Service
Feeding the Multitude BY BRIANNA STEPHENS
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young girl peers around the backseat as Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) employees load the trunk of the car with food boxes and bags of potatoes. Her eyes twinkle with excitement and a grin sneaks across her face at the sight of the food she will soon get to have. When the trunk is closed and the family of five drive away, the silhouette of the girl’s hand eagerly waves goodbye out the back window of the car. By its grand opening and ribbon cutting celebration in June, Eagle Food Pantry had 61 households
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signed up for assistance. The pantry is CAP’s third pantry program and aims to reduce physical and spiritual hunger in McCreary County, Kentucky. Eagle Food Pantry works alongside two other pantries in the county to provide nutritious food for children, their families, and seniors. “CAP always looks to meet the needs of the communities we serve,” said Joseph Beaudoin, pantry manager. “We want to listen to the people we serve, take their ideas, and find programming that best suits their needs. We listened to our community, and we saw that another pantry was needed.”
