AHS Pantry Celebrates Six Years of Serving Atom Nation!
As we celebrate Thanksgiving and the AHS Pantry's 6th anniversary, we take a moment to reflect on our mission, vision, and the incredible milestones we have achieved together.
Our mission has always been to support and provide resources to our students and families facing food insecurity. Our vision is to fulfill this mission with dignity while raising awareness of food insecurity within our community.
Over the past six years, we have made tremendous progress: adding fresh produce, expanding refrigeration and freezer space, and introducing a market-style distribution where families can select the items that best suit their family. These changes have allowed us to grow and adapt to meet the changing needs of our AHS community.
Since opening our doors in November 2018, the pantry has done more than provide food—it has built relationships, fostered community partnerships, created friendships, and established a dignified space where students who are food insecure can find support with respect and compassion.
We are profoundly grateful to our broader community for your support. Whether through in-kind and monetary donations, volunteering on distribution days, hosting pantry drives, sharing your talents, or contributing to our successful Thanksgiving donation drive, you have helped us make a difference.
At our most recent distribution, 98 families were able to shop in the pantry, benefiting a total of 487 family members.
The Pantry’s tagline reads: The fabric of our community is stronger when we weave together. On behalf of the pantry, myself, and the AHS community we serve, thank you to everyone who has been a thread in this fabric over the past six years.
With gratitude,
Norma Foti, Pantry Coordinator
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