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News Food pantry expands
Community Food Pantry in Tool breaks ground on
its own building
By Pearl Cantrell
Monitor Staff Writer
TOOL–Members of the Cedar Creek Lake United Methodist Church and
the wider community gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony on a
new home for the food pantry on the westside of the lake.
Monitor Poto/Pearl Cantrell
Wielding shovels for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Community
Food Pantry in Tool are (from left) Pastor Chuck Weber, church
chairman of trustees Lynn Shackleford, food buyer Ruth Pimm
volunteer Pat Sims, food pantry treasurer Gloria Murphy and food
pantry president Sue Ann Kosydar. “This was one woman’s dream to
feed the hungry of Cedar Creek Lake and we’re fulfilling her
dream today,” Kosydar said. Missing from photo is pantry
secretary Sandie Shepherd.
Donations and a church building fund drive collected the $90,000
needed to start construction at the church, located on Will
White Road in Tool, two months ahead of schedule, spokeswoman
Ruth Pimm told The Monitor. She also reported that completion of
the project is expected by the end of the year.
A group of around 50 gathered at mid-day Wednesday for the
dedication and to see the first shovel full of dirt turned over.
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