With the holidays approaching, you may be stretching your budget to make ends meet. A food pantry is trying to stay stocked up while keeping stomachs full.
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Rick Westray with the Brev Hunt Food Pantry in Warner Robins says they’ve already passed last year’s numbers for families coming in to get food.
By September, they already had close to 2,000 families come to the pantry for some extra support. That’s more than the number of people they served all last year, Westray said.
“Last year we had 1,905 families come through our food pantry and about 4,500 individuals. This year we already surpassed that number,” he said. “I give out whatever I get in.”
Westray is limited by the supplies he has, and one local business in Warner Robins is stepping up to the plate to lend a hand to the Brev Hunt Food Pantry.
For the past three years, Heroes and Villains Gaming and Comic Shop has served as a non-perishable item drop-off site to support the food pantry.
“This is a second income job for us. This makes ends meet for our households,” says Jennifer Westray, the manager of the gaming shop. “To make ends meet for other households brings joy to us.”
The pantry sees a wide range of people from struggling families to individuals who are no longer able to work.
“They don’t have any type of retirement or they don’t have much of a retirement. a lot of them are disabled,” Westray said.
As the holidays approach, they need your help to help keep the pantry and, in turn, stomachs full heading into the holidays.
You can head to Heroes and Villains gaming and comic shop to donate non-perishable goods. They are located at 117 Russell Pkwy, Suite F & G, Warner Robins, GA.