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FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce was able to provide 120 holiday food boxes to those in need this year, as well as donate to local food pantries, as part of the Gerry Wiles Food Basket program.
The food boxes included a full holiday meal with all the trimmings and dessert, and were prepared by four Chamber member grocers — Food City, Hannaford, Tranten’s Market and Walmart.
They were distributed at the chamber office to families who had completed applications. The chamber will also make donations to all nine Franklin County food pantries to help them meet the season’s demand. The money donated to the Care and Share Food Pantry in Farmington and the Wilton Area Food Pantry will be doubled through a matching grant.
The donations help tthe food pantries make their money go farther by buying food at the Good Shepard Food Bank, where every dollar spent is multiplied to provide for families in need.
Contributing to the program this year were Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, Food City, Kate Burdick, Ann Crafts, Calzolaio Pasta Company, Charles & Juanita Crafts, Chrissy & Dave St. Laurent, County Seat Realty, End of the Rainbow, Farmington Emblem Club, Franklin County Children’s Task Force;
Franklin Printing, Franklin Savings Bank, Franklin-Somerset Federal Credit Union, Glenn Kapiloff, Main-Land Development Consultants, Otis Federal Credit Union, Patricia Ridley, Rob Elliott Excavation, Senior Planning Center, Skowhegan Savings Bank, Steve & Cheryl Bunker;
United Insurance Shiretown Agency, Western Mountain Financial Services and Mike Blanchet and Mary Ellen Gregory, Pam Dixon, Bev Knapp, Burns Inc., Fish-n-Play, Acme Land Surveying, Wilton Blueberry Festival, Robin’s Flower Pot, Reny’s;
Wiles Remembrance Centers/Adams-McFarlane, Arkay Pizza, E.L. Vining, Walmart, Scott Lavertu, Beckie Bowering, Lynda Jean Despard, Origin USA, Doug Sanders, Merrill’s Garage and Supply, Russell Black, Rustic Roots Farm;
Adam Vigue, Scott and Mary Beth Morrison, Melissa Doucette, Juanita Crafts, Scott and Cheryl Foster, The Dugout Bar & Grill, Franklin Soil and Water Conservation, Sandy River Center/Genesis Healthcare HC, Expenet Technologies, Tinny’s Automotive Outlet, Darlene Chapman, Farmington Benevolent Fireman’s Association, Franklin Community Health Network and Al Kaplan.
Franklin Memorial Hospital also held its annual Meal for a Meal program, Nov. 28, which raised over $2,000 to support the food basket program.
