ESCANABA — Cheryl Andzejewski, executive director of the Community Foundation for Delta County and Robin Wycoff, food pantry director of the Seventh Day Adventist Church Food Pantry announce their Veterans Holiday Mobile Pantry collaboration.

The Veterans Mobile Pantry will be held at the Ruth Butler Building at the U.P. State Fairgrounds on Thursday, November 9, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., or until the food runs out. This is a free mobile pantry for all veterans active or retired with proof of service, your DD214; VA ID, DL with veteran on it, county ID, must be brought with you. Only veterans are asked to follow the line of cars through the parking lot then park and come into the Ruth Butler building with the proper ID required. This is not a drive thru mobile.

“The Community Foundation for Delta County has been distributing holiday food baskets to needy Delta County veterans for years. In our effort to be able to distribute more veteran holiday food baskets to Delta County veterans during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, we needed to branch out. We are aware of all the hard work and positive impact the Seventh Day Adventist Church Food Pantry has on community. We have worked with them in the past and knew this collaboration was necessary and would fit our goals perfectly,” said Andzejewski.

“I was excited when the Community Foundation for Delta County called me regarding collaborating to help distribute veteran holiday food baskets. They have always showed how much they care about veterans, and the community in a whole, and I had no doubt this was going to be a great thing, said Wycoff.

“The Seventh Day Adventist Church Food Pantry is grateful for the collaboration they have developed with the Community Foundation for Delta County and would like to thank them as well as other sponsors for this years Veterans Holiday Mobile Pantry, such as Adventist Community Services; Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights; Delta County Veterans Council; Enbridge, UPCAP, Soderman’s Meat Processing and Bill Weissert Insurance Agency.’

If you’re interested in finding out how you can give to Delta County programs contact the community foundation by calling 906-786-6654, email: HYPERLINK “mailto:[email protected]” [email protected] or stop at 2420 1st Ave. S., Escanaba.