Letter from Bill Waller
Pantry Could Use More Than Food
The Cooperstown Food Pantry provides more than food to meet the needs of Otsego County residents. Certainly distributing more than 20,000 pounds of food to over 600 people a month is working toward the food pantry’s mission of relieving nutritional insufficiency. But there is another need—that of personal care items—which goes largely unnoticed, particularly women’s sanitary items. Donations of toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap and other personal care items come periodically, but there is a scarcity of women’s feminine care products.
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