volunteer’s late husband
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
