Fighting for Hunger Games collects 13,664 pantry items
• The winning community for 2024 is Afton. After collecting food pantry items this past week, 13,001 usable food items were donated across the upper valley. The town with the most usable donations was Afton with 3,422 items. Osmond/Fairview…
SVI Radio: Sierra Mitchell, Fighting Hunger Games Food Drive
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Fighting for Hunger Games
• October 8 Food Drive gears up for increased demand. On October 8, The Fighting for Hunger Games food drive will help prepare for increased numbers and needs of local families. The Afton Food Pantry expects to see a…
Afton Food Pantry reflects on the past 8 years
By Sierra Mitchell Afton Food Pantry When the Pantry opened eight years ago we could have never imagined the growth and impact we would make. We started out with non-perishable items and quickly grew to include commercial fridges and…
Afton Food Pantry teams up with the Lincoln Co. Fair
• Fresh produce from the fair to feed local families This is the first year the Afton Food Pantry and Lincoln County Fair have created a system to limit the waste from the quality produce entered into the fair…
SVI Radio Interview: Sierra Mitchell, Mobile Food Pantry
Sierra Mitchell, Director of the Afton Food Pantry, stepped into the SVI Radio studio to promote the Mobile Food Pantry which is coming to the Star Valley community on Friday, May 24. The Food Bank of Wyoming provides the event…
Food Bank of Wyoming Mobile Food Pantry Coming to Afton this Friday
• Four hundred families can take food home. Afton’s Food Pantry is inviting all families from throughout Lincoln County to visit the Food Bank of Wyoming Mobile Food Pantry coming to Afton on Friday, May 24 between 11…
Grow A Little Extra project kicks off for fourth year in Lincoln County
Provided by Lincoln County Extension Afton, WYO – The fourth year of Grow a Little Extra is kicking off in Lincoln with free seeds available at the Lincoln County Extension office. Cassie Jasperson will coordinate Grow a Little Extra efforts in…
Food Bank of Wyoming Provides Three Meals for Every $1 Donated to their Annual Fund
Provided by Food Bank of Wyoming In 2023, Food Bank of Wyoming distributed nearly 10.8 million pounds of food to neighbors across Wyoming, thanks to strategic partnerships and generous donations from businesses and individuals statewide. As some Wyoming neighbors in…
Help warm your neighbors: Coats and other winter items of all sizes will be accepted for donation next week.
Organizer Jill Mackey knows that as the cold winter months have officially hit the area, the needs of people have changed. This includes being able to stay warm. Mackey shared that people of all ages are in need of some…